I am about to embark on finishing my first guitar. I bought the StewMac finishing kit. Their Colortone filler is a waterbased product. Their web sit has a mess of reviews, most very negative. Does anyone have experience with this product?
Thanks,
Kent
colortone pore filler
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Re: colortone pore filler
Kent, you might do a search on the old forum. I have no experience so won't make a comment......but best I remember most folks don't like the water based fillers.
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Re: colortone pore filler
I did three applications on padauk, and still left massive voids. I personnally like epoxy. Had a disaster first time I used it, but learned how to mix it right, and have loved it ever since. I just had this sitting around and was out of the epoxy, so I tried it. Won't do that again.
Ken Hundley
Nocturnal Guitars
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So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
Nocturnal Guitars
http://www.nocturnalguitars.com
So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
Re: colortone pore filler
Kent, I used SM Colortone paste on my first several with both nitro and SM waterbased, and I would call it adequate. Do at least two, better three, applications on rosewood - one will not completely fill the pores. It will darken the pores slightly - don't know if you are going to do any other staining (like a mahogany neck). Experiment on scrap.kredwards wrote:I am about to embark on finishing my first guitar. I bought the StewMac finishing kit. Their Colortone filler is a waterbased product. Their web sit has a mess of reviews, most very negative. Does anyone have experience with this product?
Thanks,
Kent
Other options for pore filling inclue CA and epoxy, so for my last one which had some very highly figured (and I might add, expensive) koa I took a fairly large scrap of koa, masked it into three sections and applied SM paste, CA and Zpoxy. Leveled and shot a dozen coats of KTM-9 and by far the best was the Zpoxy, it really pops the grain but adds a very slight amber cast to it, the CA was next (and basically neutral color) and the SM is the dullest and adds a very slight brownish tint. (one of these days I'll buff that scrap and post a picture)
The SM was the easiest to apply, the CA next and the Zpoxy a real b***h to get into the pores, scraped and leveled. However, I am so impressed with the results that I'll probably use it on everything in the future and my half can of SM will probable never be used.
My $0.02, opinions will vary.
Re: colortone pore filler
I have been playing with the ColorTone and Z-poxy an scrap. The ColorTone seems to fill well if you ignore the directions, brush it on fairly heavy and let it dry. A couple of coats with sanding in between fills all the pores. When I followed the directions, it took at least 6 coats to approach this level.
As far as the Z-poxy is concerned, I got good results with 2 coats applying with a squeegie used for auto body putty. These coats were as thin as I could get. Sanding was just as easy as with the ColorTone.
I think I will go with 3 coats of the Z-poxy.
Kent
As far as the Z-poxy is concerned, I got good results with 2 coats applying with a squeegie used for auto body putty. These coats were as thin as I could get. Sanding was just as easy as with the ColorTone.
I think I will go with 3 coats of the Z-poxy.
Kent