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    Well hello everyone,as you all provably noticed I haven't been here now for a while, well I didn't stop the progress on my GR-S1, I did get stuck and deep into several problems specially right after the final coat, it would never dry, always kinda sticky, very rough finish and could never get the shine I was after.. Painful.. it sure was, had to sand it down several times thinking the next time would work.. wrong (sorry folks but the truth can hurt), any how... after so many attempts, I finally realized that if it drys, I would not get the shine I'm after, and when it didn't , yep you guessed it, sand down as much as possible and back to square one, either way..
    Only this time and with much research to be on the safe side, I only used the Dingo tone Stain, made sure it was dry, (after 4 weeks) sand down with 800 wet and dry and sprayed with acrylic clear.. and all heavens opened a new chapter to my project.. I now going to post some of the pics to share with you all,I've applied 8 coats of clear, 2 spray, 3 day sand down with 1200 wet and dry, repeated the steps and today I only used medium to heavy ( on the tin says the number 2 and I guess it would be the grade of the cutting compound)cut and polish and to me is mission accomplish!!
    When I hold it right next to me is like looking into a mirror, here might not be able to see as much but I must admit, I finally got to where I wanted, so next is the next..Click image for larger version. 

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  2. #42
    I meant to say next is the neck.. and will post more picks in the coming days.. till then,hope you all had a wonderful Christmas,and wishing all a prosperous, safe and healthy new year..

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    Overlord of Music Andy40's Avatar
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    Oh I like the effect of the grain under that shine...looks good.
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    Wow! Nice work mate! I think next time I'll follow your lead

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    Thanks Andy, was a hard one but learnt a lot from it, it looks a lot nicer and feels real good when you holding it, the after effect is really good..

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    Thanks S/F, looks really good I'm very happy now with the end result, I just hope it will sound as good as it now looks too lol...
    And yeah if you do trust me it will amaze you how good it looks, when you do post some pics too, soon I finish this one I will get another of the same and try more like orange close to the original Grestch...

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    wow that looks excellent Caesar, nice and shiny ! Well done re-doing the finish till you were happy. The end result is very nice. Worth persisting ! The natural sides look cool against the red top
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    Quote Originally Posted by Caesar View Post
    Hello SB, have you done the neck and hardware??
    Yeah mate. All done. Turned out to be very playable straight off the workbench. I put some videos up of it playing on the forum somewhere :/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Caesar View Post
    I must admit, I finally got to where I wanted, so next is the next.
    jeje, i love this, because its the final goal to every hobbie project...the struggle to find what we want trough the time, effort, hard work, ilussion, desesperation, satisfaction and the seeking for more...

    You finally acomplished and its a beauty! AS im reading your post, a bunch of images and nightmares revisited my head during my es335 finishing from black chinese "polyWTFlacquer??" sanding and the conversion to dyes staining with red powder (truly horror) that never never gets dry and too many others issues that becomes later....

    Good job CAesar!
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    Stunning looking piece of work Ceasar!

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