A friend of mine has a cabinet shop with a spray booth and was nice enough to let me play in it. These photos were all taken in his shop.
Here is one of the samples we tried on a test piece. This is aniline die dissolved in alcohol.


WOW, I really like the color!

We used his Festool sander for the final sanding.

I had to stir the dye for over an hour.

On goes the die:






Sanding in between coats of sanding sealer and lacquer:

Erich sprayed the final coats of lacquer for me:

And this is the result!




This took about three hours, and I spent another four hours in my shop sanding all the components of the table to get them ready for assembly. So Total Project Time So Far: 48 Hours.
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30 comments so far
Kent Shepherd
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posted 99 days ago
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Beautiful color. I can’t wait to see it all finished. What brand lacquer are you using?
Good job.
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GMman
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posted 99 days ago
Looks good
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Nils
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posted 99 days ago
Wow! Unbelievable how much that grain is popping with the dye. Nice job (as usual!).
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trifern
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posted 99 days ago
Gorgeous…
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majeagle1
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posted 99 days ago
Ok Blake, that’s the water, now where is the wood? !!!!!
Beautiful, just beautiful….............
Can’t wait to see the completed table.
Are you going to install a drip pan underneath to catch the water?lol
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Karson
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posted 99 days ago
Blake: The table top looks beautiful
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JerryS
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posted 99 days ago
That’s a beautiful piece of wood , you did a great job of bringing out the figure in that QM . It looks like one huge PRS guitar body , really like the color you picked . Can’t wait to see the table completed .
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 99 days ago
I am BLOWN AWAY!
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Russel
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posted 99 days ago
WOW … That is way cool. I cannot wait to see the whole table assembled. Fantastic.
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griff
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posted 99 days ago
Blake, that is one great looking top, like the color, looking forward to the completion.
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mmh
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posted 99 days ago
Very cool! I think I just saw a pair of dolphins swim by. They went right past the knot/crotch hole . . . I can’t wait to see the final product!
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Gary
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posted 99 days ago
Man what beauty. That’s amazing.
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jockmike2
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posted 99 days ago
Blake, you did it with this one. Beautiful, absolutely gorgeous. Can’t express enough adjectives to describe the beauty of it.
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
patron
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posted 99 days ago
beautifull !
i got to fly over the bahamas ,
in a private plane .
the sandbars looked exactly like this .
you could see every little ripple ,
from the tides in it .
and the color was identical !
great work ,
lets see the rest .
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
huff
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posted 99 days ago
Totally awesome! Love that color. Can’t wait to see the total project. Keep us posted.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
SPalm
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That is just stunning. I have never….....
Steve
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mtnwild
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posted 99 days ago
Awesome!!!!!! You da man….............Can’t wait to see it all together. Far out!!!!!!!!!
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kolwdwrkr
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posted 99 days ago
Very cool Blake. The color came out amazing
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Brad_Nailor
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posted 99 days ago
Wow..that dye really makes the curls pop! Nice work
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blackcherry
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posted 99 days ago
It appear as if you could dive right into a pool of curly waves. Great project as usual Blake…Blkcherry
Rustic
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posted 99 days ago
Holy shhhhhht. That is awesome
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Damian Penney
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posted 99 days ago
woah! :)
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 99 days ago
wow…. very nice blake. i love that color and the grain really pops… very good job with the dye too an alcohol dye is very hard to rub.
bfd
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posted 98 days ago
Blake that is INSANE!!!!! HOLY SH$%^$&T. That blue dye stain just pops. Your vision and execution are once again flawless. It is has been said several times but you hit the look of water with the finish and ithe table top looks alive. Just awesome blake, just awesome.
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a1Jim
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posted 98 days ago
cool and fun
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pommy
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posted 98 days ago
WOW Blake
that coulor is totaly awsome i dont think you could of done any better truely stunning and i think you should be very very proud
thank you for showing us can’t wait to see the finished table
Andy
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Thos. Angle
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posted 98 days ago
There’s a lot of WOW’s on that table top, Blake. IMPRESSIVE!!!!
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blockhead
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posted 98 days ago
I’ve been waiting on pins and needles to see this. Absolutely worth the wait!! Another gorgeous piece!!
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Dusty56
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Lovely color and the woodgrain is marvelous….nice glue-up: )
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QuantumD
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I think you have inspired my next Flower Table design! Thank you very very much!
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