Wildestcat
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I went into the workshop this morning to scrape the bindings and sand out the body of my latest baritone only to discover this:
I run a humidity controlled workshop, but this being the UK only controlled in one direction ... i.e. down to 50%. This latest "Mini Beast from the East" has dropped RH to around 35% which is as low as I have ever known it, and is presumably the cause of this effect on the top? The top was braced at 45-50% after the last cold snap had passed.
Question is what to do about it? The top (Engelmann) is already on the thin side, as I was expecting just to finish sand. If I sand it now, then to remove the ripples between the braces will take things thinner than I am comfortable with, though I guess having the braces under the thin parts may help?
Attempts to re-humidify the workshop with wet towels are having little effect (sadly our wallpaper steamer is on permanent loan to the kids) so I have brought the body inside where the washing is draped over the radiators awaiting the re-availability of the clothes line.
Is this problem likely to go away as humidity returns to normal, or is this (like a shrunken fingerboard) likely to be a permanent change?
Grateful for advice!
I run a humidity controlled workshop, but this being the UK only controlled in one direction ... i.e. down to 50%. This latest "Mini Beast from the East" has dropped RH to around 35% which is as low as I have ever known it, and is presumably the cause of this effect on the top? The top was braced at 45-50% after the last cold snap had passed.
Question is what to do about it? The top (Engelmann) is already on the thin side, as I was expecting just to finish sand. If I sand it now, then to remove the ripples between the braces will take things thinner than I am comfortable with, though I guess having the braces under the thin parts may help?
Attempts to re-humidify the workshop with wet towels are having little effect (sadly our wallpaper steamer is on permanent loan to the kids) so I have brought the body inside where the washing is draped over the radiators awaiting the re-availability of the clothes line.
Is this problem likely to go away as humidity returns to normal, or is this (like a shrunken fingerboard) likely to be a permanent change?
Grateful for advice!