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Added 3 clear coats today after a 2 hour search for another litre of acrylic - not much seemed open today.
Happy to say it matches nicely with the back of the guitar.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...uhjy-image.jpg
Ended up with 2 coats of japan black + a run (ah well), sort that later. Seems to have done the trick.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...f8wy-image.jpg
Ended up staining the fret board with one coat of japan black then quickly tested some beeswax polish which darkened it that little bit more.
Should look alright - pics on assembly in a couple of days once it has dried properly.
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looking good, want to see the finger board, i have similar ideas for a coming project
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Stan,
Will finish the beeswax tonight & try a get a pic tomorrow with real sunlight.
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Love the back of the headstock and neck! The grain hghlighted in black looks great. I am also interested in the fingerboard stained and waxed. How do you think it will play?
cheers,
Gav.
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Gav,
I used one of those market stall home brew "leather conditioner/furniture polish" blah blah blah. Used it on my bike jackets a bit seems good.
Once it has had time to soak in, should play slick. All done now. Might assemble it tomorrow for a pic on the lawn.
Anyone help my with type of decal paper to use for a white logo? My cream logo on clear decal paper wouldn't show through the stain.
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For white decals, the best option I have found is to get a vinyl decal printed at a commercial printers. It usually doesn't cost too much. Our very own Andyport does this kind of stuff and can definitely sort you out. I can highly recommend him - his work is awesome! You can contact him at City Signs and Print in Port Lincoln SA - email address is: citysigns@internode.on.net.
cheers,
Gav.
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Thanks Gav. Will send Andyport an email.
Here is the guitar. 3 coats of clear & 3 just completed now.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...h5j1-image.jpg
Couldn't get a great shot of the fretboard. Once it is dry will try again and then show a comparison. It is nice and slick.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...e7y7-image.jpg
Yay, my presents just turned up. Pickup winding in my spare time waiting for clear coat to dry.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...6p6e-image.jpg
Lastly - does anyone know how to get rid of stain from fret dots? I have lost a few of the top ones from 12th down. Metho didn't remove these ones.
Also I noticed that a few of the frets have been hammered in so hard the fret board is cracked in a few spots. I was going to tap a few of the high ones down as there are gaps but not when I noticed this. Anyone else have this issue.
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Kane it looks truly stunning, My question to you is with your acrylic clear do you use anything to seal the wood before you apply it. I use 2pk but due to the health hazards I am seriously thinking of moving to acrylic clears so I was curious to know if the wood needs to be sealed or does the clear do that anyway.
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Jarrod,
I normally seal with timbermate after the first batch of sanding on new wood. The timbermate seals and fills the grain. Although I am starting to think once I have sanded it flat filling it with timbermate again. With this guitar I had a few spots where the clear coat seemed to have sunk in a few spots leaving a couple of grain holes. For me it just wasn't 100% smooth. Still considering wet sanding an adding another clear coat or two yet.
Once I have the timbermate sanded flat and happy with the sanding I used the feast and Watson stains. Once they had a day or two to dry I hit them with a light clear coat, followed by two heavier coats on the first day. After 24hrs I give them another 3 coats. From here is usually some levelling work preparing for final clear coats.
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Almost there, playing it a bit before trying to get it setup right. Small adjustments here and there.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...x659-image.jpg
