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Little progress; applied the third coat of undiluted Tung oil. I keep around a week of curing between coats so this is a slow process. But next week I will glue the neck in and create something to hang the complete guitar so it will be easy to continue with the coats.
One question; after how many coats should/could I start buffing? I have bought double zero steelwool but I'm a bit in doubt if this will be the correct stuff to use to buff...
It's normally 0000 steel wool for buffing.
I was afraid of that answer... Bummer! Ok, I'll find it somewhere ;)
Today I glued the neck in. I ordered a small bottle of glue with my kit and I used a little brush to apply the glue to the parts of the neck and body where they touched.
I made a block of wood with spacings to protect the frets and that worked pretty well:
http://www.webferrets.nl/images/other/kit/43.jpg
http://www.webferrets.nl/images/other/kit/44.jpg
I let it dry for almost 4 hours and this is the result:
http://www.webferrets.nl/images/other/kit/45.jpg
http://www.webferrets.nl/images/other/kit/46.jpg
Some more pics:
http://www.webferrets.nl/images/other/kit/47.jpg
Headstock:
http://www.webferrets.nl/images/other/kit/48.jpg
And a little mock-up (could resist this ;) ):
http://www.webferrets.nl/images/other/kit/49.jpg
Wow kick that is looking awesome. It is like a dark cherry burst and that is one of my favorite color schemes for guitars.. the end is near.. can't wait to see it all shined up.. great work..
Looking good Kick. I can't wait to see it finished and in action.
I have to say Kick - you've done really well here. There were plenty of issues with the finishing, but now it looks awesome - well done. Can't wait to see some gloss on it
Great job Kick. It's a monumental event getting the neck glued in. You're on the home straight and love the colour
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this is going to be a great looking guitar Kick.