Coloring fingerboard
-
- Posts: 87
- Joined: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:09 am
Coloring fingerboard
What is the best way to make a rosewood fingerboard black so it looks like ebony. Dye or stain??
-
- Posts: 733
- Joined: Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:50 am
- Location: Chadds Ford, PA
Re: Coloring fingerboard
I've used analine/EtOH dyes for ebony. Stains have varnishes as the binder, don't they? Probably wouldn't wear very well.
-
- Posts: 7011
- Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:09 pm
- Location: Hegins, Pa
- Contact:
Re: Coloring fingerboard
feibing black dye
John Hall
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com