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The current weather (hot and dry) has allowed me to add quite a few more coats of poly in quicker succession. I'm now letting it cure for a few more days, but then, how should I proceed best?
The surface is already flat (as flat as a carved top can go) due to my prior attempt to polish it, so there are no really high or low spots, only some dust specs. Should I now sand it to remove the dust (which grid?) or should I go straight to the cutting and polishing?
Wait. I'd leave it at least two days after the last application before doing any sanding. I like to sand the first level of cutting quite soon, as you then get more surface area for drying the finish. But then leave it for at least a week, (but two is better and three better still, before doing the final cutting and polishing. Whilst solvent/evaporation/drying can be fairly quick in this hot weather (35°C here and very humid now) curing is a slower chemical reaction that takes time and isn't so influenced by temperature.
Oh, okay :-)
I wanted to let it dry/cure for until monday or tuesday, then polish. Good I have asked before :D
But what grid would you start to sand it? It is already very flat, only a bit of dust has to go. I thought I'd probably sand with 3000 or 5000 grid? Last time I started at 1000 and went up to 3000, and then, when polishing, I cut through the finish. So that's what I'd like to avoid, therefore starting this high as I don't have much to remove anyway?
I'd start with P600, then maybe P1200 and then P2000 and then polish. All wet sanding.
Hm, I don't know. It's already flat. I don't need to remove that much material....
It may not be in two or three weeks if there's some sinkage.
Good point. I'll wait.
I know I actually wanted to wait, but it kept looking at me.
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It's pretty glossy. Not a perfect factory finish, but I'm good with it for now.
Man, this thing was a real b*tch. Thanks everybody for your help here (and on all the other threads :D ). Excited to finish it, but my headstock decal stuff is not here yet.
Looks really nice. But you can still give it another polish in a couple of weeks if you want, and get it looking even better.