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When using solid colour ( both dye and pigment) based kits, both the condition of the surface of the wood and application of the finish will have a bearing on how quickly and easily you will achieve a solid colour. Of course that assumes you want to have a solid colour. Many customers who have used Wudtone with lovely wood stop at a ” Mary Kaye” style , level of translucency with the same dye and pigment based kits.
However if you are aiming for a solid colour the darker pigment based colours require more thickness of finish on the wood to get a solid colour ( and also the finish will take longer to really cure hard etc).
The technique described in this post http://www.wudtone.com/forum/?topic=new-lady-teal-colour-plus-tip-when-using-pigment-based-kits is the best way we have found to build the thickness quicker and so get a nice even solid colour. Bear in mind that the finish will take longer to cure to its hardest etc because it is thicker. kind regards
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Does the same apply to getting a nice even and rich colour with the darker translucents?
really needs to be written into the instructions too.
I would also consider labelling the bottles 1, 2 & 3 or A, B & C in order of application. I know I did mine in the right order but when it was not working I found myself I re-reading the instructions a few times on the assumption I had the base coat and deep colour base coat the wrong way round
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The key (I know you had no luck) is to sand to 220 grit and really work it into the wood.
That said, some wood just doesn't seem to like it - I've been lucky so far, but I know that you know how to sand properly! Maybe you had all the bad luck.
If you fancy trying it again, even on scrap, I have some spare black deep colour coat. It won't go black per se, it's more a very dark grey/black (think prs Tremonti). I tested it on my pine body and, although not the colour I'll use, it took very well and was very dark. Contrast with my alder p - bass with the same kit that went a lovely deep antique poo brown colour! (genuinely love it, was going to be a solid finish but loved it enough to not bother).
I'll happily post it your way, along with any other spare deep colours I have. Just drop me a pm if you fancy it.
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It is odd - some people seem to get very unlucky and have a bit of wood that just doesn't like it. No idea why.
My alder bass didn't, technically.