Originally posted by DalyTek
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I used the Fiebing's leather dye on the rosewood board on my Epiphone Les Paul and it came out fantastic.
The board was SUPER dry and was a pretty light-colored rosewood, and had very little grain pores when I started.
I cleaned the board with naptha, then applied the dye with a foam paint brush.
I left it sitting for 10 minutes, then cleaned off the excess.
The stuff stained the binding and the inlays as expected, but a light rub with 0000 steel wool cleaned it right off.
I then lightly coated with Formby's low gloss tung oil finish.
Let that dry completely, then gave it a light once-over with the 0000 steel wool and it was done.
The only issue I can say I have is those micro cracks that sometimes occur in the binding where the fret slots are cut darken and show a lot more with the dye.
Honestly, even next to my real ebony boards, you cannot tell this is rosewood. I'm very happy with the results.
The board was SUPER dry and was a pretty light-colored rosewood, and had very little grain pores when I started.
I cleaned the board with naptha, then applied the dye with a foam paint brush.
I left it sitting for 10 minutes, then cleaned off the excess.
The stuff stained the binding and the inlays as expected, but a light rub with 0000 steel wool cleaned it right off.
I then lightly coated with Formby's low gloss tung oil finish.
Let that dry completely, then gave it a light once-over with the 0000 steel wool and it was done.
The only issue I can say I have is those micro cracks that sometimes occur in the binding where the fret slots are cut darken and show a lot more with the dye.
Honestly, even next to my real ebony boards, you cannot tell this is rosewood. I'm very happy with the results.
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