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mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2305
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, March 07, 2005 - 9:32 pm:   Edit Post

3752

Can't decide? This one's fairly straight grained at the center, swirls near the edge, lots of color shift.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2396
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 5:25 pm:   Edit Post

With a healthy douse of acetone, the color is closer to what it will be under the finish:

3752 'toned
bob
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Username: bob

Post Number: 410
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 9:45 pm:   Edit Post

...overcome by the fumes, they swapped sides? Depending on what areas you pick, either one could be fabulous.

I know how important it is to get a better preview, but it still pains me every time I see a beautiful piece of coco bolo swabbed with acetone. Sucking out that amazing, orange-colored oil that makes this wood so special.

Okay, it's still going to be sanded, but I can't help thinking that you remove some from the surface, and the deeper stuff moves up to compensate, and you lose some. Sigh.

But I'm probably just obsessing, needlessly.
valvil
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Username: valvil

Post Number: 683
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 9:56 pm:   Edit Post

Good one, Bob.

They swapped sides because someone wanted to see what they would look like this way. :-)


Valentino
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 1638
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 7:30 am:   Edit Post

Bob; another subject I know absolutely nothing about and never even considered. So, acetone swipes degrade the appearance??? It does seem to me that acetone swipes do give the customer a much better idea of what the bass will ultimately look like with a given piece of wood.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2398
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 10:08 am:   Edit Post

I wouldn't worry, except for the vapor (cough cough). Before you glue or paint an oily piece of Coco Bolo, you must clean with acetone or nothing will want to stick to it.
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 1641
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 10:20 am:   Edit Post

Thanks Mica! Use in a well-ventilated area <g>!

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