bluesuke
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My playing sucks! But here you go
Sweet. How'd you do gloss?
I put 4 coats of stew macs sanding sealer on it and then level sanded it. Followed by the lacquer 3 to 4 coats a day until I had 3 cans worth on. then I let it cure for 7 days . Then i buffed it I followed william Kings method He explains on his web site. http://chantus.com/journal/index.php?/archives/P2.htmlThat turned out very nice.
Id love to hear more about how to apply the finish you used.
Dan
That looks fab. 2 things - when demoing learn to keep the instrument still; it's hard to get a good view of what you have done if you keep moving it around. Now to the build: you did a really great job of customising the heel - I can see it has been recarved; something that is essential with the Stewmac kits if you want to improve what you are given... So why didn't you do something with that clunky bridge? I know it is too late now but one way of making a really superior job is to gently round the wings of the bridge so it looks more like the classical guitar cousin it is trying to emulate. And if you further want to enhace, make a pinbridge - you want blanks I can supply...
I hope you don't see this as criticism because it's not. From the video this looks a great build - clean, thoughtful with enough customisation to lift it from the ordinary. Well done!
14 coats then buffed it out
No sanding? How did you get rid of the orange peel texture left behind by the spray cans? Did just buffing get rid of it?
Thanks for explaining the process you used. It turned out very nice. Have you done it before or was this the first time ??
Dan
I put 4 coats of stew macs sanding sealer on it and then level sanded it. Followed by the lacquer 3 to 4 coats a day until I had 3 cans worth on. then I let it cure for 7 days . Then i buffed it I followed william Kings method He explains on his web site. http://chantus.com/journal/index.php?/archives/P2.html
I do recommend maybe using some kind of grain filler you cant see it in the video but there are a few tinny pin holes showing threw form the grain. May be a couple more coats of sealer might have taken care of it