Memphis Ukuleles

Ken. Let me guess: you are not exactly new to this. Nice stuff. Love your use of grain in the design. So logical and clean. Has me thinking...
 
Sven said:
They look great. CA finish? You'd better write a tutorial here, pronto!

Cheers / Sven
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Thanks, Sven. I use Starbond thin odoless. It comes in 16 oz. bottles. I spread on a thin coat with black nitrile gloves one section at a time. Then I spray accelerator. Sand lightly with 320 gold paper and repeat for 5 or six coats. Then I level sand and wet sand from 320 to 1500 and buff. It fills the pores and then builds a film. Not too hard. On the top and the neck I do a wash coat of shellac first. Otherwise it can get blotchy on the soft wood or end grain.
 
A really impressive set of ukes, beautiful wood and superbly constructed! Its interesting to see/hear about the CA finish. I also really like your rosettes. Its always good to see what others are making.
 
greenscoe said:
A really impressive set of ukes, beautiful wood and superbly constructed! Its interesting to see/hear about the CA finish. I also really like your rosettes. Its always good to see what others are making.
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Thanks, greenscoe. I did a short explanation of what I do with the Starbond thin odorless in a reply on the first page. I suppose I could have added that some use a paper towel to apply it but too much gets absorbed for my liking and it's not cheap stuff so that's why I use the black powderless nitrile gloves. I like the fact that there is no barrier between the pore fill and the finish. I goes on pretty fast and the sound of the ukuleles doesn't suffer. There are some odd marks that show up after buffing but after a day or two they buff out and don't return.
 
I think they look awesome. Real "lookers"....my gut tells me they sound as good as they look. I especially like the one at the bottom too and that dark headstock, whetever it's attached to. I would be excited to get a closer look at and play one of these babies if I saw them. I'm a concert fan, but for the right uke, I'd play a tenor.
 
what kind of finish are on the ukes...I am not familiar with Cyanoacrylate...
 
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See you there Ken- I should have at least one uke and a few guitars :)
 
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