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    Moderator dingobass's Avatar
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    OK...

    Give the whole Guitar a scuff sand with 340 grit sand paper (you can also wet sand with 340 wet and dry, just dont drown your Guitar )
    Then apply a coat of the new finish and let it cure, should be hard after a few days.
    Give this coat a light scuff sand with 340 grit, dust it down and apply another 2 coats.
    Let these coats harden, then very lightly scuff sand with 800 grit and apply one more coat.

    If you are super patient, you can leave it for 21 days and then give it a cut and polish to get a nice gloss happening.
    Or, you can give it a week and build and play.

    There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....

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    Will do dingobass, however I haven't received any new finish in the post yet.

    Cheers.

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    Stupid easter break... Stupid Oz Post.... Hope your DT shows up Monday......

    There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by dingobass View Post
    OK...

    Give the whole Guitar a scuff sand with 340 grit sand paper (you can also wet sand with 340 wet and dry, just dont drown your Guitar )
    Then apply a coat of the new finish and let it cure, should be hard after a few days.
    Give this coat a light scuff sand with 340 grit, dust it down and apply another 2 coats.
    Let these coats harden, then very lightly scuff sand with 800 grit and apply one more coat.

    If you are super patient, you can leave it for 21 days and then give it a cut and polish to get a nice gloss happening.
    Or, you can give it a week and build and play.
    @DB with the "Dust off" you mention above, would you wipe down with mineral spirits or similar or just use a clean, new soft bristled paintbrush?

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    Hey Franken, don't use any mineral spirits, as you say a clean brush or damp rag with water will do the trick. Good luck bro !
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    Cheers Wokka, I did a 400 grit rubdown of my first coat last night, I did brush off but I will wipe down as well to get rid of all of the trace dust.
    I may need to rub right back and try again with the stain as I'm starting to see some things through the finish that I did not pick up in the final intensifier coat. (Guess that means the finish is doing its job eh?). we shall see how we go.

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