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I am a finisher so I have to match whatever color they want whether I like it or not. I just try and make it as beautiful as I can within the restrictions I have. Not everyone loves wood like we do....

Book matched figured wood with eyes added to create creatures. Everyone sees something different which I find cool.

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Your best bet is a phosphoric acid etch (like PPG DX533) followed by a 2k urethane isolante coat, I like Chemcraft but have had good results with Ilva as well. After the 2k isolante has dried for an...

Kent, they are simply small files that cut the dust nib off at the surface. If you look real closely you will be able to see where it has been sliced off but the surface will feel perfectly smooth....

For removing nibs in the finish use a nib file. Either a fine or a coarse file from Steck is good, my personal favorite is the metal plane from Konig. Don't apply pressure while using just allow the...

What makes the dye blotch is applying it too wet which allows it to penetrate the softer pores more, making them darker. Spray on the dye evenly not allowing it to puddle and it won't blotch. You do...

Pad on some alcohol and see if it doesn't disappear.

Since it is too late for another option, yes you can spot seal the filler so the stain doesn't penetrate as much. Also if it is too light after stain is applied you can use a colored pencil to match...

When spraying are you opening the fluid all the way? (pulling the trigger all the way open) A lot of beginners turn the fluid control almost all of the way in so you can barely pull the trigger and...

Use walnut and celebrate the joinery. :)

That would be a sprayed NGR dye stain sealed with either a conversion varnish or vinyl sealer (or even a 2k urethane) then a dark glaze is applied. There are as many ways to apply glaze as there are...

Do you have finish on it? It won't show the true color until it is sealed, you can check in an inconspicuous spot.

To properly clean a spray gun it must be disassembled and the fluid passages cleaned with the proper solvent and brushes. There are gun cleaning kits available with different size brushes...

I find the secret to popping the grain on any species of wood is to shear the fibers by using a cabinet scraper or hand plane as opposed to sanding.
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The left side of this figured walnut...

They do chipped glass effects by coating hide glue on glass and as it dries it actually pulls chips of glass off creating a beautiful effect. As long as the surface is clean you will not have any...

I'll take a wild guess here and say maybe you didn't get all the old finish off? That will cause all kinds of problems with stain penetration.

You want to remove some of the flattening paste from the surface as well as any dust nibs that may be there.

All finishes are not packaged the same. Some are thick, some are thin and it also depends on temperature. Whats sprays great out of the can in the summer at 90 degrees can spray like crap when it is...

If it is a conventional nitro lacquer you can wet sand the entire top with 1500 grit sand paper and then spray just lacquer thinner and it will re-wet. If it is a pre-cat or catalyzed lacquer it...

Not sure what colors you're looking to get for each species. I would do a dilute dye stain on the entire board to get the pop on the birdseye. It shouldn't really effect the rosewood all that much....

Nothing is going to hold up in direct sun. You'll be re-doing it again. Is there any way to build a small porch roof, dormer or trellis of some kind to protect the door from the direct sun?

Spray only. Even if I am going to wipe it off, I spray it on.

Yes. But you are going to go right back over it after it flashes. Try it on a piece of scrap.

A normal wet coat of finish will look like a sheet of glass, 3-4 wet mils of fluid, which is right on the border of when a run can happen. By doing a tack coat (there are just speckles of finish on...

It is basically a dry coat allowed to tack for a couple seconds. Very good technique on vertical surfaces to prevent runs. The nice thing about lacquer us that it re-wets when you spray another coat....