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Comment by Phill Hill Charlie on April 2, 2012 at 4:53am

...are you an alchemist coming back from the past......°<[:-) [---]==={...

Comment by Suspect Device on March 24, 2012 at 3:04pm

Thanks. That's exactly what I figured I'd do. Maybe tint the epoxy, too. I actually read somewhere here on CBN, about melting solder into the dot holes, then sanding to level, then staining, ...or ebonizing. I tried it on a scrap fingerboard. The solder dots LOOKED wicked-cool, but promptly fell out of the holes after I wiped on the ebonizing solution. Possibly, re-seating them with glue might have worked, but by then I was like, "eh, whatever" and I went back to just cutting wood plugs and chasing flying dots around the workshop.

Comment by Madurobob on March 24, 2012 at 9:23am

Thats part of why I've not done any inlay dots yet!  I experimented a few days ago with a generic wood filler in a fretless ebonized fingerboard and the filler sanded down nicely without scuffing the ebonized walnut (I did two heavy coats of ebonizer so it would soak in really well).  But, I don't know how the filler will stand up to use.  I haven't tried, but its also quite possible a good epoxy filler wouldn't react with the ebonzer, so you could inlay the dots with the epoxy, sand smooth, then ebonize.

Comment by Suspect Device on March 23, 2012 at 4:29am

Yes, cider vinegar & rusty old washers & used steel wool... mmm barbecue!

Mandurobob, how do you handle inlays/dots when "ebonizing"? I have been experimenting, but if I inlay wooden dots prior to ebonizing, the dots get ebonized... if I set the dots in after, the ebbonizing gets sanded off when I level the dots. Maybe I'll try using epoxy or something instead of wood for dots.

Comment by Madurobob on March 22, 2012 at 2:45pm

Cider vinegar and rust?  I use that on my walnut fingerboards.and it looks fantastic.  But, whenever I'm using it and my wife walks in the shop she asks "are you eating barbecue?"

Comment by Suspect Device on March 22, 2012 at 2:48am

No kidding, drinking it is not a solution.

Comment by timothy chessel jr on March 22, 2012 at 2:45am

what ever you do dont drink it