I'm about to do another hand-rubbed burst on a maple top with Transtint dyes. On my last project, I wetted down the top with H2O to raise the grain and sanded it back to 320. The burst took something crazy like 20 dye coats to get it where I wanted. I was using water to dilute the dye, and by the end the top felt pretty rough again. I had to work quite a bit harder than I wanted to get the TruOil coats glossy in the end, although I was very happy with the ultimate result.
I know the easy solution is to spray a lacquer burst, but I have a serious lacquer allergy, and am committed to sticking with the dye burst and TruOil process. Any suggestions to limit the grain popping back up would be appreciated.
I know the easy solution is to spray a lacquer burst, but I have a serious lacquer allergy, and am committed to sticking with the dye burst and TruOil process. Any suggestions to limit the grain popping back up would be appreciated.
