Gav's Ash LP

[dozey05]

Nice job andrew looks great!

[GregLane]

Hi gav
That guitar looks so good I don't know whether I am exited or s#%@scared to get the saw or something into the head stock. I have done the other prep work. I think I have GoofOffed the glue spots. You make it hard for us learners. I am going with colortone and TO on my LP-1MQ and wonder if you can tell me whether you diluted the dye when you used the different colors on the burst. If so what proportion? I am going to try to mix a light to medium burgundy red. G

[gavinturner]

Hey Greg, thanks for the kind words.

20-or-so builds ago, I was starting my first build right here like everyone else, so don't worry you'll have it in no time. :P. Are you using the concentrated dyes from Stewmac? Personally I use about 20 drops of concentrated colour in about 2cm of water at the bottom of my measuring cup (I have some pipettes to do this). All colours I dilute the same, just vary which drops go in.

What I would recommend, especially if you have the concentrated dyes, is to buy a few pieces of pine from the big green shed and try out your colours on that. Take photos of the 'wet' colours as they lighten as the wood dries (the colour comes back with clear coats). Keep mixing until you have a colour you love. Also practice your blending on the test pine too. After a while you'll work out how to apply the dye without creating a tide line. Personally I always do a first pass with clear water just to minimise tide line phenomenon. It really isn't as hard as it looks. I'm sure you'll do great!

cheers,
Gav.

[GregLane]

Thanks Gav
Is am using the Stewmac colortone, says concentrated on the bottle.
You may have missed the photos on my build diary showing the bubbles caused by water on a supposedly very thin veneer. I was looking for glue spots. I am going to mix with metho( alchohol in US I think) to try and reduce the bubble risk.
PS(your only an hour away if I get into real trouble. HIHI.)

[gavinturner]

Cool, yep that's the same stuff I use. Yeah too many threads to keep up! Just read yours and can see what you mean about the bubbles. I would just be careful not to saturate the veneer too much. It does make it more of a challenge . Will keep up to date with your thread from now on!

cheers,
Gav.