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[Alkay]

Great advice from Waz. One other thing I have found is a drop of dishwashing detergent in the water helps to keep your sandpaper unclogged longer. Good Luck.

cheers,
Gav.

Thanks Gavin,

I've got a bit of a way to go with this wet and dry but I'll take your advice with the dishwashing detergent. Thank you.

I checked out your blog site and wow you have some really awesome builds.

[Alkay]

Ok so here's an update. These pictures are with 9 coats of Tru-oil with no sanding at all.

[wokkaboy]

looking good Alkay, how many more naughty oil coats you planning ? Should have enough coats to let it cure and wet sand it I'd say

[Alkay]

looking good Alkay, how many more naughty oil coats you planning ? Should have enough coats to let it cure and wet sand it I'd say

.....haha probably hundreds after the above mistake I just posted. It's really disappointing. It was looking really nice.

[Alkay]

Here's a picture before I tried the wet and dry 1200.



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....and now for the mistake. I thought I followed everyone's advice and also checked some videos too for tips.

I wet and dry sanded a small section of the side of the body from the neck to near the pickup selecter cavity area.
Wet and dry was soaked overnight in water and dishwashing detergent.

The section I sanded has left streaks in the finish. I used cork sanding block and made 4 smooth even passes in the same direction.

This was looking like a beautiful finish before I attacked it. I appreciate any help.

Cheers,

Alkay.

I hope you can see the damage in the picture.

[wokkaboy]

Hi Alkay bit hard to see in the bottom photo. What grit paper did you use to wet sand ? EDIT just read you used 1200 grit

how long since the last coat of tru oil when you wet sanded ?

my guess is the tru oil maybe hadn't fully cured

[Alkay]

Hi Alkay bit hard to see in the bottom photo. What grit paper did you use to wet sand ? EDIT just read you used 1200 grit

how long since the last coat of tru oil when you wet sanded ?

my guess is the tru oil maybe hadn't fully cured

Hi wokkaboy,

I uploaded a better image so you can see. What do you think I should do to fix this?

[Alkay]

Heres a better picture so you can see the damage of the 1200 wet and dry sanding.

9th coat of Tru-oil went on 25/06/16. It has been drying in the lounge room near the fire place which is on mostly 24/7.
How long should have I waited?



Cheers,

Alkay.

[wokkaboy]

that's weird Alkay, so is the perpendicular line below your finger a join in the timber or a line where you stopped sanding ?

my guess is the TO didn't cure properly, still waiting to hear how long you let it cure before sanding

EDIT just read your edited post so Saturday was the last coat, you need to wait at least a week probably 2 weeks in winter before wet sanding. Where do you live Alkay ?

DB's rule is let any finish cure for minimum 3 weeks before wet sanding and polishing

[Alkay]

that's weird Alkay, so is the perpendicular line below your finger a join in the timber or a line where you stopped sanding ?
It's a join in the timber and also where I sanded from towards the neck pocket(about 110mm).

my guess is the TO didn't cure properly, still waiting to hear how long you let it cure before sanding
Ok bummer, I got confused. I thought I wait three weeks before applying the Meguiars ultimate compound.

EDIT just read your edited post so Saturday was the last coat, you need to wait at least a week probably 2 weeks in winter before wet sanding. Where do you live Alkay ?
I'm in country VIC near the Grampians about 3 hours drive west of Melbourne.

DB's rule is let any finish cure for minimum 3 weeks before wet sanding and polishing

OK noted again, haha. I'll get there one day haha.

So what is your recommendation? I'd rather not sand the whole body back and risk more issues.

Cheers,

Alkay.