So I bought this body, right, with the intention of doing it in a certain colour. To cut a long story short, I'm thinking of oiling it instead.
Here's my question.
While the makers did a great job of matching the grain patterns of the two bits of swamp ash, as you can see, the shades are very different indeed. And yes, that's how it looks, it's not the photo.
So if I oil it, that shading simply isn't going to disappear, is it? I mean, the oil won't stain it sufficiently to hide the difference, will it?
I'm thinking not, but I have a childish, naive hope that I'm wrong.
I'm going to have to paint it, aren't I?
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Rustins do wood bleach which can help, although you may still end up with a colour difference so its hardly fool proof. Its a two part solution, Part A draws all the colour out and makes it quite dark, Part B removes it all
damp the grain a bit. all wood darkens once a finish is applied and they may be much closer in colour once finished. I doubt it, but i would check before giving in on a solid finish. If your planning on oiling or lacquering you can wipe down with white spirit or thinners which will give you a good idea of the natural colour (a tone or two darker but a good indication). Don't do this if planning to use a wudtone finishes.
Also, it still looks nice so i wouldn't loose sleep about a bit of colour difference anyway. if you went for a colour on top of the wood rather than a stain or natural oil then most of the colour diffence would be hidden
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Which is why I was thinking I'd need a colour, to hide the difference in tones. Ah well.
Ta for your views, gents.
Why not sell it and buy another un?
So rather than wonder how to get a shiny finish on my original choice of colour (see original thread from a couple of weeks ago), I thought the easiest thing would have been to oil it, but of course then I remembered how mismatched the tones of the bits were. Put a colour over them and it's irrelevant, which I knew all along, I was just hoping against expectation that I'd be able to get away with oiling it instead.
Looks like it's a colour job, then. I might go back to Andy after all, give it a go on one of the cavities to see how it looks first.
And I'm not sure the hassle and expense of selling it is worth it, tbh. It's a lovely bit of wood to hold, it's just a bit two-tone is all.