Red stained finish with raised grain.
With the exception of the red color being closer to brown in this picture, this is what I’m going for with my restoration. I want shells exposed with the grain raised, stained candy apple red with a clear coat finish.
I’ve trolled YouTube for some examples for what I’m interested in doing. Here’s a guy doing a the work. It’s a more elaborate finish but the techniques he’s using show what I’ll be attempting to do.
John Kinane is a resident of Hilton, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York. A former middle school band director and music teacher, John changed direction into technology and web and multimedia programming. He holds a Bachelors degree from the Crane School of Music and a Masters degree from Nazareth College of Rochester. Interests include percussion, drum and bugle corps, progressive politics, astronomy, web programming and raising three great kids. 
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