Christodav's TL-1AR first build

[koldo2552]

Looks fantastic!

[wazkelly]

Geez, that looks shiny enough to call it done already.

[Dedman]

delicious!

[christodav]

Thanks gents!

The back still has to catch up with the front so I managed to get another stain coat on. In that picture, it's still quite wet, but even after a couple of days, it seems to have held it's colour nicely without fading too much. I think it's pretty much ready for the intensifying coats. I got the red into it with the the later coats on the front and got the black much blacker. I am pretty confident that with some effort, I can get the same kinda results.
I will be getting my T Oil on Monday or Tuesday. It will be interesting to see what sort of results I get. There are so many different methods on Youtube. I have even been watching the methods that people use on their firearms. Nevertheless, I think I'll feel relived once the To Oil starts going on and I can hopefully get an interesting, unique result that looks cool.

Chris

[christodav]

I've laid an intensifying coat over the back now and all seems 'normal'. It's a bit lumpy in places, but another coat or 3 and some sanding in the middle sometime should work nicely over it.

It's getting there.

[dave.king1]

G'day Chris,

Did you use an intermediate colour in the burst or is it just the two colours

Either way it looks really sweet

( bugger, just went back a page )

[christodav]

Hello Dave, I actually had Black, Red, Sunrise and the yellow. I mixed the red and sunrise originally, but went back to just using the red as the yellow got darker and darker as time and coats went on and the more orangey mix wasn't really working for me. In the last couple of intensifier coats, I even skipped the black and just laid the red over the top to avoid the terrible layering lumpy results after it dried.
I just sanded the top back with 2400grit Micromesh sandpaper and laid one last coat of intensifier ready for the final clear coats. As hard as I tried, I still couldn't get a flat result that I'm really happy with, but I am hoping that the Tru-oil will fill the surface as I go. The sides still need one more intensifying coat and then the back needs it's series of intensifying coats to attempt to match the front.

With so many Dingotone intensifying coats, it actually has quite a shine on the front.

Chris

[dave.king1]

Thanks Chris

[christodav]

I bought some of this.......



.....Has anyone tried it before?

I watched a Youtube video of a bloke in the States who has used it on a bass and he said it works great. It seems that they have stopped making it too! It's also difficult to get coz it can only be shipped by road and not by air.

Chris

[wokkaboy]

Hi Chris, I think Andrew (hasn't been on the forum for ages) from the forum tried it but that was years ago. I guess there's one way to find out.
You will be best spraying on non windy conditions and spray fairly light coats and it should work out. Think you would get a more consistent clear coat rubbing it on the traditional way.