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Kaytrim:
OMG :o That is one cool stick. I tried that with a piece of curly maple and didn't even come close. I'm going to have to try that with TransTints instead of the cheep stuff I have on hand.
TTFN :cheers:
Kaytrim
SodaPopinksi:
Thanks! and you should build one or some javeryh, they are especially nice to have to plug in a cab or bartop for a 2nd, 3rd or 4th player. For me they are cool to realize a cab theme on a much smaller and somewhat less expensive scale, you know like just minus the computer and monitor hehe. This is also my first experience with a microswitch joystick and I can definitely see how they shine in fighting games especially since you can hear all the clicks for the combos.
Also Kaytrim I found the dyes online at drumsupply.com although their site seems to be going under a redesign. They seemed to have the best selection and lowest shipping that I could find. The transtint homepage shows other places though. And if you were ever thinking of dying a stick blue I recommend the sapphire blue over the regular blue. For some reason (maybe I didn't mix it right or something but I tried diff amounts to no avail) the regular blue comes out very light, like a stonewashed jean blue, on the other hand the sapphire is a very rich blue. I will post a pic of a curly maple stick dyed blue later tonight. I noticed the dye gets much deeper in color when you pass over it a few times with the foam brush, I probably coated the wood with it it 4-5 times in all, each time I applied it. I used a very small amount of warm distilled water, like 1/4 cup or so to about 1/2 teaspoon of dye to get it very dark too. Also this little guitar finishing tutorial was a bit of a help to me.
SodaPopinksi:
Here's another stick using the same board of quilted maple, I used Transfast sapphire blue and regular polyurethane. The other stick is another tall 2.75" one made of curly maple and the same dye but clear coated with polycrylic, I haven't sanded this one yet. You can see how much darker the blue is on the golden quilted maple compared to the near-white curly maple. Just today I got a cheap sander in the mail from harborfreight, its a sander/buffer and I used the foam buffing pad tonight with pretty decent results:
There are some lines running through the grain of the wood on the quilted maple one, no matter how much I sanded they stayed put. The quilted maple boards I got were kind of weird, they had weird scratchy grain and they were overall very dull. I had to sand like a banshee and started to notice the quilted figure coming through especially at 220 grit, it was cool though, kind of like digging up a buried treasure the more I sanded.
Kaytrim:
That buffer worked nice. If you want a real mirror finish try this sanding schedule. After the clear coat is cured, 2-4 days read the label, use a product called Micro Mesh. It is a sand paper that starts out at 1500 grit and climbs to a 12,000 grit. You can use it wet or dry, I use it wet. Then follow with an automotive rubbing and/or polishing compound.
javeryh:
12000 grit!!! I sanded with 1500 on my arcade and it came out mirrored. 12000 grit must be like a piece of silk or something!
Oh yeah, the new stick looks great too. Where do you guys get the exotic wood? I know Home Depot doesn't stock it and I don't recall ever seeing it at the local lumber yard...
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