Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks Martin,
I've heard good things about it but not used it. I had actually tried to find it before but could only seem to get the wax based products, which didn't look like the right thing. I'll contact Carbatec today and see if I can get some in Christchurch.
Cheers,
Davy

I hope this isn't hijacking this thread, but I've got a question about WHEN and how to porefill... I've recently started staining my instruments using stewmac's colortone stains to do rubbed bursts. It's fine on tops and backs that don't have open pores (NZ beech for backs usually) but my most recen...

Kia ora! This has I'm sure been asked before, but I haven't managed to turn up a thread on it so my apologies for any repetition! I'm currently finishing my instruments with nitro lacquer which I'm getting locally (Christchurch) from PPG. I do it in the back yard on dry days, but my neighbours are g...

Perfect! Thanks so much for taking the time to make this tutorial! Just found this as I contemplate getting stuck into some colour/burst work on a new octave mandolin. @Nick have you ever done any staining on red beech/tawhai?
Cheers,
Davy