🦋 Tin-can Cello: colors
I've started the process of coloring the cello's neck. Holding off on the scroll until the repair is finished...
I'm taken aback by what a shiny, smooth "finished" surface I can get by buffing out the stain. The stain I'm using is made by mixing tea and pigment dissolved in turpentine -- apply by rubbing on with a cloth, then rubbing off the excess. Before it has fully dried, buff with steel wool. After it has dried, sand with 400 grit, and buff again with steel wool and cloth.
The curved part of the neck has varying depth of color; during the staining process I noticed scratches in a couple of places that I had missed when sanding the neck, and went back and sanded them out, removing stain. (There are also scratches that I left.) It looks surprisingly ok... I am thinking the finish will be a coat of thinned Tru-oil and then a coat of un-thinned Tru-oil, and maybe further coats for the lower portion of the neck and the scroll. Buffing with steel wool and cloth.
posted morning of Sunday, September 16th, 2018
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