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- OK a couple of dumb questions
- So, what's naphtha?
- Using Hammerite Hammertone...
- Finish a 'Red wine' top....
- Paint and the big green shed's limited range.
- blue grain pop
- Spray masking techniques
- Question about basswood prep
- Airbrushing with DingoTone
- Grain fill the fretboard?
- Bright light blue?
- TV Yellow
- Wood dye or water based stain with Tru-Oil?
- Where to stop finishing guitar neck?
- Stained Timbermate
- Custom pickguard material
- RC4 Plastic edge piping
- Wudtone--any warnings
- Wudtone-- Black Magic Woman from the horses mouth
- Timbermate, filling holes and DT staining
- Hydro dipping
- Cleaning up bindings
- Tru Oil Finish
- Recommended spray paint brands
- Micro-mesh sanding pads - colours?
- To fill or not to fill?
- How would one achieve a finish like this?
- Tips on U-Beaut dye application?
- Available grainfillers in the UK
- wood grain question
- wood grain question
- Here's something a tad fancy...
- Masking off pickup cavities
- how to do a honeyburst
- What am I doing wrong?
- Nitro Alkyd paint? Thoughts?
- Is there a paint(spray)/lacquer for applying on a fretboard?
- Blacker than Black Stump
- Burgundy Mist Nitro - where???
- Staining a kit with a veneer - Help!
- Clearcoat brands in Australia for spraying over vinyl decals?
- Fretboard Marks
- Oil finishes and stains for ash/maple?
- Finishing a set neck guitar
- Fixing Uneven Sanding After Beginning the Finishing Process
- Dye-ing Not Going Well
- How to clearcoat bare wood?
- Artist inks
- Colouring in
- Dremel engrave and body
- Sanding+TruOil issues
- Wipe on poly?
- Less amber hue from Tru-oil
- Blemishes in Finish?
- Can i use this as a finish
- Dingotone red colours
- What went wrong?
- Remove glue and prep veneer--whats the best way?
- Wudtone Australia?
- Aquacoat in Australia
- staining neck before or after decal/engrave
- Safety First, Last, or just fingers crossed?
- Aldi Air Brush or similar
- Achieving Black Sunburst
- Popping basswood grain using non black stain
- Timber dye question
- Acrylic lacquer peeling
- Maple fretboard finish options
- Wrestling with clear coat
- Charcoal stain?
- Fretboard finish noob question
- Not enough top coat
- Quilted maple and dyes
- Surface prep prior to acrylic clear coat
- Which Grit?
- Covering screw holes before filling and painting
- Sanding Sealer
- When to move to a new grit.
- What’s happening to the paint job?
- Finishing Paint - HELP!
- ESB4 finish suggestions (bass)
- Vintage-like Fender Headstock and Neck Finish/Stain?
- Finishing the back of the neck
- Basswood prep
- Seeking spray gear advice
- Worried about this paint effect.
- staining spalted
- Dark red with accented grain
- Grain fill.
- EXM-1 in Mahogany - clear finish or stain
- Can I used plain enamel paint?
- Big log
- Green Finish For Maple Top
- Matte Finish Tru Oil
- Paint quantity with spray gun question
- Spraying water-based poly
- Can no longer put this off...
- Harden basswood with z-poxy
- OK. Help. Stain bleed.
- French Polishing?
- Spots on maple veneer help please!
- I swear. It was the lightest of sands.
- HELP! Finish Colour and Type - Can't Decide!
- Wet Sanding and wood swell - Opinions?
- Guitar Rotisserie for painting.
- Which Spray Can Clear Coat???
- Advice on tung oil finish
- Started first kit today.
- Space theme finish on SG kit
- Flat finish on ash body
- Clear coat over Tru Oil?
- Newbie Nitro Finishing Q
- Scaly clearcoat
- Airbrush for finishing (necks)
- Setting a sticker in the lacquer
- scrap mahogany for testing finishes?
- Finishing Engineered Rosewood
- how to remove drips in paint finish
- Valuable wood finishing tips over on Quora
- slight veneer damage - need advice
- Danish oil?
- Veneer top finished with Tru Oil: How to smooth?
- Why is only part of my finish changing color?
- Cabothane satin clear neck: stain or no?
- Idea for staining - is this possible?
- Shellac under a stain?
- Mask or scrape?
- Dying binding?
- TLA-1Q Tuff-Dog Finish Strategy (Feedback requested)
- What is happening with the grain?
- Maple fretboard finish?
- Is DT final coat final?
