COLOR

This morning I decided I was ready to start adding color to my guitar project. After much sanding (see previous posts) I mixed some black dye and gave it a shot. I did test it on another piece of wood first though! The last picture in this post (they're in reverse order) is the body after the first coat of black. Looks pretty awesome! I let it dry a few hours then I sanded it as you can see in another photo... this step allows the dye to remain in the darker areas of the wood and the flat grain of the wood to be lighter. That way, when the second coat of dye is added the dark spots get darker and the lighter areas are back like they were before sanding. This can be seen in the first 2 photos. When dry, the dye looks a little dull and sort of grey, but everything I've read and watched says that the color will get really rich like it was when wet once i put clear coat on it. Tomorrow, I plan to seal the back and sides with sanding sealer then clean the binding to get rid of any dye that got on that. The next step will be to add purple dye to the front of the guitar body and headstock. Keep watching!