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Great responses.

Yep, I came to a similar conclusion, that in order to do the hobby you’ve got to find the risk level that you’re prepared to deal with.

Hi, all

I’ve been looking around at lots of different methods advocated for finishing guitars, mainly focussed around stuff that we can do in a fairly standard house/garage setup without a...

Cool. Thanks!

Cool! Thanks!

Outback Sunset. It’s very nice.
Understood. We’ll think about it, then.
Mostly I was just checking whether any parts were essential for proper operation of the finishes and/or solvents.

Thanks, Wazkelly

Here’s a couple of images of the finish as it stands.

Do you still think it needs the intensifier coat(s)?

https://i.imgur.com/fDDQbFPl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/MyJDbVsl.jpg

Thanks, Wazkelly

Further question:
We’ve had to strip back some of the DingoTone stain and reapply. We’ve now got two coats of it and very happy with the colour and depth of the look. We’re...

Great info. Thanks, Simon!

Ok, cool! Thanks!

Ok, getting near to sanding/finishing the neck. We have the clear DingoTone finish, which is obviously ok for the back of the neck, but what is ok for the fretboard? It’s the engineered wood (can’t...

I should clarify that my second question isn’t a complaint. We appreciate all advice - we just aren’t always certain what to do when we’ve got it.

Thanks to everyone for the input.

Two questions - one intelligent, and one complete n00b effort.

First the n00b question: How do we know when a coat is dry? It might sound strange, but never...

Possible problem: we applied our DingoTone intensifier, and whilst we didn’t think it was a thick coat, a week later it’s tacky, and we’ve had a reasonably warm spell so I assume it should have dried...

Cheers! Thanks, Simon!
You too, Guvna!

No sweat, Andy40, there’s a bunch of activity on this forum, so it’s not surprising if not every question gets addressed. If we had been more lost on it we would have put our hand up again for...

Yeah, it’s looking beautiful, especially with the glossiness that’s there at the moment.

No takers?

Fair enough. Well, we took a guess that it was probably ok to sand back the more solid/saturated areas, figuring that if you can sand back a stain for a burst then we should have a...

I should clarify that when I say saturated I mean in terms of colour, not wetness.

Perhaps it’s better to say the problem areas look like just solid colour, not a tint/dye effect that the rest of...

Agreed!

The only thing we’re not happy about is the way the stain is basically saturated at the end grain zones (e.g. cutaways, contour edges, etc.). The front, back and some areas of the sides...

Ok, after 180p and 220 sanding, we’ve applied Outback Sunset stain, then nearly a week later done a first coat of intensifier.
Loving the colour, which I think will work well against the white...

You’re right, they don’t know yet, but when the broken-hearted people living in the world agree there will be an answer, let it be.

(You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not)

Cool. We’ll get on with it, then. Perhaps tonight we’ll find that th last filling attempt worked anyhow.

So, keep going as if it’s not there?

This is after two fills and sands

Ok, after the 180p sanding we’ve got some minor blemishes to deal with. One is a hairline crack that we chased a little with sanding but found it was not coming out and we were creating a slight...