I'm wondering whether the wood fiber as pigmentation would not have the problems with bleeding into the grain. After all, it's fiber, not liquid. The liquid part will be clear.
Wenge would look fantastic on a maple neck. As Bert The Welder suggested, clear epoxy mixed with your saw dust will work really well. I suggest the maple for two reasons:
1) The color contrast
2) Using this method of epoxy/dust/pigment is easier on close grained wood. You can still do it on open grained wood but there is much more prep because of the way the epoxy wicks into all the nooks and crannies (like in my photo). I didn't mind so much that it turned out this way but I still need to perfect the application.
I've been saving the sawdust from some wenge I've been working with. Got some sort of idea about mixing the sawdust with some sort of binding agent and using it for fretboard dots (not fret lines). Not sure what to use as the binding agent though.
I'm still figuring this interface out. It scrolled by in the photos slideshow, and I always look for comments under the photo, neglecting to look up at the title part.
The fret locations were sawn and the position markers were drilled and then filled with epoxy that I colored with ground pigment. The process turned out to be a bit more involved than I would have liked but in the end worked well aesthetically.
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I'm wondering whether the wood fiber as pigmentation would not have the problems with bleeding into the grain. After all, it's fiber, not liquid. The liquid part will be clear.
Thanks for the info.
David,
Wenge would look fantastic on a maple neck. As Bert The Welder suggested, clear epoxy mixed with your saw dust will work really well. I suggest the maple for two reasons:
1) The color contrast
2) Using this method of epoxy/dust/pigment is easier on close grained wood. You can still do it on open grained wood but there is much more prep because of the way the epoxy wicks into all the nooks and crannies (like in my photo). I didn't mind so much that it turned out this way but I still need to perfect the application.
David; Clear epoxy or maybe even Weld Bond. Experiment on scrap first! :)
I've been saving the sawdust from some wenge I've been working with. Got some sort of idea about mixing the sawdust with some sort of binding agent and using it for fretboard dots (not fret lines). Not sure what to use as the binding agent though.
I did a similar job with plain colored wood putty. Made fret dots with red, blue, and green paintmixed in the wood putty. Not bad idea.
I'm still figuring this interface out. It scrolled by in the photos slideshow, and I always look for comments under the photo, neglecting to look up at the title part.
Michael,
The fret locations were sawn and the position markers were drilled and then filled with epoxy that I colored with ground pigment. The process turned out to be a bit more involved than I would have liked but in the end worked well aesthetically.
David,
Did I post these photos on a discussion page? I could have sworn I upload them to the home page.
I'm a little confused by your reply.
The fret locations were sawn and the position markers were drill and then filled with epoxy that I colored with ground pigment.
duh, I think the title of the discussion says what the frets are.
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