Recent content by TheVelvetBulldozer

Good news, I think the dye I’m using is the “trans tint” equivalent for Canada. Transtint description: “Homestead’s TransTint® Dyes are a solution of metal-complex dyes in a special solvent that offers the finisher many unique options in applying the colors.” Wood Essence ColorFX: “ColorFX...

Hey everyone, It’s been 2 months since I completed my guitar finish, and I’m happy with it but, not completely, as there is still room for improvement. I finished the body with Wudtone TV Girl finish with gold highlights, and the colour is great, it just needs more gloss. So I’m going to put...

The mineral spirits saved the day!!! WOW! Absolutely fantastic! It was good as new again, yes a bit "watery" (even though there was no water, but I digress), but all I needed was a bit more to lighten up the yellow. Thanks to your help, I was able to finish the colour coat of my swamp ash body...

Ok these pictures are hard to send it seems... I'll send a google drive link. Hopefully the pesky thing will open for you all! I put 3 pictures of the maple neck currently, and pictures I found online that ballpark the colour I'm going for...

Dearest Warmothites, I will show the "Wudtone-finished-yet-pale maple neck" that I promised I'd send sometime ago. If you don't remember, don't blame you, I barely do myself. Point is, I'd like to get some tips on how to properly finish this thing. It's not going to be with Wudtone (this post...

Yesterday on my way back from home, by fluke I noticed a paint shop on my route that I never saw before!! Life's funny little games I guess. So I go in and I find something called "Solvent for Oil", and it said it contained Mineral Spirits. I didn't buy it because I thought I had Paint Thinner...

Never knew about this!! Thank you so much! In regards with Andy from Wudtone though, I don't think he normally accepts phone calls, I'm pretty sure it said only emails, so I was very fortunate that he even accepted my call!

Yeah, it's been a couple of days I contacted Wudtone about the overly pale guitar neck (I'm going to make a thread about that soon) and the white stain for the guitar body being dried out. I asked him, and him because it's only one guy there, or at least one guy who responds to emails, whether...

Thank you so much, both of you! If I need to buy more, can I buy another oil-based white stain that is more common to find locally? Something just to lighten up the TV Girl yellow I got. It's a quick fix, since I only need one more coat!

Darn it, there's nothing else I can do, huh. Wudtone is pretty expensive, and I'm on my last coat... All I need is a bit more white stain to lighten up the TV Girl... one bottle... I'm on my last coat, just need a bit more!! Is there any way I can coax it out, it seems not to be fully dried out...

Hey everyone, Not too long ago I posted about my Swamp Ash guitar body and how I was going to use Wudtone to finish it. It's going so well! I'll post some pictures of the final product. I'm on coat number 3 now. Can't wait for the gold highlights! The thing is, I need to mix a bit of white and...

It was not a worry in the end! A very little dent, it got out right away after a bit of sanding!

Hey again everyone, I’m replying to you all now about the Tele maple neck instead of the Swamp Ash body. I got a Musikraft neck and I received it unfinished, and it was supposedly sanded down to 220 grit. Rough enough according to the Wudtone guidelines...

Thanks! It is black plastic. Last time I checked, there was only one poor guy responding to the Wudtone emails... they are fairly busy. That was December 2021. Maybe it's different now. I'd rather not bother them with trivial matters-- yet still very important for me since I'm such a newb ...

And about staining and maple fretboard, what do I do about the inlay's? Is it ok if I get stain on them? I'm sure it would be easy to remove afterwards with a wet cloth?