Robbo's TL-1TB

[Rockfactor]

Love the photo of the family


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That's 2/5 of the family. Master 7 and Ms 3 were on their iPads at the time

No wonder I'm going grey 😃

Robbo

[Rockfactor]

kit looks good Robbo, no I forgot which kit was arriving, I meant what was this kit but it's been answered

I thought so but after a big day at work I wasn't sure

Robbo

[Rockfactor]

I was going to do a blue burst, from dark blue to almost black, but I'm liking the raw look af this one, and so does the boss.

If I go for the raw look I'll probably change out the pick guard to a black one, or maybe even none.

Robbo.

[Simon Barden]

It's calling out to be sea foam green.

[Rockfactor]

I thought I heard muttering from the garage last night, must have been what it was

Robbo

[wazkelly]

Looks good Robbo and have to agree with scrapping the pick guard no matter what colour you choose.

[Rockfactor]

Ordered the Bondi Blue Dingotone finish kit and I'm thinking no pick guard the more I look at it.

Robbo

[wazkelly]

Good choice Robbo.

Just a heads up....I have seen a few Bondi Blue builds and most have looked quite faded so if you want a fair bit of depth in the colour don't sand any higher than 120 grit. In fact go absolutely nuts with 120 to get it as smooth as you can and then do 1st stain coat and watch how it really soaks in. Save finer grits for finishing off after final clear coats have been done unless of course you want a faded denim look.

Cheers, Waz

[Rockfactor]

Hmm, thanks Waz.

I'm actually aiming for something like this but obviously no where near the figuring.



I may need to rethink.

When the finish gets here I'll do some testing.

Thanks for the advice.

Robbo

[wazkelly]

Hi Robbo, that looks like colourtone blue but you would need to order the stuff from USA to make sure you got the full strength stuff. I bought some cherry red and mahogany from an OZ supplier 18 months ago and it was watered down and the cherry had about as much 'Zing' as red food colouring. Ended up mixing it with fountain pen ink to get the desired colour.

DT is very unique and from personal experience I had a couple of batches of Coolangatta Gold that were different shades. First batch of Gold and Outback Sunset were translucent whilst next batch of Gold was opaque and took a lot longer and more effort to achieve the desired colour. These were all DT MkI experiences and believe MkII is now better. It appears to be more of an oily based product so mixing in other things to alter the colour is not so easy. That said, another DT colour might help and in this instance it would need to be Black Stump, just a little to make the Bondi Blue a bit darker.

Check out my EX-5 where I mixed up a brew of OS & CG and had the shock of my life when it came out bright orange as I was trying to lighten up the OS as it was a darker shade than what I had planned.

Lots of fun to be had experimenting and mixing up different colours but well worth it if straight out of the bottle is not quite what you want.