I want to stain an electric bass body made from "Swamp Ash" pink. Any ideas the best way to do this?
Swamp Ash, BTW, is a light weight variety of white ash that grows in the swamps of Lousiana and Mississippi.
--Steve
A thin mix of red water-based aniline dye will give a nice pink color. = You can make a warmer pink by adding just a hint of yellow, or a more = purplish pink by adding a hint of blue.
Won't hide the grain at all, will enhance any curl in the wood.
You could also seal the wood after the pink dye, then fill the pores = before topcoating. That way you could get a smooth, shiny pink guitar = with any color grain you like.
Topcoating with water-based lacquer will keep the colors from yellowing.
--=20 Timothy Juvenal
Not sure how this would/wood work on ash, but I used a mix of 50/50 Cherry and Natural Danish oil fro my display cases and they came out a nice warm pink.. For a bass, you probably want something a little more vibrant, though..
You stain trout, also?
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Mon, Dec 10, 2007, 9:29pm (EST-3) snipped-for-privacy@sureNOSPAMwest.net (Steve) doth query: I want to stain an electric bass body made from "Swamp Ash" pink. Any ideas the best way to do this?
Best? Dunno. But been 'speerminting with latex paint, thinned way down, as stain. Works quite well, and you can mix any color you want. It should go without saying to try it on some scrap wood first, but with a few people it 'does' need saying LOL Food colors work too, but a lot more delicate color to my mind.
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Sounds like a cool project. I'd use a dye stain from these guys
I've alwasy wanted to do my own maple drums and do some cool coloring too.
I love Homestead, and Jeff really knows his stuff. I suggest you call and ask him for a suggestion.
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