Dark Heritage Cherry HELP!

garytlove

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Needing a little chemistry advice on my latest project.

Finishing a mahogany body/neck - going for the deep wine red look that some SG's call Heritage Cherry.
Started with a dark brown grain filler, used red powdered dye next and got it to a decent red.  Maybe candy red, but not quite firetruck red.  Added more powdered dye to some tru-oil and have been putting it on in a dozen or so thin layers.  It has definitely made it red, not dark pink, but I would like to see it get more brown tone.

If I were to use a walnut gel stain, and apply in thin layers would I have any issues with the tru-oil I already have down?
Should I buy some brown powdered dye and add it to tru-oil and stay the course? 
Other options that I am not aware of?

Thank you for any input. 
 
It's a small forum. Give it time. I'm not an expert, but I think staying with dye is the safe route.  Stain might work, but over existing dye id be worried about getting too dark quickly
 
Yes stay dye.
Get some scrap wood and prep as you have the body so far.  Then try new dye mixes on the scrap.
 
And when you browner, if you actually
Mean more burgundy, try some dark blue in your test dye rather than brown.
 
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