Faded Cherry Warmoth?

[exaN]

Can Warmoth reproduce a faded cherry finish like this

If so is there an upcharge?

Sorry if it's been asked before I couldn't find anything.

 

[Mor Paul]

Trans red with satin clearcoat? Should work.

 

[jackthehack]

That's easy enough to do yourself with rattlecans

 

[exaN]

That's easy enough to do yourself with rattlecans

Well that's good news for money saving :icon_biggrin:

 

[nexrex]

That's easy enough to do yourself with rattlecans

Well that's good news for money saving :icon_biggrin:

Yep, satin is pretty easy to work with, and the finish comes out usually pretty evenly

 

[rapfohl09]

exan, are you planning on dying? or just straight tinted lacquer? I want this same finish on my mahog. body.

I was going to do a cherry red dye and then tru-oil, but im nervous about it. any expert tips around?

 

[exaN]

exan, are you planning on dying? or just straight tinted lacquer? I want this same finish on my mahog. body.

I was going to do a cherry red dye and then tru-oil, but im nervous about it. any expert tips around?

I really can't tell man, I'm just in the planning stage right now, plus I'm totally ignorant when it comes to guitar finishing :icon_scratch:

 

[Cagey]

I have a mahogany body I haven't finished yet, and have been reading some interesting things about potassium dichromate. Apparently, you wipe this stufff on, and it the wood starts turning a nice rusty red. You wait and once it's to the shade you want, you neutralize the chemical with a wipe down of vinegar. It has the advantage of not adding anything to the wood or finish at all - it's a chemical reaction within the wood itself. Once it's dry, you finish sand it and put some sort of transparent finish on top of that, and it's supposed to be the whip. Super-deep rust red finish that really accentuates the grain.

I think I saw where you normally get the chemical from photography shops, and it's toxic so you have to use gloves and a well-ventilated area, etc. But, it sounds interesting. You might want to Google some of those terms and see what you can learn.

 

[exaN]

I have a mahogany body I haven't finished yet, and have been reading some interesting things about potassium dichromate. Apparently, you wipe this stufff on, and it the wood starts turning a nice rusty red. You wait and once it's to the shade you want, you neutralize the chemical with a wipe down of vinegar. It has the advantage of not adding anything to the wood or finish at all - it's a chemical reaction within the wood itself. Once it's dry, you finish sand it and put some sort of transparent finish on top of that, and it's supposed to be the whip. Super-deep rust red finish that really accentuates the grain.

I think I saw where you normally get the chemical from photography shops, and it's toxic so you have to use gloves and a well-ventilated area, etc. But, it sounds interesting. You might want to Google some of those terms and see what you can learn.

Really? That might be a cool alternative. Anyone here tried it?

 

[reinhold]

I forget what they used, but someone on another forum did something similar, except it had the effect of changing the wood to black as an alternative for an ebony fretboard.

 

[bagman67]

Examples with photos are provided here:

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=27343

 

[Cagey]

Examples with photos are provided here:

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=27343

That's the site I wanted to link. Good job. I couldn't find it. He really makes the whole idea attractive. And since you aren't adding any finish, it's gotta make the guitar zealots happy. Although, I imagine there are some tree-huggers having unexplained nightmares right now...

"Potassium dichromate!!! OMFG!!! Doesn't anybody know that poisonous chemical from hell reduces the amount of hair on a mosquito's abdomen by 3% if they drink more than 72 gallons of it in less than an 8 minutes? Somebody call Obama RFN! These guitar players are obviously racists!"

<grin>

 

[exaN]

Examples with photos are provided here:

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=27343

That looks great on mahogany

A little brownish for my likes though, is there a way to make it a little more red? Maybe by applying some kind of tinted finish on top of it?

Very inexpensive too as you can see here: http://www.shellac.net/Dichromate-Tannin.html