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The most obivious answer
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 6/23/2017, 7:47 am
In Response To: Strip: How to Make This Finish? *PIC* (Marc Upchurch)

...is to do it with paint. We've all seen fades like this on custom cars, motorcycles and myriad other objects and the technique for doing it is well documented. You'd want to protect it with several layers of clearcoat; otherwise. scratches would show really badly.

It seems to me that dying or staining the wood would be very difficult to control and it could be challenging to get a true fade. Perhaps if you use a really dilute dye or dye-stain (not a pigment stain) and sprayed it in multiple coats, you may be able to achieve a nice fade effect. I really think that spraying is the key here.

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Strip: How to Make This Finish? *PIC*
Marc Upchurch -- 6/20/2017, 2:34 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 6/20/2017, 3:19 pm
Tint the Finish *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/20/2017, 4:01 pm
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Paul T -- 6/20/2017, 4:02 pm
Get out the torch
mick allen -- 6/20/2017, 4:08 pm
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Rod Tait -- 6/21/2017, 10:32 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/21/2017, 11:38 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/22/2017, 5:44 pm
Re: Strip: How to Make This Finish?
Marc Upchurch -- 6/22/2017, 11:47 pm
The most obivious answer
Brian Nystrom -- 6/23/2017, 7:47 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/23/2017, 8:43 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 6/23/2017, 8:58 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/23/2017, 10:43 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/23/2017, 11:34 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/23/2017, 11:49 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/23/2017, 12:05 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/23/2017, 12:19 pm
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roym -- 6/23/2017, 3:18 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/23/2017, 11:18 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/23/2017, 11:37 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/23/2017, 11:56 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/23/2017, 12:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/24/2017, 12:57 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/24/2017, 1:06 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/25/2017, 12:07 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/25/2017, 1:52 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/25/2017, 11:46 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/25/2017, 1:23 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/25/2017, 3:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/25/2017, 3:25 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/26/2017, 5:55 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/26/2017, 8:05 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/26/2017, 8:24 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/26/2017, 10:09 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/25/2017, 8:14 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/25/2017, 8:20 pm