I will wait for a few more responses before giving the answer.
It was seriously silky smooth to touch on front & back.
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I will wait for a few more responses before giving the answer.
It was seriously silky smooth to touch on front & back.
Hey waz go back and rub with a clean rag and then put more on made the grain pop on mine
Cheers Adam, will do another coat shortly.
Hey Frankie, no trip to Spec Savers for you. Well spotted as close ups of the rounded edges still looked a little bit rough and probably gave up the answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
If this was to be stained the top & bottom were done and ready to go whilst the edges still had a slightly rougher texture however once I had used 180 those edges were too smooth to soak up anything. As I was using TO kept going with 240 and then a very light 320 dusting.
Not trying to be a smart @%#$ but over sanding basswood and thinking it will take a stain don't quite work out. For Ash, yes it does need a bit more work and up to 240 is about as far as I would go to give it best chance to be smooth and still soak up some colour.
I get the impression that a lot of folk skip the hard work required on coarser grits and use finer ones to take off machine marks and scratches and end up polishing without even realising it.
Thanks Colin.Quote:
Originally Posted by colin2121
Yep I think that was a factor in the first ex finish fail, getting too heavy handed in the sanding. Easy to do though.
On softer woods you do begin to wonder how far to go as the pile of saw dust on the floor begins to mount up.
4 coats of TO done so far and starting to show a bit of colour....
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Thats going to look so nice Waz. Is it getting a pick guard or keeping all that lovely wood showing?
Nice even colour Waz...