Monday, July 30, 2012

July 30, 2012

9:30am - 5:00pm

Finally, after several days of sanding, it's time to stain!!

This is the mandolin before applying any stain:




I'll be doing a sunburst finish using an alcohol based leather dye as the stain.
Step 1 was for put Med Brown on the back, sides, front and neck.






Step 2 was to apply Cordovan to all outer edges.
Step 3 is to apply Brown between to two other stains blending them together.


This is the mandolin after staining:


The next step is to scrape all the binding on the mandolin. Here's a shot showing a small piece to the binding scraped.

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