cornfedgroove
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I did some searching with no luck as to a simple process to staining and finishing up an instrument real nice to get good protection and shine.
sooo...how do we do that?
sooo...how do we do that?
then going over the final coat with super fine steel wool, then buffing with a soft cloth.
Thus far I have simply been spraying about 5 or 6 coats of spray can nitrocellulose lacquer, sanding with 220 after the first 2 or three coats, then going over the final coat with super fine steel wool, then buffing with a soft cloth.
cool beans...sounds like a simple plan. can you link me to this item so I can see what I'm looking for and where I can get it...
Pete, your post was a little over my head...You said 2 different things that I'm not equating. Behlens or William Kings or do you mean both, and each for a different aspect of finishing? Its safest to presume ahead of time that I dont know anything about what I am asking
thanks homies
This refers to the filling stage. If you read his articles on his blog/website, you lazy boys, you will see that he uses this technique for his 'oil' finishes and also for pore-filling prior to his cellulose finish. I don't think I could be much plainer.use William King's oil-filler technique
Try putting a little carnuba wax (Maguire's) on your 0000 steel wool pad as your final rub-out. It'll give you a nice, buttery, high satin sheen.
:agree:To simply mine this one board for information will skew your view....
I mentioned in another post that Dominator and I think Chuck had talked about a great luthier book, but I couldnt remember the name and nobody replied. If you give me the name of that book...I'll probably be able to leave you guys alone for a while.
There isn't one book IMHO. Your best resource is visit a builder and pay to watch him work. Like all hand skills, confidence is acquired through repetition over time. When you see a person, no matter what their craft, going about their daily labors in a sure footed way you can bet that they have perfected those skills over a long period. None of this can be distilled in the frozen moments of a book or video on YouTube. My visits to Petere Sensier, Brian Cohen and Michael Sprake on a single day in 1976 inspired, informed and motivated me to be the best instrument maker I could - that Peter drew on the immense and diverse culture of South America to make his 'agricultural' yet fascinating guitars; that Brian was building with neat patience his last steel string guitar before embarking on a glittering career that would lead to building guitars for Julian Bream; that Michael could build al ute in 2 days and used a dental burr and drill to carve a rossette in one hour with such accuracy and perfection showed me the way. No book could have given me the insights these luthiers did on that one day in Novemebr in London England.
Believe me, you will understand more than you know when you se it IRL... visit other instrument makers - I learnt in Finland how to bend binding. Juha Lottonen (a guitar maker just learning how to make ukulele) who told me learnt it from an accordian maker. And it is such a clever trick I am not going to share it... ever!