Wood dye or water based stain with Tru-Oil?

[klegacy]

Stain came off pretty nice with some mineral spirits and steel wool. Would like to darken it up some with stain, but will it stick like last time is the question? Not sure why it is doing this. Worked fine on the first neck, and wiped off perfectly after about 2 minutes.

[klegacy]

Well after much headaching and learning .. I have two beautifully stained necks. Ready for some tru-oil. Could not be happier with the color. Thanks for all your tips and suggestions guys! Really appreciate it.

[klegacy]

Drying them now, and tomorrow tru-oil. Trying to keep the humidity down in the room too.

[wazkelly]

Hi buddy, they both look almost identical. Should look unreal with some shiny top coats added.

[klegacy]

Hi buddy, they both look almost identical. Should look unreal with some shiny top coats added.

Did my first coat of tru-oil last night on one neck. Waiting for it to dry now. Found a business card shim will make the one neck nice and snug that I sanded down a bit too much. It is all coming together. Is there a way to get the satin look like I have on my Musicman guitar necks? Curious about that. I am more of a satin neck guy.

[wazkelly]

Once you have between 6 - 10 coats of TO the wet sanding process should bring it up in a satin kind of way.

For most store bought guitars necks I usually hit them with 1200 or higher to take the grip out of the shine and that does the trick.

[klegacy]

Perfect I have 1500 grit at home. 12 hours between coats? Or until it does not feel tacky anymore?

[wazkelly]

Let things cure for a number of days/weeks to get best results.

[klegacy]

Advice taken .. will do. They look and feel great so far. Done with the tru-oil I think, so just letting them sit for a week now. Any thoughts on getting rid of the minor edge where the rosewood stops and maple begins? Time to order some fret files now .. want to smooth them a bit in anticipation of my painted bodies. Very fun project. The color in this pic is the color I am doing for the one body. The other will be satin charcoal grey.

[wazkelly]

Ahh, ok, I see that you have removed all masking tape therefore best to let it sit for a while before doing the final polish. Meanwhile you could lightly sand back with 1500 or 2000 wet & dry grit used dry where the Tru Oil has seeped onto edge of the rosewood fret board. Once tidied up suggest applying wax to all bare rosewood surfaces as this will help keep it waterproof for when you do the final wet sand and polishing stages.