Question for Flea and Fluke owners about colors

Thumper · Oct 2, 2009

I was curious whether anybody here owned Fleas or Flukes in the following colors:

Hibiscus (red)
Ukelyptus (green)
Poi-ple (purple)

I've got a Mango-colored Fluke that I love, but I was surprised to see the Mango finish is a stain, not an opaque finish - you can see the wood grain and knots in the wood. (I like this look a LOT, but I wasn't expecting it)

So my question is: are the colors listed above solid, opaque finishes, or are they stains, which allow you to see the grain of the wood?

Thanks!

UKISOCIETY · Oct 2, 2009

My Flea was originally Hibiscus. I believe is was painted, because I sanded it down and repainted it pistachio.

jtafaro · Oct 2, 2009

I have a hibiscus flea and it looks like its painted. But it sounds great.
Joe T

AnnaUK · Oct 2, 2009

My Flea is hibiscus red. It looks painted to me, but I can see the grain through it.
I'll try and take a close up pic for you

AnnaUK · Oct 2, 2009

Not sure if this is any help. The texture certainly comes through, but I don't know if you'd call it a "grain" really.

existence · Oct 2, 2009

Thumper said:
I was curious whether anybody here owned Fleas or Flukes in the following colors:

Hibiscus (red)
Ukelyptus (green)
Poi-ple (purple)

I've got a Mango-colored Fluke that I love, but I was surprised to see the Mango finish is a stain, not an opaque finish - you can see the wood grain and knots in the wood. (I like this look a LOT, but I wasn't expecting it)

So my question is: are the colors listed above solid, opaque finishes, or are they stains, which allow you to see the grain of the wood?

Thanks!

Yup, same here. My Ukelyptus flea appears to be painted.

fleadermaus · Oct 2, 2009

That's strange. I had a mango Fluke, but I would have said it was painted. The texture is similar to AnnaUK's photo above.

Thumper · Oct 2, 2009

fleadermaus said:
That's strange. I had a mango Fluke, but I would have said it was painted. The texture is similar to AnnaUK's photo above.

The grain on my Fluke is very faint, but you can definitely see the knots in the wood:

Ukulele JJ · Oct 2, 2009

My green Flea looks stained to me. I can see the grain of the wood big-time.

The (excellent, as always) pictures over on Ukulele Review show the kind of green Flea I'm talking about. Although my wood grain has a lot of tiny little "speck" things in it, like Thumper's Fluke

JJ

fleadermaus · Oct 2, 2009

Thumper said:
The grain on my Fluke is very faint, but you can definitely see the knots in the wood:

Interesting. I wish I still had my Fluke handy so I could compare.

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