Steve in Kent
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I bought this Lanikai LU-8E for £60 including case.
As you can see it's had a hard life, but sounds a lot better than it looks.
It's evidently had the sound board replaced.
After trying to remove the stuck on scratch guard it removed some of the brown stain stuff and the wood didn't look too bad.
So I decided to remove all of the stain.
I have now almost finished sanding it nice and smooth, will go to 180 sandpaper next.
I was thinking about using some light oak coloured gloss varnish, the rest of the ukulele is gloss.
So asking for a bit of advice.
I was going to paint one coat, rub down, then another, rub down etc. until I get a nice finish.
Is there anything fundamentally wrong with this approach as long as I do not put too many coats on?
Thanks,
Steve
As you can see it's had a hard life, but sounds a lot better than it looks.
It's evidently had the sound board replaced.
After trying to remove the stuck on scratch guard it removed some of the brown stain stuff and the wood didn't look too bad.
So I decided to remove all of the stain.
I have now almost finished sanding it nice and smooth, will go to 180 sandpaper next.
I was thinking about using some light oak coloured gloss varnish, the rest of the ukulele is gloss.
So asking for a bit of advice.
I was going to paint one coat, rub down, then another, rub down etc. until I get a nice finish.
Is there anything fundamentally wrong with this approach as long as I do not put too many coats on?
Thanks,
Steve
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