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  1. OK a couple of dumb questions
  2. So, what's naphtha?
  3. Using Hammerite Hammertone...
  4. Finish a 'Red wine' top....
  5. Paint and the big green shed's limited range.
  6. blue grain pop
  7. Spray masking techniques
  8. Question about basswood prep
  9. Airbrushing with DingoTone
  10. Grain fill the fretboard?
  11. Bright light blue?
  12. TV Yellow
  13. Wood dye or water based stain with Tru-Oil?
  14. Where to stop finishing guitar neck?
  15. Stained Timbermate
  16. Custom pickguard material
  17. RC4 Plastic edge piping
  18. Wudtone--any warnings
  19. Wudtone-- Black Magic Woman from the horses mouth
  20. Timbermate, filling holes and DT staining
  21. Hydro dipping
  22. Cleaning up bindings
  23. Tru Oil Finish
  24. Recommended spray paint brands
  25. Micro-mesh sanding pads - colours?
  26. To fill or not to fill?
  27. How would one achieve a finish like this?
  28. Tips on U-Beaut dye application?
  29. Available grainfillers in the UK
  30. wood grain question
  31. wood grain question
  32. Here's something a tad fancy...
  33. Masking off pickup cavities
  34. how to do a honeyburst
  35. What am I doing wrong?
  36. Nitro Alkyd paint? Thoughts?
  37. Is there a paint(spray)/lacquer for applying on a fretboard?
  38. Blacker than Black Stump
  39. Burgundy Mist Nitro - where???
  40. Staining a kit with a veneer - Help!
  41. Clearcoat brands in Australia for spraying over vinyl decals?
  42. Fretboard Marks
  43. Oil finishes and stains for ash/maple?
  44. Finishing a set neck guitar
  45. Fixing Uneven Sanding After Beginning the Finishing Process
  46. Dye-ing Not Going Well
  47. How to clearcoat bare wood?
  48. Artist inks
  49. Colouring in
  50. Dremel engrave and body
  51. Sanding+TruOil issues
  52. Wipe on poly?
  53. Less amber hue from Tru-oil
  54. Blemishes in Finish?
  55. Can i use this as a finish
  56. Dingotone red colours
  57. What went wrong?
  58. Remove glue and prep veneer--whats the best way?
  59. Wudtone Australia?
  60. Aquacoat in Australia
  61. staining neck before or after decal/engrave
  62. Safety First, Last, or just fingers crossed?
  63. Aldi Air Brush or similar
  64. Achieving Black Sunburst
  65. Popping basswood grain using non black stain
  66. Timber dye question
  67. Acrylic lacquer peeling
  68. Maple fretboard finish options
  69. Wrestling with clear coat
  70. Charcoal stain?
  71. Fretboard finish noob question
  72. Not enough top coat
  73. Quilted maple and dyes
  74. Surface prep prior to acrylic clear coat
  75. Which Grit?
  76. Covering screw holes before filling and painting
  77. Sanding Sealer
  78. When to move to a new grit.
  79. What’s happening to the paint job?
  80. Finishing Paint - HELP!
  81. ESB4 finish suggestions (bass)
  82. Vintage-like Fender Headstock and Neck Finish/Stain?
  83. Finishing the back of the neck
  84. Basswood prep
  85. Seeking spray gear advice
  86. Worried about this paint effect.
  87. staining spalted
  88. Dark red with accented grain
  89. Grain fill.
  90. EXM-1 in Mahogany - clear finish or stain
  91. Can I used plain enamel paint?
  92. Big log
  93. Green Finish For Maple Top
  94. Matte Finish Tru Oil
  95. Paint quantity with spray gun question
  96. Spraying water-based poly
  97. Can no longer put this off...
  98. Harden basswood with z-poxy
  99. OK. Help. Stain bleed.
  100. French Polishing?
  101. Spots on maple veneer help please!
  102. I swear. It was the lightest of sands.
  103. HELP! Finish Colour and Type - Can't Decide!
  104. Wet Sanding and wood swell - Opinions?
  105. Guitar Rotisserie for painting.
  106. Which Spray Can Clear Coat???
  107. Advice on tung oil finish
  108. Started first kit today.
  109. Space theme finish on SG kit
  110. Flat finish on ash body
  111. Clear coat over Tru Oil?
  112. Newbie Nitro Finishing Q
  113. Scaly clearcoat
  114. Airbrush for finishing (necks)
  115. Setting a sticker in the lacquer
  116. scrap mahogany for testing finishes?
