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White wash
« on: March 14, 2020, 01:37:46 PM »
Anybody white wash white wood to make it match white fiberglass better???????????
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Re: White wash
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2020, 03:31:18 PM »
I don't think white wash would be the way to go. White wash is lime based paint or solid stain and would not be compatible  with epoxy. You would be better off trying wood bleach, which is not laundry bleach.
Activated Oxalic acid will also take color out of wood, as will activated chlorine dioxide, but neither as well as two part wood bleach. Or you could just use Maple or some other white wood. ;)

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Re: White wash
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2020, 03:53:41 PM »
Birdseye maple Flem, I just wanted it to be whiter, and it would be put on the Take Down riser after glue up and final sanding. I should have said TD riser.
I didn't know there was wood bleach and AO acid, Thanks for the tip :) :thumbsup:

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Re: White wash
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2020, 03:59:14 PM »
I have masked off the lams and glass before and used Aniline Dye on this one, yellow, orange and brown.
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Re: White wash
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2020, 04:05:24 PM »
Thats pretty Mark :thumbsup: Almost looks like a sunburst guitar finish.

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Re: White wash
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2020, 04:51:49 PM »
That's because it is. :) ;)
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Re: White wash
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2020, 05:57:48 PM »
Wow, that's stunning.
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Re: White wash
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2020, 06:18:32 PM »
Wow, that's stunning.

I agree. It's cool to see something unusual. Kudos to you Mark :notworthy:

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Re: White wash
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2020, 11:29:04 PM »
Try Milk Paint as an alternative to other paints.  It should give you that whiter-white without a chemical problem...
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Re: White wash
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2020, 07:05:57 AM »
Thanks guy's
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Re: White wash
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2020, 12:28:32 PM »
Mark, you might try acrylic craft paint greatly diluted with denatured alcohol. My wife uses washes with her paper mache by diluting craft paint with water. Water will raise the grain, Alcohol shouldn't. Of course, do a test first to be sure it's compatible with the wood, glues and finishes.
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Re: White wash
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2020, 06:51:46 PM »
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