Veener Application
This part is actually fun, and not very tough. Just don't go nuts with the stain and dont let it drip over the side. It's very tough to mess this up. |
| This photo shows the bowl I used, the 1 quart of denatured alchohol, the StewMac blue Colortone stain, and a test piece of veneer. | |
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| You can find mixing cups at any decent art/paint/automotive place. Make your mix of 1 fluid oz. of stain, to 1 quart of denatured alchohol. Put them in a nice big wide open bowl and stir... let the stain mix hang out in the bowl for a few hours to let everything fully mix in. Stir it nicely to make sure it is all evenly distributed. |
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| Again not wanting to interrupt myself halfway through, here is the body with the first coat of stain. BUY A STAINING PAD. Don't use an old rag or old t-shirt. Staining rags are only a dollar and they kick ass. Be sure you load it up nicely with stain and then SQUEEEEZE it back out. You do NOT want it messy/runny/totally freakin' soaked. You want to have total control of the stain. |
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| Here is a shot with my second, and (for now) final coat for a while. I went SUPER SUPER dark on this with the intention of lightly sanding after this dries... The idea here is that the dark portion will penetrate deep into the valleys of your quilt, and you will sand off the high parts of the quilt to help it stand out more / become more 3D. You don't have to do this, but it definitely makes the 3D effect more dramatic. |
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| OK. This was about an hour later after the above picture had dried. I LIGHTLY sanded with 400grit frecut sandpaper, and applied a small small amount of denatured alchohol to another staining rag and gently whiped to reduce the darkness and get it closer to the shade I was after... The stain will also lighten as it dries so don't go overboard on your coats. If it looks too dark to you at first, wait until it totally dries and then pass judgement. |
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| This is a picture of the body after just one brushed on coat of sanding sealer... this kind of gives the illusion of what it will look like when glossed, although it will look a LOT deeper when clearcoated. The sanding sealer will dry matte and I will sand it down with 400g. I will apply several coats of sanding sealer before I add my clear coats. |
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| And.. here is the guitar as it currently sits as I write this at 12:26AM January 22, 2003. This is with the first light coat of sanding sealer taken off, hence the loss of the temporary gloss you saw in the above pic. Tomorrow I hit the body with about 4 nice coats of sanding sealer, without sanding in between any of the coats. I need it to build up quite nicely so I won't have any sandthroughs when I start to smooth it out. After that, the clear coats... Many many many clear coats. Coming soon. =) |
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