How do I get a finish like this?

drofluf · March 2023

@SteveRobinson and @WezV you were both right stain didn’t take well as you predicted and I also suffered from glue marks. I’ll need your advice if I do this again. Full horror of it https://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/242915/guitar-kits-guitar-fabric-rickenbacker-12-string-build-thread#latest

Jez6345789 · March 2023

If you go down the Osmo route it’s a lot lighter colour than tru oil. So it easily takes artists oil paint pigment colours. I would make a white Osmo base coat using titanium white coat that on for a few days till you have covered most of the flaws you will find you have a better base to put a solid top coat on. Again pick an oil pigment or mix a colour you like using multiple tubes. Finish with clear osmo or tint a little to increase saturation or to give aged finish like lacquer ageing.

alternatively summer is coming just get a couple of rattle cans and do a nice nitro.

drofluf · March 2023

Thanks @Jez6345789 how well will those approaches work on top of an oiled finish?

Having said that I’m going to finish what I’ve done and see how it plays. If I like it and the finish bugs me I may then redo

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