Vintage tint with amber shellac

[Tonar8352]

If you are ever thinking about vintage tinting a maple neck this will give a good idea of what Zinsser Amber Shellac will do for you.

I’m killing two birds with one stone here. First I had to match the headstock on the one neck to Warmoth’s vintage tint on the rest of the neck, the headstock had been sanded through and needed to be repaired. The second one is to help make a decision on how dark a customer wants his vintage tint to be.  Sorry about the couple of blurry pictures I did not know my batteries were going dead but you can still get a good idea of the progression of the color change as each coat is added.

Here are the necks.

Everything taped and only the face ready for color.

One coat of shellac.

Second Coat

Third coat.

Its a match in three.

 

[Mor Paul]

That's a nice piece of birdseye there!
And congrats on 9*10^2 posts.

 

[Kei]

Congrats on 900 post.

And yeah.. going for 1 coat! :headbang:

 

[The Norwegian Guy]

U are my religion, tonar!

 

[bagman67]

Tonar, nice job on this.  I'm going over your past threads on neck finishing to get my brain primed for the new neck I bought (see http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=15207.msg219773#msg219773 ). 

I have a couple questions -

1.  Is the Zinsser amber shellac you applied here rattle-can, or applied using your pro spray rig?  If the latter, do you have any opinion concerning the suitability of a Preval unit for applying the shellac?

2.  Would the amber shellac be a suitable undercoat for a subsequent application of Tru-Oil, or would the shellac lay on too thick for the Tru-Oil to penetrate adequately?

Thanks in advance, and thanks for the tremendous education you've given us all in how to get it done right.

Bagman

 

[Tonar8352]

Bagman,

I use a very high end Iwata gravity feed HVL spray gun.  I do not know if the Preval would atomize the shellac well enough for it to look good so I can only suggest doing a test with one.  It may work if you thin it down with Shellac Solvent and do a few lighter coats.  You may want to spray with the nozzle about 10 to 12 inches from the surface.  A couple of other options is to brush it or use it as a French Polish but I have no experience with either so you would need to play around on a test board to see if you can get the results you are after.

I have not used Tru-Oil so I would have to pass the question to the Tru-Oil users on the board to answer you about using it under the Tru-Oil. I will say that Shellac is a sealer, and a very effective one at that.

Hope that helps.

 

[bagman67]

Much obliged, Tonar - a-testing I will go.

Yr. Humble Svt.,

Bagman

 

[-CB-]

Tonar.... is lacquer going over that shallac, I hope?