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Looking to possibly dye a rosewood board I have black. 3 questions;
1. Is it a form of leather dye I use? recommendations please
2. How do I prepare the wood i.e. remove years of oiling from the wood? Lighter fluid?
3. The block position inlays are natural MoP is there danger there? Also will the fretboard binding be affected?
Thanks
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Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
Stockist of: Earvana & Graphtech nuts, Faber Tonepros & Gotoh hardware, Fatcat bridges. Highwood Saddles.
Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
Expert guitar repairs and upgrades - fretwork our speciality! www.felineguitars.com. Facebook too!
this was a rosewood board I used feibings on to ebonize it. I have also done similar on purpleheart with good results
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete%20guitars/fin1.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete%20guitars/st2.jpg
works really well, although you need to give it a good rub down with wie wool to make sure all the excess is gone. and wear gloves or you fingers will be black for quite a while
you may eventually get a bit of wear through to the original colour - but it won't be soon, and a bottle will last pretty much forever so its no bother to reapply every few years
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Nice work @WezV and @axisus Inspired that the results can look so good. Was that with a single application of the dye?
Ordered the Dye and tape today.
I do a single application of the dye then rub down with 0000 wie wool once dry. Thats usually enough but a second coat can be done at this point if you rub through or have missed any. The rubbing back helps to remove any surface residue that could transfer to your fingers.
just be aware of any products on the fretboard already. if the dye can't penetrate then it will either all rub off when you use the wire wool, or it will transfer to your fingers really easily when playing. I make sure the boad is clean before first application by giving it a good rub down with naphtha (lighter fluid)
you can still oil the board if it feels dry, but this can lift a bit of stain out again. usually its so black it won't matter but when i did it on purpleheart it lifted the stain ma bit. It wasn't an issue in that case as it left it all looking like a great peice of dark Braz Rw
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