Good Color for a solid Mahogany LPS

[dmraco]

What color should I use...It will have gold hardware and a vintage pearl pickguard....

Thanks.....

 

[Jusatele]

gold top

 

[dmraco]

gold top

sorry..should have specified....I want to wood to show thru on this one...

 

[Death by Uberschall]

gold top

sorry..should have specified....I want to wood to show thru on this one...

Worn out gold top.  :icon_thumright:

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Mary Kay!

 

[dmraco]

trying some colors here...The grain was filled with tobacco brown filler.  The top color is an amber...the middle is plain mahogany..the middle is 1/2 tobacco brown and 1/2 amber.

It has several wet coats of clear on it...still needs to be sanded and polished.

I also gave a try at some gold leaf...I think this guitar will have a name... :toothy12:

 

[Cagey]

If you want to try something different, you could go the Potassium Dichromate route. I'm doing it with a mahogany Strat, and while the pictures so far don't really show it off best, the real life version is looking pretty good. It produces a more lively, lustrous finish that's deeper than dye or stain and really shows off the grain well. Plus, it doesn't add any weight or finish thickness if you worry about that sort of thing. Color can vary, though, depending one the particular wood and its source. Because of that, it's tough to test for color unless you have some of the original wood the piece was made of to play with. The chemical is not expensive, but you are kinda committed once you head down that route. There's no sanding or stripping it off, as it effects the wood itself.

 

[OzziePete]

Transparent Red.........  :headbang:

 

[DangerousR6]

gold top

sorry..should have specified....I want to wood to show thru on this one...

Worn out gold top.  :icon_thumright:

:headbang1:

 

[dmraco]

If you want to try something different, you could go the Potassium Dichromate route. I'm doing it with a mahogany Strat, and while the pictures so far don't really show it off best, the real life version is looking pretty good. It produces a more lively, lustrous finish that's deeper than dye or stain and really shows off the grain well. Plus, it doesn't add any weight or finish thickness if you worry about that sort of thing. Color can vary, though, depending one the particular wood and its source. Because of that, it's tough to test for color unless you have some of the original wood the piece was made of to play with. The chemical is not expensive, but you are kinda committed once you head down that route. There's no sanding or stripping it off, as it effects the wood itself.

I have thought about this.  DO you have to put a clear over it?

 

[Cagey]

I have thought about this.  DO you have to put a clear over it?

No, you don't have to put a finish over it. But, you should consider that mahogany is a fairly open-grained wood, so without a finish it's going to collect a lot of filth. Sweat, dirt, dead skin cells, body oil, and anything else that contacts it will get into the pores and make it into a disgusting thing you won't want to touch for fear of getting infected with creeping crud.

Should've put a finish on that guitar...​

 

[CrackedPepper]

trying some colors here...The grain was filled with tobacco brown filler.  The top color is an amber...the middle is plain mahogany..the middle is 1/2 tobacco brown and 1/2 amber.

It has several wet coats of clear on it...still needs to be sanded and polished.

I also gave a try at some gold leaf...I think this guitar will have a name... :toothy12:

They are all pretty but I am surprised by how nice the amber looks. 

 

[pabloman]

Tru-oil and tortoise :headbang1:

 

[DangerousR6]

trying some colors here...The grain was filled with tobacco brown filler.  The top color is an amber...the middle is plain mahogany..the middle is 1/2 tobacco brown and 1/2 amber.

It has several wet coats of clear on it...still needs to be sanded and polished.

I also gave a try at some gold leaf...I think this guitar will have a name... :toothy12:

I like the amber or the "O-Nat-ur-al"....I'd say just tru-oil....call it a day. :icon_thumright:

 

[elfro89]

KOA KOA KOA! all the way!  :headbang:

 

[dmraco]

I am leaning to natural or amber.  I am waiting to see what the actual peice of wook looks like after grain filling withthe tobacco brown. 

I also bought some micro mesh polishing pads...this finish will be like glass....