Day one - Kit arrives
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Day one - Kit arrives
Beautiful kit dude. Very jealous here in Holgate. I'm still waiting to get my hands on one of these. Interested to see what you do with it!
cheers,
Gav.
nice looking kit Moose, what are your plans for stain colour ?
Kit looks great, flame cap looks symmetrical and some nice grain pattern along the fretboard.
love these kits.
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
I'm leaning toward a 2 stage stain, dark brown to draw out the maple figure, then a very slight reddish stain overall. The final finish I think will be Tru-Oil, brought to a reasonable gloss if possible.
sounds like a great plan Moose, can't wait to see the progress
Looking very closely at the quilted maple veneer top last night, I am concerned by the thinness of the veneer immediately adjacent the f-holes. I think applying a 2 stage stain, and the resulting sanding required to pull back the initial darker coat, will cause a problem. I may therefore just elect to pick one color and stick with it.
At the moment I am leaning toward a natural/amber stain on top, with a darker mahogany sides and back, where there is no maple quilting.
Hi Moose, the kit veneers are very thin, no matter what kit you get. You can get away with the grain popping easily, just be careful of how much sanding you do and what grits you use.
Hi Moose, I've got away with popping the grain with a darker colour on thin veneer, don't do any pre-sanding. I applied the dark stain out of the box then sanded it back.
But if you are worried about how thin the veneer is around the F holes may pay to choose the one colour.
Amber top and mahogany back and sides will work well