Pau Ferro darkening can it be done?
- Thread starter eSGEe
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This is silly, I know, but....have you tried oiling the fretboard? I use lemon oil to clean, and bore oil to condition. I don’t have any guitars with that wood used for the fretboard, but even a medium dark “American Rosewood” board comes out looking like ebony...
That’s freshly cleaned, oiled, restrung, and set up.
I've used this to darken pale boards.
Won't rub off.
Won't rub off.
eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
Stew-Mac sells a fretboard oil with darkener in it.
www.stewmac.com
You can also add artist's oil pigments yourself to bore oil, boiled linseed oil, or whatever your fretboard oil of choice might be.
That way you could make it in a couple of colors. I've thought of reddening one fretboard as well as darkening another.
India ink and leather dye are mostly used for blackening fretboards to look like ebony, I think.
Stew-Mac sells the Fiebing black and recommends it for ebonizing.
But Fiebing does make it in brown too.
ColorTone Fretboard Finishing Oil - StewMac
Preserves and beautifies fingerboards and bridges, leaving a smooth non-sticky feel.
You can also add artist's oil pigments yourself to bore oil, boiled linseed oil, or whatever your fretboard oil of choice might be.
That way you could make it in a couple of colors. I've thought of reddening one fretboard as well as darkening another.
India ink and leather dye are mostly used for blackening fretboards to look like ebony, I think.
Stew-Mac sells the Fiebing black and recommends it for ebonizing.
But Fiebing does make it in brown too.
Cadorman
Ambassador of the Catocaster
That could have been bad.
OP
eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
yep and its no where CLOSE the the lovely dark color on your sg
OP
eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
might make my playing improve!
OP
eSGEe
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the master
The leather die is listed as an alcohol based product
