J-Dizzle
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I'm refinishing a maple top. Apologies for any newby questions or if elements of this question have been discussed before.
My original plan was to do a hand rubbed dyed burst and then shoot clear nitro over. Colour is to be a dirty lemon or similar.
I was first going to use a darker dye such as brown to make the grain/flames more prominent, then sand it back and apply the yellow/amber.
However on my pieces of test maple i wasn't getting colors to my satisfaction.
I then managed to get a rattle can of nitro in the amber i wanted (quite difficult to get in Australia) so i think i am going to go that route instead.
My question is can i still do the darker dyed finish first to make the grain pop, sand it back and then spray the amber nitro over? Will the grain pop in the same way?
I know from watching numerous dyed burst finish videos that the lighter and darker dyes can blend and compliment each other to produce beautiful results.
Would an amber rattle can over a dark dye sanded back result in a similar grain pop or would it just look "wrong" because the dark dye and amber nitro probably won't blend in the same way as dyes do?
Has anyone tried this?
My original plan was to do a hand rubbed dyed burst and then shoot clear nitro over. Colour is to be a dirty lemon or similar.
I was first going to use a darker dye such as brown to make the grain/flames more prominent, then sand it back and apply the yellow/amber.
However on my pieces of test maple i wasn't getting colors to my satisfaction.
I then managed to get a rattle can of nitro in the amber i wanted (quite difficult to get in Australia) so i think i am going to go that route instead.
My question is can i still do the darker dyed finish first to make the grain pop, sand it back and then spray the amber nitro over? Will the grain pop in the same way?
I know from watching numerous dyed burst finish videos that the lighter and darker dyes can blend and compliment each other to produce beautiful results.
Would an amber rattle can over a dark dye sanded back result in a similar grain pop or would it just look "wrong" because the dark dye and amber nitro probably won't blend in the same way as dyes do?
Has anyone tried this?