Tristans FV-1

Yeah, the vintage yellow is bloody amazing!!! Sort through my build diary and you will see!!!

Hey Pest you better pull ur finger out Gav is 7 posts higher than you, wonder who will make the grand first ?

Good move Tristan moving trumpet to axe !

Tristan - you never know - with a teaching, music and soon to be lutherie background, you could corner the market in Aus running lutherie courses! I know that there are a couple around, but that's it - a couple... Good luck with the build.

hey there, just up to removing the stain from the binding and while it's coming off of the top easily, there are parts on the sides where I obviously didn't polish it adequately and the stain doesn't want to come off.
Any advice? I'd just sand it with very fine sand paper, but I'm afraid that I'd remove finish accidentally/

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Quote from tcjbrown on June 8, 2013, 08:30
hey there, just up to removing the stain from the binding and while it's coming off of the top easily, there are parts on the sides where I obviously didn't polish it adequately and the stain doesn't want to come off.
Any advice? I'd just sand it with very fine sand paper, but I'm afraid that I'd remove finish accidentally/

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Cut strips of sandpaper 320 grit the same width as the binding, then using your thumb and fingers position the sand paper(adhesive works best) so that the thumb and sandpaper is perfectly aligned with the binding. Sand gently along the length of the binding, cleaning the residue from the sandpaper regularly. Your fingers should support your thumb and basically lock your thumb in position by positioning your fingers on the soundboard/top/face of the guitar. If you do this carefully you wont remove the paint from the body, only from the bindings. To finish, polish with OOOO steel wool.

Thanks very much Gavin, I'll give it a go.

Thanks, that's working exceptionally well.

Gav's a champion!

Indeed! While this is going to take a while, it's producing great results.

I'm a bloody bridesmaid! :) think I have come second three times this year in the GOTM! Haha but I'll take the compliments....
I have spent many hours doing the binding trick above simply because I didnt know of any better way of doing the binding. DB was keeping this secret at that time!:

Preparing the Binding BEFORE applying WUDTONE
If your guitar has binding you will spend ages removing paint from a 'keyed' binding surface if you do not prepare the binding before painting.
I learned this trick from my good mate and fellow author on this thread DB, here is his trick for keeping the binding clean..
After sanding, grab some 400 wet and dry and VERY carefully give the bindings a polish.
Then break out the 600 and repeat.(If you don't have 600 grit, you can polish the binding with steel wool) Then let the Wudtoneing begin!
When you have let each coat dry, a light and VERY careful rub with the steel wool will remove any Wudtone and add to the polish on the binding.
Do this after each coat and by the time you are at the top coat stage, you wont have to worry as the binding will be as smooth and shiny as a *censored, censored*..... you get the idea!