  117. Finishing Engineered Rosewood
  118. how to remove drips in paint finish
  119. Valuable wood finishing tips over on Quora
  120. slight veneer damage - need advice
  121. Danish oil?
  122. Veneer top finished with Tru Oil: How to smooth?
  123. Why is only part of my finish changing color?
  124. Cabothane satin clear neck: stain or no?
  125. Idea for staining - is this possible?
  126. Shellac under a stain?
  127. Mask or scrape?
  128. Dying binding?
  129. TLA-1Q Tuff-Dog Finish Strategy (Feedback requested)
  130. What is happening with the grain?
  131. Maple fretboard finish?
  132. Is DT final coat final?
  133. My first build
  134. Colouring/dying/whatever spruce...
  135. Lacquer finish
  136. Dying a TLD-1TP?
  137. Sanding an ES-1S?
  138. Another dye question
  139. SCA rattle can Primer Surfacer
  140. Is sanding sealer required?
  141. TL- sanding step by step
  142. Finish process question
  143. Clear matte or satin finish / stained neck and back questions?
  144. Best tool for scraping binding?
  145. Dyes, locally sourced, ie not from internet.
  146. Advice on oil finishing options
  147. Help finding the finish in the display pic of PIT BULL GUITARS IB-1F
  148. Finishing a maple fretboard
  149. Maple Fretboard - lemon/mineral oil only?
  150. Shellac, tinting and the order of battle
  151. Aquacoat and water-based stains
  152. Which finish on basswood?
  153. Maple fingerboard sanding
  154. I want to look of oil but without actually using oil :-)
  155. Any strong and durable kind of sealer/lacquer that can go over wax?
  156. What goes between water based stain and water based lacquer?
  157. Meguiar's users - Which product do you use?
  158. Sealer to help mask dye?
  159. Tru oil is not hardening / curing in one spot
  160. 2nd Build - Finishing Schedule
  161. Best way to prepare maple veneer
  162. Heads up, SCA paint on special
  163. Best way to conceal wood filler after staining
  164. Waxing after Tru-Oil
  165. Sticky neck problem
  166. My technique for applying wipe on finishes (poly, tru oil) sucks... hoping for advice
  167. Grain Filler on Ash body
  168. In Need Of Advise Re Staining/Clearcoat
  169. Oil based wood stain Compatibility Question
  170. Utterly Confused On Sealer Compatibility
  171. Trans-tint dyes
  172. Long term care of Tru Oil finish
  173. Cloudy patches in clear gloss nitro coat
  174. Finishing a "Zebra"wood Bass
  175. So, 400 or 1200 grit for neck staining prep?
  176. How to get this finish?
  177. Artist Oil Paints For Staining. Question Re: turps
  178. ColorTone Cherry Finish?
  179. Nitro Sanding Sealer Under Duplicolor
  180. Maple fret board finish & neck finish
  181. Finishing Steps?
  182. How to finish tru oil
  183. Air brushes and compressors
  184. Tru oil with a waterslide decal
  185. Veneer bleeding over binding
  186. Strange muck in quilt veneer?
  187. Spots not taking stain very well...solutions?
  188. Removing Duplicolor
  189. Final setup nut question
  190. Bone nut too thin
  191. How to finish a maple fretboard
  192. Tru Oil supplies
  193. Acrylic Rattle Can Finish
  194. Too much information!
  195. Any ideas on how you might achieve this type of finish?
  196. EX kit Gold hardware question?
  197. Best clear gloss finish for U-Beaut Dyes
  198. To seal, or not to seal...
  199. Staining over a binding...
  200. Burst tips
  201. Maple Veneer finishing
  202. "I can't believe it's not lacquer" is staying sticky
  203. Maple fretboard and tru-oil
  204. Crystalac CraftNique Gel Stain over sealed wood
  205. Polyurethane wearing quickly
  206. Tips on finishing basswood
  207. Would you paint/dye a maple fretboard?
  208. Acrylic rattle can paint plus True Oil for TL-1
  209. Where to buy acrylic lacquer in Sydney?
  210. ColorTone Aged Clear Nitro
  211. Help! My maple neck has weird spots on it!
  212. American Ash Finish
  213. DikkyBee007 Tru Oil method
  214. Taking the finish off an ES style guitar
  215. Making the grain pop
  216. Removed Dingotone finish - like result - any advice on leaving without new finish.
  217. Rit Dyes
  218. 2 stain colors that meet at a line....
  219. Tru-oil changing colour of stain
  220. Apologies for the N00B question
  221. 2 tone sunburst on a TL-A kit? How do you do this at home?
  222. What da fudge is happening here? Whimper :(
  223. Clear Finish
  224. Anybody know what wood is used on the back of the hollow bodies like the ES-1F?
  225. Tru-oil + time = .....
  226. Rosewood fretboard - dry?
  227. DTZ-1L kit finishing.
  228. ColorTone Questions
  229. Buffing
  230. Matte Finish
  231. Dye Finish - Opinion
  232. Finish thickness FYI
  233. dye job oddity
  234. Staining Location
  235. How should I finish my neck??
  236. How to polish oil poly finish?
  237. IB5 Oil Finish Question
  238. To stain or use grain filler first?
  239. Beeswax to fill holes?
  240. Painting an ES model a solid color
  241. Headstock Logo Question
  242. Can't get Colortone tint to dissolve in clear coat!
  243. Can't get Colortone tint to dissolve in clear coat!
  244. Spraying metallic flakes
  245. Can't buy 'Tru Oil' in Vietnam - alternative??
  246. Can I Mix These Finishes?
  247. Polishing and satin sheen
  248. oxblood les paul
  249. Wet sanding after final clear coat spray
  250. finishing a maple neck