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This is true. And they will look just like the ink sample that I would like you to send me, Elys!

Hey, Kenny:

"Like" is one thing.

"Opening one's wallet like", is another flavor entirely.

So Paul, that green didn't "absorb" into the wood? I would think you'd still have some green undertones (dang I miss the Undertones) in the grain of the wood even after stripping. Is the maple that dense that the paint doesn't sink in?

and btw, I agree on trying different colors. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

or..nothing "grained"...

There is at least one (or more) protective coat(s) of clear sealer between the wood and the pigment coat. And, since the pigment coat had been on such a short time, one might assume that the pigment coat was easier to remove than if it had been covered for months and years by a finish clearcoat.

For the green to have "soaked" into the wood, I would guess that Paul 's sealer coat(s) would have had to have been incomplete or have otherwise gone seriously awry.

I've been training Elys to channel me, Dan. He's coming along very well, thank you...

Rick finishes are applied over a sealer, or, in the case of some solids like Ruby, over opaque primer.

I've got some other tricks that I use when painting these acoustics that I've developed to add depth and brilliance to the colors as well. These techniques are, in fact, not time-savers, because they complicate and extend the finishing process, time-wise (up to about a month in most cases), but the quality of the finished product is improved tremendously.

Cheater ;^) If only we didn't have that pesky schedule...*Sigh* You make me envious Paul

Ahhhh, sealer..... Of course. I think maybe a Homeresque D'oh!! is due me here.

Call me a traditionalist. Call me old fashioned even.
But IMHO acoustic guitars should only come in one color – natural wood grain – as nature intended.

If nature intended for guitars to exist at all, 'she' accomplished it via the opposable thumb...the same instrument that makes wielding an airbrush possible, which can't really be separated into a category of things 'unintended', TMWOT.

Call me a taxi.

Mark, you're such an old-fashioned traditionalist.

OK, Dane: "YOU'RE A TAXI".