Coolangatta Gold to Amber recipe!

[HarmonIser]

Hi Dingotone stain experts,
I can't see any reference to what type of stain Dingotone is - I assume it's alcohol based, but maybe it's water?
Anybody know?
I want to add some red and brown stain to the Coolangatta Gold I have, to make a vintage amber stain for my build, which is a flame maple veneer back and front on a GR-1SF - my build thread is here, with a pic of the desired shade on the first page.
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ad.php?t=11121
Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, and should simply be applying shellac?
Any help with this is gratefully accepted...

[Andy40]

Hi Harmoniser,

DT is an oil based product with no chemical driers which makes it unique, but it also takes about 5 to 7 days for each coat to cure.

I do not think that you will need to add any further stains to the Coolangatta gold to get a vintage amber type look, that being said , its all subjective.

I've seen your tests, its a bit hard to see what its going to look like until you put all of the coats one, in succession after each coat cures. With DT I usually put on 3 to 4 stain coats, then 3 - 4 intensifying coats. Then you'll see how dark it is.

If you still don't think it's very vintage amber, don't use the DT Finishing coats, use Tru oil instead. After about 3 to 6 months the Tru oil will 'amber up" over the Coolangatta gold.

Hope that helps

[wazkelly]

Well said Andy.

Cheers Waz

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[Andy40]

Hey Waz, I was going to put a link to your Explorer build so he could see what CG looks like, but I couldn't find it.

[wazkelly]

Hi Andy,
Build # 2 in my signature.
Great example of how the colour aged after using Tru Oil as a top coat. These shots were taken one year ago.
Cheers Waz

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