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Ok guys, am all sanded nice and smooth and ready to begin with the Wudtone, my kit is a glue in neck so would it be best to set the neck before I stain or stain first?
Also as basswood is porous should the first coat be thinned?
How have you guys tackled it?
Hi Geoff, you will get a better transition of stain if the neck is glued in first but it will be more awkward to work on and you will need a large space to hang it to cure. I personally find it easier to glue in later, but it's really up to you.
No need to thin the wudtone first coat. You will find the first coat the basswood is very thirsty so don't be alarmed if you use half the bottle first coat. Following coats won't use any where near as much
Thanks mate, I will stain both parts separately and then glue the neck in and do the final finishing coats afterwards.
Got the Wudtone ready and here goes.....catch you later.
Three coats of Wudtone Goldenrod on and headstock shaped. So far so good.
I will leave it at three coats because I don't want it to look too yellow. I will do the top coats once the neck has been glued in but I'm feeling pretty good about it all so far as it's my very first build.
I've posted some pics but not sure if I've done it right!
Seems the pics didn't load. Can anybody help me. I'm not that good with computing. I can't even attach a photo on my profile page!
Your pics are probably too high res. As a general rule they need to be resized to 1000x1000 pixels or under 1mB, I think. Or you can embed the pic by uploading it to an image sharing website (Imgur, Photobucket etc.) and then using the BB code. Has anyone made a thread explaining how to do this? If not, I will do that today sometime.
Hi guys, my ES-3 kit is coming on fab. I really want to post some pics but I don't know how to resize the images, can anybody explain how to do it please, I was raised out of the computer age so it's all rocket science to me!
Hi Geoff,
There are probably other/better ways to do this, but this works for me.
Open the pictures in Paint (Default MS program)
Select resize - near top left corner
Select "Pixels" - make sure "Maintain Aspect Ratio" is ticked
In the "horizontal" box type in the size you want (720 works for me, maybe even 1,000 might, not sure)
Select OK
Then "Save" or "Save as" and you're done.
Hope this helps
Cheers
rob
Hey Geoff, I can feel your pain because my wife is a computing Neanderthal too. I gave up a long time ago showing her how to do things and now I just do it for her.
Sooo.. the easiest way for you to post photos - email them to me (you CAN email photos???) and I'll put them up for you.
Cheers guys. I had a go using the photo prog I have but couldn't get to grips with it so took Muzza's advice and emailed them to him!