This is a piece of spalted and stabilized maple, the same wood as Stick 20: Caribbean Stick. The shine is 4 coats of CA glue, (not much), a quick wet sand up to 4000, and a topping of turner’s wax. The actual finish will be 2 coats of clear epoxy, 15 CA glue, and cue wax. The luster will be much deeper on the stick than the color test. I only added the finish because it darkens the color and gives a true estimate of what’s possible.
This is a custom job. We’re looking for 6 ocean colors to blend into a single stick, so the lighter blues are at one end and the darker at the other. Which is subject to change, per the owner. That’s the beauty of custom work.
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The rod above shows 3 ways to apply 4 colors.
Each dark bar is undiluted, showing the absolute darkest each color can be. The color on either side of each dark section is the same color, with a light application on the left, and a darker application on the right.
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2 responses to “Color test for stick 20”
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Oh this is going to be so so beautiful! I was thinking the darker colors on the bumper end, fading to lighter toward the tip? Is a fade possible? Thank you so so much!!
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Yes, absolutely. They’re in this order because I wanted to keep a light and dark application of each separate color side by side. If you like the colors, I can organize them light to dark and then fade them as you say, so the whole stick has a blended look that gradually darkens.
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