Well as much as I was hoping i could bring it back, i have had to resign myself to defeat with my first DT finish.
Overall it was patchy with some areas having a nice shine starting and others looking dry and rough. I had gone across it with some gentle rubbing back and re-finishing. cut way way back on the amount of final coat in the application but after 4 coats it just wasn't getting any better.
I fully believe that prep and application are at fault, not enough sanding prep, not enough care in how i was going to go about coating an entire guitar as a single assembly etc. Simple things done well give good results, simple things not thought through and executed in a breathless rush, good results are hard to come by i guess.
So, with that learning experience under my belt, I shall regroup do some more sanding (because whats a day without sanding eh?) and see if i can do better on the second attempt. At least I know for certain, I can't do any worse. (fingers crossed)
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