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Title: Wood stain
Post by: lysosome on May 14, 2006, 04:24:29 PM

I have a bass body, stripped of paint that I want to stain. I'd like to get a transparent/semi-transparent stain so that the wood grain is still visible. What kind of stain would be best for this project? I've read up on it, and water-based stain seemed like a good idea, but then again I've read to avoid it.  
 
Or, would anyone reccomend something other than stain? I want the finish to be considerable darker than the actual wood, so I was thinking that something like Danish oil wouldn't be good..or would it?
 
Thanks in advance.

Title: Wood stain
Post by: lysosome on May 14, 2006, 04:25:31 PM

This is the color I am looking to get:
 
http://i12.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/19/1d/31_12_sb.JPG (http://i12.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/19/1d/31_12_sb.JPG)

Title: Wood stain
Post by: David Houck on May 15, 2006, 08:49:53 AM

Here's a previous thread (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=20931) that's somewhat on point.  I seem to recall there being another fairly recent thread on a similar topic; but I wasn't able to find it.

Title: Wood stain
Post by: jorge_s on May 15, 2006, 11:57:40 AM

You should check out Stewmac.com if you haven't already.  Also acousticguitar.com has a discussion section for luthiers where issues such as this get discussed in extreme depth.  It is pretty entertaining reading.  One can get pretty good pointers from some of the best luthiers.