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  • SHADOWFOX
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    • May 2005
    • 1232
    • IL, USA.
    • DELTA 36-675
    #16
    They look great, Bade! Great job!
    Chris

    "The first key to wisdom is constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth." -Pierre Abelard 11th Century philosopher.

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      • pelligrini
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        • Apr 2007
        • 4217
        • Fort Worth, TX
        • Craftsman 21829
        #17
        That does look sharp! Nice job!

        Have you used Seal-a-cell before? How did you like working with it? I love the look of dark oak, especially red oak. A lot of my oil stain jobs take a while to dry and I have to keep up with the weeping pores.
        Erik

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          • Black wallnut
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            • Jan 2003
            • 4715
            • Ellensburg, Wa, USA.
            • BT3k 1999
            #18
            Looks like you did a great job!
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              • chopnhack
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                • Oct 2006
                • 3779
                • Florida
                • Ryobi BT3100
                #19
                Beaut, Bade, the color looks real even. Cant wait to see how it looks with glaze!
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                  • BadeMillsap
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2005
                    • 868
                    • Bulverde, Texas, USA.
                    • Grizzly G1023SL
                    #20
                    Working the color

                    Originally posted by pelligrini
                    That does look sharp! Nice job!

                    Have you used Seal-a-cell before? How did you like working with it? I love the look of dark oak, especially red oak. A lot of my oil stain jobs take a while to dry and I have to keep up with the weeping pores.
                    @P - I hadn't used Seal-a-cell specifically but have used aniline dye fairly extensively when doing sunbursts on mandolins and such ... the schedule I was following wanted the base color to be fairly intense reddish brown (I mixed two full ounces of Transtint reddish brown in a quart of alcohol and it was pretty dark) so I washed the whole thing with that and then went over it with just clear alcohol to lighten a bit and even out the coloration. As you would expect the dye dries very fast when mixed with alcohol and there isn't any "weeping" danger. I've gotten to where I prefer "dye" vs "stain" and use it whenever possible ... I think I have much better color control with dye. The Seal-a-cell is apparently something like poly (for all I know it's just thinned poly) that will keep the gel from overpowering the dye ... it went on just like wipe on poly and dried pretty fast. At this point I've actually done the glaze on the head board (that went well and dried pretty fast) and started the satin poly coats ... seems to be doing what I want and since my "customer" is happy with the result I am too ...

                    @all - thanks for the comments guys I'll post final pics over in the "Finished Projects" forum when it's done ... it's been fun but I'll be glad to get this beast out of my very cramped shop!
                    "Like an old desperado, I paint the town beige ..." REK
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