looks great Melkor, what issues did you have ? Was it the order of the staining not putting the black stain down first ?
looks great Melkor, what issues did you have ? Was it the order of the staining not putting the black stain down first ?
Last edited by wokkaboy; 04-09-2017 at 06:30 PM.
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Just wait till the finish goes on. It will look fantastic.
Seconded. It should deepen in colour a bit and you've definitely got the figuring well defined.
Exactly Wokka, would have been so much easier had I done the black first. Any recommendations for the finish? True oil or something gloss.
Hello fellow Funsters, here are a couple of pics of where I'm at with my build. Neck is now on and I have stained the body and neck. I used Japan black which, when combined with the mahogany gave it a nice dark coffee kind of stain. Next step I think will be top coating the thing, not sure whether I'll go gloss or satin, but anyhoo I'll give it some thought. Also decided to go upmarket on the hardware, y'now, good pups, Gotoh stoptail and bridge saddle, tuning pegs etc. Have to save my pennies for that.
cheers, Mel
Nice, green and black rhymes.
Howdy, a pic of the gloss coat (x 2) so far. Unfortunately I found a hair on the surface AFTER I SPRAYED IT! So, I will have to sand that out and re-spray it before I work on cutting and polishing it. Cheers.
These things happen, especially when you don't have a pro spray booth and drying area. But looking very good. Presumably you'll be doing several more clear coats in order to get enough depth to cut it back flat?
For sure Simon, how many do you reckon would be enough? Flying by the seat of my pants a bit here.
I'd go for 5 to 6. You can leave it with less coats, but then it will wear through a lot quicker. Sanding it back flat and then polishing will reduce the thickness considerably (I'd allow 2 coats worth). So I'd say 4 as a minimum and 6 as a maximum as you don't want too thick a covering.
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