Finishing Ash - FineWoodworking
2023年3月26日 · I’m making a sideboard from ash. I’ve matched the panels for color and figure as best as I could. I’d like to keep the natural blond color of ash as much as practical, but because some of the adjacent boards which make up the panels have color variations, I’m thinking about adding some color/tint to better match them.
Staining ash. - FineWoodworking
2002年12月15日 · Or, you may have sanded the wood too smooth in areas and the stain didn't color it evenly. For dense hardwoods like ash or oak, sanding to 150 grit is plenty smooth before staining. A penetrating oil-base stain like Minwax or Benjamin Moore colors the wood nicely. There is no need to use a sealer before staining or between coats of stain with ash.
Finishing Ash - FineWoodworking
2022年5月4日 · These utility pieces show one approach to finishing ash to get a warm look. (Bench is ash; legs of shop stool are ash.) There are many options revolving around seal coat of alcohol-diluted Zinsser Seal Coat followed by aniline dyes of various colors.
Maple or ash? Opinions? - FineWoodworking
2003年5月26日 · Ash is certainly not a bad choice. The one thing about ash is that it will be harder to mark the benchtop for ongoing projects because of the softer, darker wood. I mark my maple top all of the time, and just erase the marks when done. Agaisnt the light and even color, the marks are easy to see. Alan
Lakland Colors! Help! - TalkBass.com
2006年11月27日 · I picked the Ash Rosewood, because black looks like crap once it gets grungy. Smudges, finger prints, sweat, etc, makes for a nasty looking bass. So if you get the black one, keep it clean...
Liming Ash - FineWoodworking
2010年6月12日 · Limed Ash. Thanks for the reply. So, you'd suggest a white, oil based stain, followed by a water based finish over it. I tried the liming wax today, which gave a nice effect. I guess I'm looking more to fill the pores than color the rest of the ash, and it gives that effect.
Grain Filling - Clear or Tinted? - TalkBass.com
2005年10月10日 · Ash on the other hand looks great with some tint in the grain, but IME you don't need to marry the tint to the grain fill, if you want open grain you can just wipe on plain tint to get the color in the grain, then clearcoat and keep the texture.
wood to compliment cherry - FineWoodworking
2022年9月5日 · The oak will have red tones like the cherry but maybe not in the same range of color. Ash has a yellow/green base color so if used I would plan on dying or staining it strongly. Maybe it is from growing up in California but red oak is my least favorite of woods. Too mush cheap furniture in red oak flooded the market in my formative years ;-)
finishing purpleheart - FineWoodworking
2005年6月20日 · The ash handles I've made in the past "feel" best in my hands when all they have is a burnished coat of Johnson's paste wax. Burnished with a handfull of shavings and sawdust held in my hand while gripping the spinning handle on the late. I personally wouldn't stain purple heart. Why try to turn it a different color than what it is? - just me -.
Popularity contest--wood grain vs not on painted body?
2024年10月27日 · I voted both. I like both, I own both. I have two build-to-order G&Ls; once transparent Blackburst over ash, which looks great (as one friend put it "it's like 3TSB but more bad a$$"), and a JB in Spanish Copper Metallic. I also …