fanlee
30th August 2006, 04:33 PM
I posted here because this isn't really about musical instruments.
The body was stained with U Beaut Water soluble dyes using damp cloth wads, sanded,blended with dampened cloth pads, sanded, blended given a coat of U Beaut White shellac & sprayed with rattle can nitrocellulose rubbed to 1200 w'n'd paraffin and glossed up with Meguair's Mirror Shine 2, 9, then 7. The result is by no means perfect because the ONLY imperative I had was DO NOT SAND THROUGH!! I didn't and I'm happy.:D
The necks were stained with U Beaut Water soluble dyes and finished with U Beaut Hard Shellac. Finishing was straight off page 64 of the Polishers' Handbook. Satin. I have to say I was a gloss fan until I tried this. They look better in reality than in the photo and the finish makes them look like beautiful pieces of timber not shiny plastic coated objects of indeterminate origin. There are some rub throughs on the sides of one of the headstocks...all my own fault becuase of my inexperience and impatience. That's why I was so paranoid with the body.
The value of the Handbook is that it provides a clear path through the information jungle that confronts we newbies. Course there's nothing like screwing things up oneself to learn a lasting lesson!! :o
Thanks U Beaut.
The body was stained with U Beaut Water soluble dyes using damp cloth wads, sanded,blended with dampened cloth pads, sanded, blended given a coat of U Beaut White shellac & sprayed with rattle can nitrocellulose rubbed to 1200 w'n'd paraffin and glossed up with Meguair's Mirror Shine 2, 9, then 7. The result is by no means perfect because the ONLY imperative I had was DO NOT SAND THROUGH!! I didn't and I'm happy.:D
The necks were stained with U Beaut Water soluble dyes and finished with U Beaut Hard Shellac. Finishing was straight off page 64 of the Polishers' Handbook. Satin. I have to say I was a gloss fan until I tried this. They look better in reality than in the photo and the finish makes them look like beautiful pieces of timber not shiny plastic coated objects of indeterminate origin. There are some rub throughs on the sides of one of the headstocks...all my own fault becuase of my inexperience and impatience. That's why I was so paranoid with the body.
The value of the Handbook is that it provides a clear path through the information jungle that confronts we newbies. Course there's nothing like screwing things up oneself to learn a lasting lesson!! :o
Thanks U Beaut.