Hi,
While waiting for my swamp ash VIP to come in, I'm looking at many videos of people doing wild dye jobs on figured maple tops. However I don't see much of those dye jobs done on swamp ash bodies.
I guess there's a reason for this? Is swamp ash not well suited for those kind of jobs? Am I better off doing a simple wipe on oil finish on bare swamp ash? Or go single color? Blue would be great but I tried Angelus Blue Jeans dye on a northern ash scrap I have at home and it came out very blotchy. I didn't even try to burst it.
I even tried some bursts with colors I have on tap but it turned out to be a complete failure:
![315082114_872022250818580_663643936157084101_n.jpg 315082114_872022250818580_663643936157084101_n.jpg](https://unofficialwarmoth.com/data/attachments/17/17454-1e0e2459391943b044a0dbfc1a287b63.jpg)
Example:
While waiting for my swamp ash VIP to come in, I'm looking at many videos of people doing wild dye jobs on figured maple tops. However I don't see much of those dye jobs done on swamp ash bodies.
I guess there's a reason for this? Is swamp ash not well suited for those kind of jobs? Am I better off doing a simple wipe on oil finish on bare swamp ash? Or go single color? Blue would be great but I tried Angelus Blue Jeans dye on a northern ash scrap I have at home and it came out very blotchy. I didn't even try to burst it.
I even tried some bursts with colors I have on tap but it turned out to be a complete failure:
![315082114_872022250818580_663643936157084101_n.jpg 315082114_872022250818580_663643936157084101_n.jpg](https://unofficialwarmoth.com/data/attachments/17/17454-1e0e2459391943b044a0dbfc1a287b63.jpg)
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