no worries Alkay, if the 2000 grit doesn't smooth out the bumps then go to 1500 grit.
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no worries Alkay, if the 2000 grit doesn't smooth out the bumps then go to 1500 grit.
Good advice Woks.
Wow, 34 coats? I lost count after about 12-15 on most of mine. From the photos it is looking nice and shiny and a bit of wet 2000 should be a good place to start with knocking over any lumpy bits.
Thanks wokkaboy and wazkelly,Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Do I need to apply light pressure in a circular motion when wet sanding or go with the grain?
I've seen two video's where the blokes go circular so I'm guessing its correct as long as you keep cleaning the paper and wiping as you go regularly. Seems like this is going to take a long time to do haha.
Cheers,
Alkay.
Hi Alkay good question. I always wet sand with the grain but that's just a habit. I think you will be ok if you go in a circular motion light pressure and cleaning the paper regularly. Maybe start the wet sanding using this technique on a less important part of the axe like the back
Thanks wokkaboy,Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
To me it make it makes sense to go circular because I'm no longer sanding the wood grain fibers, just layer upon layer of TO(34 coats).
I will test this technique on the back of the body first where the neck plate/4 screws brace sits. I'll let you know how I go and post later.
Going to play on my Ibanez first :)
Nice Hartke by the way. Whats the model if you don't mind sharing?
Cheers,
Alkay.
sounds good Alkay
here's the link to the Hartke bass amp, the head is HA3500 and cabinet VX410
http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6374
Cool wokkaboy. Sweet as. My bro is in the market for one now that he has progressed. I'll have to find the head unit my mate used with his hartke setup. It was a beast. From what I read it sounds like lots of $$$'s haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
I haven't wet sanded yet. Get there soon.
Cheers,
Alkay.
It was gallien kruegar.....but allot of moneyQuote:
Originally Posted by Alkay
G'day Alkay, through habit I always sand in the direction of the grain as that tends to disguise any little scratches that you may accidently introduce. A circular motion could add swirl marks as this is now just like the top clear coats on a car and we all know how shabby dark cars can look with all those light scratches all going off in different directions.
The secret is in regularly rinsing the grit paper to remove any build up and it is surprising how some small hard bits about the size of grains of sand can suddenly appear on either the surface or on top of the grit paper. Lots of water helps to keep this stuff out of the way.
Hi Alkay, I’ve been MIA for a while and have not been keeping up with the Forums, so have only just spotted your diary.
This may help or it may just confuse you even more, but I have just got back into my latest build and the TO that I was using was well past its use by, and had gone a little thick and had left fairly bad streak marks from the cloth applicator. The guitar is only made of pine so will damage easily and it is a bit of a test case so I am not too concerned how it looks, so instead of sanding back and starting again I thought I would try and get some sort of a decent finish on it.
Firstly I hit it with 1500 wet and dry using a drop or 2 of washing up liquid in a small container of water. This took off the worst of the ridges, I then went over it again with 2000. Again using washing up liquid in water as the lubricant. I let the paper do all the work and apply as little pressure as possible. I usually go to about 20 coats of TO but as I apply it in extremely thin coats I don’t want to take off too much.
I tried to sand back to an overall even matte finish but as you can see from the photos, it was still pretty rough. I then used my secret weapon, Brasso. I have used it on nearly all my guitars to date with no detrimental effects, but I have no idea what's in it or what it will do to the guitar over time, so use it at your own risk. I also have some Silvo, but have never needed to go finer than Brasso.
Hope this is of some help.
Cheers
rob
You can see that it is fairly uneven, but it is good enough for a test bed guitar.
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Still uneven, but it now looking a little better. I should have prep’ed the pine better, but it will damage pretty easily, so why bother. Lol.
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