The clear was Motospray Acrylic Top Coat Clear, Spray Can, I did two coats waited a day, then put on the head stock decal, Wait another day then put six more coats on and let it dry for two an a haft weeks.
Suface was prepared with 240grit, 400grit, 800grit, 1500 and 2000.
Do you think I should sand back the head stock and re gloss.
Peter H
Yeah it looks like you got water down the holes when wet sanding, wood swells and cracks the finish. Pain in the...... Put the tuners on, if the washer covers the cracks you're ok, if not it'll need to be sanded out and refinished. Alternatively, if you want to know you've done the whole guitar the best you can, just sand it back now and re clear. Be careful around holes that have unfinished surfaces like ur tuners, pot holes, bridge post holes etc. It sucks getting the whole guitar to wet sand stage to shaft it by some stray water.
You could also spray the clear into the holes, should help a bit as well.
If you put "super glue into/ onto the cracks, wait a hr or 2 then you can scrape gently with a safety razor blade to level it , then sand with 2ooo grit n a little polish.. that will both fix the damaged bit and blend in without being noticeable.
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Thanks Guys, I'll keep you updated.
Thanks for the great tip AJ, never knew that mate!
Yup definately caused from wet sanding. For future reference I always put clear coat on a cotton bud and seal all bare wood in holes . Aj has probaly suggested the best fix here otherwise its a re spray.
Go the CA glue.
I have done repair jobs on paint work using CA and no one has ever been able to spot the repair afterwards
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I’ve finial finished my bass. I’m very happy how it turn out for a first build plus it sounds awesome especially through my Ampeg. I’ve already order my next build which is the IB5.
wow Peter that is stunning, very well done. There's still time to enter into February GOTM, would love to see more pics of this beast and tell us about all the hardware upgrades.
You will love the IB5 kit, are you planning a stain or solid paint for it ? Would be a shame to hide the nice ash grain
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