Well I have been tied up with my Offering Plate project for some time now and this is part of a little break i took last week. This piece of white oak had been hollowed for some time so decided it was time to finish it up. As it was drying it developed a few cracks and somehow some staining so I decided dye as the best finish. Applied Chestnut Stains Royal Blue and then sanded most of the color off below the rim. Now to add yellow and of coarse Y + B = G. topped that off with semi gloss lacquer. Maybe more to post later this week.

 

       By the I almost sanded this one off and start over as the wife did not like the color scheme and she suggested I call the DIL . Well  you see the result

Nice! How big is it, Gerald?

The different stains / dyes give it depth, or dimension if you will.  Looks great!  

Nice turning but I agree with your wife on the color.

Gerald its hard to get two people to like the same color..  and sometimes I can't stand the colors I choose on my stuff. 

  I do have a suggestion...using an air brush with a very thin dark line along the grain then feather it out halfway to the next grain line and by the time you get to the halfway point , no stain. I'll find something maybe I did. Close to what I'm suggesting but I used a small brush to dob the color in to the grain then sanded away most of the excess.  the wood on the right side looked better I thought for I lightened the red stain of the brush marks then added a thinned down red color in to the air brush to feather edge it all. I used three different dark colors before I got through. the water colors in the back ground was what I used on these clocks in my playing with the finish...

 

 This wood is ash so anything dark can make this grain stand out. Some I then go an extra semi clear toner over the entire finish to dull the appearance if that is what the customer wanted. The black specks are from a shortened stiff paint brush with an almost watery black lacquer and flick the bristles with your finger...

I meant to mention these clocks were for Christmas gifts so these finishes were not what anyone ordered so I was just playing around and kids water colors at garage sales are very cheap....

  Also air brushes only take very low air pressure like 20 to 50 lbs. so a real small compressor works okay and I do use a water trap with all my compressors...

Jesse, I like it when you play and experiment. It's always interesting and useful. 

The piece is 7 inches tall.

 

Jesse I like your technique. That pic I just noticed does not show the grain aspects that create this technique so I made another pic to show the grain at center pith and rays. This shows the highlights to rays and how they can pop. And as much as I like spault It takes away from this methods appearance. 

 

 

Edited August 23, 20196 yr by Gerald

The stain really makes,the medullary rays pop.  It almost looks like a globe.