Now back to the body and sand back the timebermate. After a lot of sanding (again) we are back to 400 grit and wiped down ready to do with the stain.
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Unfortunately my eye sight must be worse than I thought. When it looked all nice and smooth before the timbermate application, once sanded back it appears I missed the router marks around the edges.
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So back to more sanding to clean them up, more timebermate and NOW we are ready for staining.
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First stain coat came out nicely, need to work on the black burst a bit more to blend it out.
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