Mudfuzz wrote:You know... you have made this thread really hard to type in on a laptop
So you are seeing raw wood do to sanding off the dye coat?
What dye are you using?
Before I messed with the body I would try it on scrap: dye it, spray it, sand it till you hit wood, touchup dye, respray...
Doing tranz finishes can really be hard. Be methodical.
Not raw wood, but I am scuffing up and removing some of the dye because the sealer was still so thin. So I'm thinking of very gently going over the body until it's a scuffed-up mess so that all the sealer is gone, then wiping the dye on one more time.
I'm using TransTint green water-based dye. I started sanding so early because last time I sprayed sealer on (when I thought that I had the skills to spray color over it), it really sucked sanding the sealer away. I thought it would be thicker than it was this time. This is the first time I've refinished anything, so there have been some setbacks. It's just really frustrating to get that close and then have to redo it, I really felt like it was almost done.
Well, I successfully redid the headstock and applied the decal, though, which was also a first. Waterslides are so fragile!
I was just really bummed earlier. It shouldn't be a problem redying it.