Ponch's ES5-V

Did you manage to get a good grain fill with the 'leave the sawdust in place' method?
My natural finish with Aussie Oil on the 12 string '335-style' didn't really give me full grain fill.

Yes same as TO method. The shellac can get sticky just add a drop or two of virgin olive oil to keep it moving. (It separates and rises to the surface and can be wiped off later)

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Originally Posted by FredA

Did you manage to get a good grain fill with the 'leave the sawdust in place' method?
My natural finish with Aussie Oil on the 12 string '335-style' didn't really give me full grain fill.

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It seems to have worked... I'll soon find out once the glossing up coats are applied.

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Originally Posted by Dedman

Lookin great Ponch, I had considered a plain finish but the dark lord forbade it, er I mean I wanted it to be similar to my JR. I also considered a headstock inlay then very nearly ordered an inlaid truss rod cover. Great minds and all.

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Heh heh, Dark Lord. Love your work Dedman :)

nice work Ponch, and yet another grain fill method to file away

Wow Andrew, your grain looks awesome - especially on the front. She's going to be a beautiful axe.

cheers,
Gav.

nice work Ponch I missed this build diary. Natural look will look very cool.

good to see your Ponch avatar is back (nice close up) and the Swans avatar has gone, you got to be happy for the Bulldogs finally winning a premiership !

Thanks guys. Yep the Ponch avatar is back up and running. Happy for the Bulldogs they certainly deserved to win the final! I had a very entertaining grand final arvo despite the Swans loss, great fun

So the shellac was a disaster, I was not cut out to be a fine furniture finisher. I stripped this baby back and out with the old trusty Tru Oil...

I did however develop a new way of applying Tru Oil through this process. I'll video the technique on the neck

Here's the front, back and small video of the shine. Up to 800 grit.

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...863e9d82c3.jpg

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...d12de4a1c8.jpg

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...0fc5c8c905.jpg

https://youtu.be/Kk6lYLoc9_I


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shame about the setback, interested to see how this is redone