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Jellyfish Table #5: Dying the top BLUE and spraying the lacquer

Blog entry by Blake posted 99 days ago 866 reads 0 times favorited 30 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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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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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.

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

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GMman

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posted 99 days ago

Looks good

-- --<<<<<< I will not stop until I get it right. >>>>>>--

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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!).

-- Nils Davis, Menlo Park, CA

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trifern

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posted 99 days ago

Gorgeous…

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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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

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

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Karson

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posted 99 days ago

Blake: The table top looks beautiful

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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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 .

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Todd A. Clippinger

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posted 99 days ago

I am BLOWN AWAY!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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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.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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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.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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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!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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Gary

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posted 99 days ago

Man what beauty. That’s amazing.

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

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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

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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

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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

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SPalm

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posted 99 days ago

That is just stunning. I have never….....

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

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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!!!!!!!!!

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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kolwdwrkr

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posted 99 days ago

Very cool Blake. The color came out amazing

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

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Brad_Nailor

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posted 99 days ago

Wow..that dye really makes the curls pop! Nice work

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

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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

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Rustic

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posted 99 days ago

Holy shhhhhht. That is awesome

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

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Damian Penney

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posted 99 days ago

woah! :)

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

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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.

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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.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

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a1Jim

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posted 98 days ago

cool and fun

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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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

-- cut it saw it scrap it

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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!!!!

-- Thos. Angle

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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!!

-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.

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Dusty56

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posted 97 days ago

Lovely color and the woodgrain is marvelous….nice glue-up: )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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QuantumD

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posted 10 days ago

I think you have inspired my next Flower Table design! Thank you very very much!

-- a Master Woodworker is not someone who does not make mistakes... they just know how to hide them very well.

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