Spent some time this morning playing with dye colors and trying them out on some wood samples. I had gotten some guitar spruce top "rejects" to use as stain samples as well as some pieces of maple. I sanded them "through the grits" all the way up to 220 and then applied a wash coat of shellac to one piece each of maple and spruce. Sarah was most helpful in mixing colors. She has a very good sense for these types of things.
The dye is power from LMII, dissolved in denatured alcohol. The shellac-covered wood shows more defined figure and at the same time has less blotching than the bare wood. I will be applying finish to the stained woo, to see what the final effect is
In the meantime here is a photo from today's color session
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