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:

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:

Example: