If tung oil is on the list I may as well just move to the N.R.
I sand all my necks down to bare wood and coat them in tung oil. :D
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If tung oil is on the list I may as well just move to the N.R.
I sand all my necks down to bare wood and coat them in tung oil. :D
I can't see how Tung Oil could be on the bad list as it's made from pure natural Tung trees.
My understanding is that all coatings Synthetic are frowned upon. Although I always thought Nitrocellulose was made from pure natural cellulose(cotton) soaked in pure natural Nitric Acid(concentrated rain water).
If there is any bitch about Tung Oil I would expect it would be when they add a bit of Polyurethane to make it glossy.
All hail the natural tung oil...
PK
I think the toxic nature of tung oil would get it on the naughty room list. Its just best to assume something is on the naughty room list and be pleasantly surprised later on.Quote:
Originally Posted by kells80aus
all resources are naughty until DB states otherwise...
yeah Fretty and Stan you are correct. We are all guilty of using a naughty product until proven inncocent !
Oh Well I may as well learn how to apply niitro then.... ROFL
ON to more inportant things..
The Neck. I have been putting a lot of effort and thought into this
The body is walnut, and I have done the heal in walnut as well. I've actually done it twice as I wasn't happy the first time around as there was too much exposed unfilled grain.
Anyhow, what I envisage is to have the heal walnut, and the back of the headstock in wanut as well with the back of the neck effectively natural colour. with the face of the headstock either Walnut or Black(my pref is Black)
The pics attached is
1. where the neck is now
2. is a Vintage neck along the lines I am thinking.
PK
I've walnutted the back of the neck. and relicked the back of the neck so that the back of the fretboard area is still maple.
I intend to try and Amber this a little I've started this by using soem wudtone aged gloss, but may switch to good old shellac to get that old warm Amber look to it. Certainly the Maple and the walnut contrast too far, so I want to soften that a bit.
I've deliberately left the colour taper long at the headstock end as I want to hide the scarffed neck joint.
I still have to make a decision on the face of the headstock. whether to do it Black or just amber it down.
I'd like to put some pearloid gothic decals on it and it might look a bit pale agains the Ambered maple
PK
great work Paul, you nailed the neck, this will look very retro, nice job.
Tks Stan.
I am trying to get that reliced look Still a bit more to go on the neck. The decals I am after come from Japan so might be a few weeks before that gets finished.
PK
The decals look great PK. I've used these before a couple of times and they are great. Neck is looking really nice too. This baby is really coming together!
cheers,
Gav.
Looking really good Kells ... its turned into a serious departure from your originally planned white but the way you're working that colour is choice! (just how I'd imagine a "Gretsch New Yorker" would look like - if such an animal existed!)
What are you going to finish it in? ... I reckon when you get to that point this baby's going to be crying out for a nice "aged yellow" clear coat finish to set-off the antique look of the colour.
Tks Scott.
At the moment I have been smearing a mixture of Lac bug and ethanol all over the neck and it is starting to get that nice aged amber affect on the exposed maple areas. With the body I'll probably put a few more coats of Tung oil into it before I look at glossing it up a bit.
I had a trail fit of the pickups yesterday and the rebate for the bridge pick up is too small to fit the screw tabs through.
I've ordered the headstock decals from Jojo in Japan, I've gone for an aged white pearl Gothic torch similar to the pic a few comments back.
I am looking to get a fish eye truss rod cover with my name on it, but atm it's about $30 to get one through fleaceBay.
Cheers PK
Does this help Kells http://www.philadelphialuthiertools....ss-rod-covers/
Tks Kimbal,
they are the ones that cost about $30 on fleabay LOL
I'll have to ask them what the shipping cost is if I buy from their web site. $14.99USD = $19.21AUS + $7.89AUS postage. $28.10(close enuff to $30)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/131200168...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
PK
show us how the neck is coming along please
I'm pretty happy with the headstock. the shellac has given it that aged light Amber look.
The back of the neck still has a little way to go, but is comming up nicely. I've had to deal with a few thin areas of the brown comming off and missed a couple of over runs of the shellac, but this stuff is so forgiving, it just rubs back with some metho
PK
looking good PK, this looks like an old music store find
Hey PK, I've just had a look at all the pics in this build diary away from the microscopic viewing portal that is my phone - this is coming along nicely. I'm loving the vintage look you are obtaining and looking forward to seeing this all come together.
Hey PK, I totally forgot about this. Sorry. :(
Here's a 'quick' version. If you're interested, I'll tidy up the lines a bit more, round corners and bevel the edge etc.
http://i.imgur.com/ey0Ym7Xh.jpg
that pickguard looks sweet Pablo, did you make/cut that ? I might be interested in a similar one for my ES3 - but thats a fair way off starting
certainly looks like a Pabs creation - nice
Yeah, I cut it to a design PK found, so he's got first dibs.
Tks Pablo I am interested. I hadn't realised you had done it as the Pic isn't displying on my PC
PK
My pic? I'll pm the link to you.
The Pic has come up now. That will go well with the headstock transfer which is adged Mother of Peal
PK
Ooh, nice. So will I push on with it? $20 plus postage sound OK? And are you OK with Wokka getting one too?
the back of the neck has come up pretty nice, a little more polishing to go though
Pabs I'll come up with my own design if thats ok. But I like the look of the one you cut for PK. I'm talking a few months away, I better get cracking with the backlog of builds first !
Tks Pabs,
Yep that's cool by me. You can do as many you like as far as I am concerned. It's not like I invented it LOL
PK
that neck is coming up well PK, will be interested to see how the headstock transfer goes
Yeah Pabs - I'm curious how you created this cool plate too?Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
he took a plexi blank and cut away all the bits that didn't look like a custom pickguard...
Lol, Stan. Max, two layers, black acrylic and brushed aluminium gravograph all cut on the frikken laser
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pr...L=w300-h242-nc
Headstock decal. about 2mm south of where I would prefer it.
PK
Love the pickguard stan & pabs. Amazing. Pabs - I'm definitely gonna hit you up for a signature creation for my next semi-hollow! Just sayin. Amazing work!
cheers,
Gav.
decal is good PK
Gav, I've had nothing to do with the pickguard mate, just shouting from the sidelines, all Pabs work
Just been out in the shed about to start doin some glossing, and found the laminate around the edge of the neck slot is cracking and lifting. I have no idea why this would lift.
I've rubbed in some Tite-bond, and sanded it back and started re-colouring it.
I am now thinking whether or not I should bind it. But then I probably won't get a good match on the binding colour, as well as the need to get a binding(purfling cutter) knife as the binding jig/s on my Dremel won't get into the corners.
Anything to do with the air temp in the shed? I move my builds out during the day as the temp soars considerably.
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Hi Andrew,
It never stays in the shed. All my kits get ferried back inside the house when work is done.
It's probably more to do with the air temp in Vic as a whole, it's been a bit up and down this year.
I did leave it out there for a few hours the other day while I let the wipeon Poly cure. So maybe that's when it happened.
PK
Applying Glossy Finish, wipe on Minwax.
The cracked laminate repair and recolour is also coming along.
PK