- My first build
- Colouring/dying/whatever spruce...
- Lacquer finish
- Dying a TLD-1TP?
- Sanding an ES-1S?
- Another dye question
- SCA rattle can Primer Surfacer
- Is sanding sealer required?
- TL- sanding step by step
- Finish process question
- Clear matte or satin finish / stained neck and back questions?
- Best tool for scraping binding?
- Dyes, locally sourced, ie not from internet.
- Advice on oil finishing options
- Help finding the finish in the display pic of PIT BULL GUITARS IB-1F
- Finishing a maple fretboard
- Maple Fretboard - lemon/mineral oil only?
- Shellac, tinting and the order of battle
- Aquacoat and water-based stains
- Which finish on basswood?
- Maple fingerboard sanding
- I want to look of oil but without actually using oil :-)
- Any strong and durable kind of sealer/lacquer that can go over wax?
- What goes between water based stain and water based lacquer?
- Meguiar's users - Which product do you use?
- Sealer to help mask dye?
- Tru oil is not hardening / curing in one spot
- 2nd Build - Finishing Schedule
- Best way to prepare maple veneer
- Heads up, SCA paint on special
- Best way to conceal wood filler after staining
- Waxing after Tru-Oil
- Sticky neck problem
- My technique for applying wipe on finishes (poly, tru oil) sucks... hoping for advice
- Grain Filler on Ash body
- In Need Of Advise Re Staining/Clearcoat
- Oil based wood stain Compatibility Question
- Utterly Confused On Sealer Compatibility
- Trans-tint dyes
- Long term care of Tru Oil finish
- Cloudy patches in clear gloss nitro coat
- Finishing a "Zebra"wood Bass
- So, 400 or 1200 grit for neck staining prep?
- How to get this finish?
- Artist Oil Paints For Staining. Question Re: turps
- ColorTone Cherry Finish?
- Nitro Sanding Sealer Under Duplicolor
- Maple fret board finish & neck finish
- Finishing Steps?
- How to finish tru oil
- Air brushes and compressors
- Tru oil with a waterslide decal
- Veneer bleeding over binding
- Strange muck in quilt veneer?
- Spots not taking stain very well...solutions?
- Removing Duplicolor
- Final setup nut question
- Bone nut too thin
- How to finish a maple fretboard
- Tru Oil supplies
- Acrylic Rattle Can Finish
- Too much information!
- Any ideas on how you might achieve this type of finish?
- EX kit Gold hardware question?
- Best clear gloss finish for U-Beaut Dyes
- To seal, or not to seal...
- Staining over a binding...
- Burst tips
- Maple Veneer finishing
- "I can't believe it's not lacquer" is staying sticky
- Maple fretboard and tru-oil
- Crystalac CraftNique Gel Stain over sealed wood
- Polyurethane wearing quickly
- Tips on finishing basswood
- Would you paint/dye a maple fretboard?
- Acrylic rattle can paint plus True Oil for TL-1
- Where to buy acrylic lacquer in Sydney?
- ColorTone Aged Clear Nitro
- Help! My maple neck has weird spots on it!
- American Ash Finish
- DikkyBee007 Tru Oil method
- Taking the finish off an ES style guitar
- Making the grain pop
- Removed Dingotone finish - like result - any advice on leaving without new finish.
- Rit Dyes
- 2 stain colors that meet at a line....
- Tru-oil changing colour of stain
- Apologies for the N00B question
- 2 tone sunburst on a TL-A kit? How do you do this at home?
- What da fudge is happening here? Whimper :(
- Clear Finish
- Anybody know what wood is used on the back of the hollow bodies like the ES-1F?
- Tru-oil + time = .....
- Rosewood fretboard - dry?
- DTZ-1L kit finishing.
- ColorTone Questions
- Buffing
- Matte Finish
- Dye Finish - Opinion
- Finish thickness FYI
- dye job oddity
- Staining Location
- How should I finish my neck??
- How to polish oil poly finish?
- IB5 Oil Finish Question
- To stain or use grain filler first?
- Beeswax to fill holes?
- Painting an ES model a solid color
- Headstock Logo Question
- Can't get Colortone tint to dissolve in clear coat!
- Can't get Colortone tint to dissolve in clear coat!
- Spraying metallic flakes
- Can't buy 'Tru Oil' in Vietnam - alternative??
- Can I Mix These Finishes?
- Polishing and satin sheen
- oxblood les paul
- Wet sanding after final clear coat spray
- finishing a maple neck
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