Paint question

[Heavision]

  Yo dudes. Just signed up here, hello everyone. I just received a Warmoth strat body. Swamp ash with a maple top. I was gonna put a little Watco Danish oil on her---nothing crazy, maybe a few coats. Then I'd continue with spray paint.

  Then it occurred to me that I've never done that before. I have a Warmoth strat body that's walnut; I put many coats of it on that guitar, then a satin finish. She looks great, everything worked fine. And I have another Warmoth strat body that's solid maple: that one I just primed and painted, turned out great.

  Now, I've never applied Danish oil then painted over it: does that work? Also, I've never applied Danish oil to a guitar body that had a top/cap on it: this one is ash with maple and I'm worried about one species reacting differently from the other---swelling or something---and causing problems.

  Thoughts, advice, suggestions? 
 
  Thanks y'all! :headbang:

 

[JPOL007]

Welcome to the forum. I have used danish oil on a current project. I'm one of those "let grain shine through" guys so I don't know much about paint. I've used TransTint dye and dewaxed shellac to get the look I want but no paint experience. i did find this one a woodworking website. A danish oil finish is a mixture of oil based varnish and tung oil and thinned. Once it dries you can paint over it with an oil based paint.

An aniline dye more or less is ink and not a finish. It would need some kind of finish over the top. You could coat it with sealcoat and then oil based paint. You would have to sand the sealcoat in order to put a water based paint over the top. Good luck with your build.

 

[bagman67]

There's no advantage to be gained by doing a Danish oil finish and then painting on top of it, and plenty of reason to fear the solid-colored paint finish might fail if you apply it before the Danish oil finish is fully cured.  I would recommend using a finishing schedule of known compatible products - sealer, grain filler, primer, color coat, and clear topcoat. No need to tempt fate.