I want to stain an electric bass body made from "Swamp Ash" pink. Any
ideas the best way to do this?

Swamp Ash, BTW, is a light weight variety of white ash that grows in the
swamps of Lousiana and Mississippi.

--Steve

"Steve" wrote ...
I want to stain an electric bass body made from "Swamp Ash" pink.
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A thin mix of red water-based aniline dye will give a nice pink color. You can make a warmer pink by adding just a hint of yellow, or a more purplish pink by adding a hint of blue.

Won't hide the grain at all, will enhance any curl in the wood.

You could also seal the wood after the pink dye, then fill the pores before topcoating. That way you could get a smooth, shiny pink guitar with any color grain you like.

Topcoating with water-based lacquer will keep the colors from yellowing.



--
Timothy Juvenal
www.tjwoodworking.com

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:29:49 -0800, Steve wrote:

I want to stain an electric bass body made from "Swamp Ash" pink. Any
ideas the best way to do this?

Swamp Ash, BTW, is a light weight variety of white ash that grows in the
swamps of Lousiana and Mississippi.

--Steve

Not sure how this would/wood work on ash, but I used a mix of 50/50 Cherry and
Natural Danish oil fro my display cases and they came out a nice warm pink..
For a bass, you probably want something a little more vibrant, though..

You stain trout, also?


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Mon, Dec 10, 2007, 9:29pm (EST-3) (Steve) doth
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I want to stain an electric bass body made from "Swamp Ash" pink. Any
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Best? Dunno. But been 'speerminting with latex paint, thinned way
down, as stain. Works quite well, and you can mix any color you want.
It should go without saying to try it on some scrap wood first, but with
a few people it 'does' need saying LOL Food colors work too, but a lot
more delicate color to my mind.



JOAT
I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
them.
- Picasso

Sounds like a cool project. I'd use a dye stain from these guys
http://www.homesteadfinishing.com. I imagine a washed out version of
one of the red colors would do the trick. In the trans tints they also
have a sort of purple\magenta that might lighten up in a cool manner.
They have lots of options. Test a few and find something nice.

I've alwasy wanted to do my own maple drums and do some cool coloring
too.


On Dec 10, 9:29 pm, Steve wrote:
I want to stain an electric bass body made from "Swamp Ash" pink. Any
ideas the best way to do this?

Swamp Ash, BTW, is a light weight variety of white ash that grows in the
swamps of Lousiana and Mississippi.

--Steve

"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
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Sounds like a cool project. I'd use a dye stain from these guys
http://www.homesteadfinishing.com. I imagine a washed out version of
one of the red colors would do the trick. In the trans tints they also
have a sort of purple\magenta that might lighten up in a cool manner.
They have lots of options. Test a few and find something nice.

I've alwasy wanted to do my own maple drums and do some cool coloring
too.



I love Homestead, and Jeff really knows his stuff. I suggest you call and
ask him for a suggestion.