Tonar8352
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This is the wood before it was prepared, just plain old alder.
This is the board after sanding and bleaching with wood bleach. I wanted to get that orange color out of the alder so the blue would take cleaner and faster. If you want to know more about wood bleaching I have a post on another thread regarding the steps to use 2-part wood bleach. I made the light blue by mixing Sherwin-Williams Sher-Wood Universal Dye Concentrate Blue S61 L 505 in the little bit of lacquer thinner you see in the jar.
I ragged it on with a white cotton shop rag. (Sorry guys no fancy girly underwear here it would distract me.) Next I use a much stronger mix of the blue and ragged it on next. Unfortunately I did not take a picture of this step since I had to move to keeps the colors wet and be able to blend them. I kept a clean rag soaked in lacquer thinner and used that to blend the darker color with the lighter color.
The last step I added a 2oz bottle of black MEK DYE. If I had some black color in oil lying around I would have used it because it is more opaque but this worked out. The black is almost like a midnight blue. At this point it is ready for what ever clear you would choose to shoot it with. I am going to shoot it with lacquer for the fun of it and see how the final product turns out.
![IMG_1417.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi98.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl248%2Ftonar8353%2FIMG_1417.jpg&hash=634177253e75800180f9c5c371034820)
This is the board after sanding and bleaching with wood bleach. I wanted to get that orange color out of the alder so the blue would take cleaner and faster. If you want to know more about wood bleaching I have a post on another thread regarding the steps to use 2-part wood bleach. I made the light blue by mixing Sherwin-Williams Sher-Wood Universal Dye Concentrate Blue S61 L 505 in the little bit of lacquer thinner you see in the jar.
![IMG_1426.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi98.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl248%2Ftonar8353%2FIMG_1426.jpg&hash=cc870079b56410047a5b136beb934415)
I ragged it on with a white cotton shop rag. (Sorry guys no fancy girly underwear here it would distract me.) Next I use a much stronger mix of the blue and ragged it on next. Unfortunately I did not take a picture of this step since I had to move to keeps the colors wet and be able to blend them. I kept a clean rag soaked in lacquer thinner and used that to blend the darker color with the lighter color.
![IMG_1427.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi98.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl248%2Ftonar8353%2FIMG_1427.jpg&hash=40bdc1e7266f3401681e6f5a966218cc)
The last step I added a 2oz bottle of black MEK DYE. If I had some black color in oil lying around I would have used it because it is more opaque but this worked out. The black is almost like a midnight blue. At this point it is ready for what ever clear you would choose to shoot it with. I am going to shoot it with lacquer for the fun of it and see how the final product turns out.
![IMG_1434.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi98.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl248%2Ftonar8353%2FIMG_1434.jpg&hash=8b6d35ab32ab81b18ad547fbd3d108f1)