Popping Cherry with Hardtail Strat

[FunkedOut]

I'll say. The oil will start lifting the colour and the action of spreading it will move colour around.
I ended up using India ink instead.

cheers, Mark.

Mark, I could not find any india inks that were soluble in oil; only water.
Did you find an oil-soluble ink? Or did you use the ink on the bare wood?

Thanks for the input.

[king casey]

Mark, I could not find any india inks that were soluble in oil; only water.
Did you find an oil-soluble ink? Or did you use the ink on the bare wood?

Thanks for the input.

Hi FunkedOut.
I was staining Epiphone junior with a water based ink and Tru-Oil lifted it and spread it around.

I got myself some 'Bombay' brand india ink from a general stationary supplier 'Riot Art Supplies'
http://riotstores.com.au/browse/art-...cessories.html

The red wasn't quite yellow enough so I got a bottle of red and yellow.
Once it had dried, I could apply Tru-Oil over the top and it worked no problem.



cheers, Mark

[Croobum]

Looks really good,goodluck in your reparations

[FunkedOut]

Strange result with the Tru-Oil lifting the ink.
The Bombay ink is also water based.
Luckily, things went well for me with the KEDA dye and Tru-Oil.
3rd full strength coat of Tru-Oil went on the body today. Things are starting to even out nicely.

Back to the neck...
I grabbed a couple of linseed oil based paints to tint the Tru-Oil with.
Seems to have been successful.
I’ll know for sure when it dries.
I have to get some pics up

[FunkedOut]

Here is the oil paint I picked up at a local art store for less than $4 each; a lifetime supply for this game.


I mixed the two colors until the color you see above. It's hard to get colors to come across a picture and a monitor.
Bottom line is, go browner than you think. When thinned, brown looks yellow and orange looks orange.
I mixed the final color 50/50 with mineral spirits to thin it out some. The paint is a super thick paste.
I then mixed the thinned color with Tru-Oil, 50/50.

Light coats, it goes on slow.
Here is the neck after 3 coats:

[FunkedOut]

5 coats total on the neck.
An extra 2 coats on just the fingerboard. That didn't want to accept the tint as well for some reason.
Ready to apply a waterslide decal on the headstock.
(I had to do something while I waited for coats to dry)


Really happy I decided to pursue the waterslide decal. Looks great.

[McCreed]

That’s a great result!
And great to know about the linseed paint for tinting Tru Oil. Thanks for including the ratios too!
Well done.

[FunkedOut]

After a couple more coats Tru-Oil on the neck and over the decal, the neck finish was done.
I had to go back and remove the finish on the frets themselves and polish again.
In retrospect, I think it would've made more sense to delay all the fret work until this point in the process. Live and learn.


Here's a shot with a few frets on the left after removing the Tru-Oil with a maroon fiber pad and a few dremel-polished with Red Rouge on the right:


Cleaned up and ready for the fun stuff...

[FunkedOut]

Tuning machines look way better than holes.


Now back to the laser one last time to make sure the neck is lined up when it's tightened down.


Got the bridge installed with a ground wire.


Just a shot of the back. Calling it a night.

[McCreed]

That'll look sweet when it's finished!
What are you planning for a pickguard colour?