alexreinhold said:
What products and steps did you use for the finish?
My sister who is a hobbyist woodworker kinda hipped me to this type of finish. I also saw a couple of diy videos online. I gather there are a few slightly varied but similar ways to get the same look. I guess you need an open grained wood to do it Ash,oak etc. Was pretty easy, and I think many variations could be done depending on your imagination. I did it because personally my rattle can experiences have been less than stellar.
Anyway, I took a stiff wire brush to the body with the grain doing many passes to further open up the grain. I then wiped on a good coat of black oil based stain. I let that dry for a day, but had it in a bathroom with a space heater . Then I used this stuff called "Rub N Buff" that is a metallic wax stuff to cover the whole body rubbing it into the grain. I let that dry for an hour. Then I stripped it off using mineral oil and one million rags and paper towels. Leaving the wax in the grain behind. Then I did ten coats of wipe on satin polyurethane (thin). I could have done even more coats poly but alas, I am lazy!
That is it.
). See here: https://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=33831.0
