A friend of mine has a cabinet shop with a spray booth and was nice enough to let me play in it. These photos were all taken in his shop.
Here is one of the samples we tried on a test piece. This is aniline die dissolved in alcohol.
WOW, I really like the color!
We used his Festool sander for the final sanding.
I had to stir the dye for over an hour.
On goes the die:
Sanding in between coats of sanding sealer and lacquer:
Erich sprayed the final coats of lacquer for me:
And this is the result!
This took about three hours, and I spent another four hours in my shop sanding all the components of the table to get them ready for assembly. So Total Project Time So Far: 48 Hours.
-- Happy woodworking!
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Kent Shepherd
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#1 posted 08-14-2009 11:32 PM
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Beautiful color. I can’t wait to see it all finished. What brand lacquer are you using?
Good job.
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GMman
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#2 posted 08-14-2009 11:32 PM
Looks good
Nils
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#3 posted 08-14-2009 11:38 PM
Wow! Unbelievable how much that grain is popping with the dye. Nice job (as usual!).
-- Nils Davis, Menlo Park, CA
trifern
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#4 posted 08-14-2009 11:58 PM
Gorgeous…
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
majeagle1
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#5 posted 08-14-2009 11:59 PM
Ok Blake, that’s the water, now where is the wood? !!!!!
Beautiful, just beautiful….............
Can’t wait to see the completed table.
Are you going to install a drip pan underneath to catch the water?lol
-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/
Karson
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#6 posted 08-15-2009 12:02 AM
Blake: The table top looks beautiful
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Appomattox Virginia [email protected] †
JerrySats
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#7 posted 08-15-2009 12:07 AM
That’s a beautiful piece of wood , you did a great job of bringing out the figure in that QM . It looks like one huge PRS guitar body , really like the color you picked . Can’t wait to see the table completed .
Todd A. Clippinger
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#8 posted 08-15-2009 12:09 AM
I am BLOWN AWAY!
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com
Russel
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#9 posted 08-15-2009 12:16 AM
WOW … That is way cool. I cannot wait to see the whole table assembled. Fantastic.
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griff
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#10 posted 08-15-2009 12:19 AM
Blake, that is one great looking top, like the color, looking forward to the completion.
-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none
mmh
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#11 posted 08-15-2009 12:33 AM
Very cool! I think I just saw a pair of dolphins swim by. They went right past the knot/crotch hole . . . I can’t wait to see the final product!
-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Gary
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#12 posted 08-15-2009 12:45 AM
Man what beauty. That’s amazing.
-- Gary, DeKalb Texas only 4 miles from the mill
jockmike2
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#13 posted 08-15-2009 12:48 AM
Blake, you did it with this one. Beautiful, absolutely gorgeous. Can’t express enough adjectives to describe the beauty of it.
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
patron
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#14 posted 08-15-2009 01:12 AM
beautifull !
i got to fly over the bahamas ,
in a private plane .
the sandbars looked exactly like this .
you could see every little ripple ,
from the tides in it .
and the color was identical !
great work ,
lets see the rest .
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
huff
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#15 posted 08-15-2009 01:53 AM
Totally awesome! Love that color. Can’t wait to see the total project. Keep us posted.
-- John @ http://www.thehuffordfurnituregroup.com
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