Erics STarter build

[EricB]

So, ive spent some more time sanding, really happy with this now.
Ive give it a quick wipe with a damp cloth to bring it out..
Bring on the red!

[Dedman]

yup! thats looking cool!

[FrankenWashie]

Serious grainy goodness. That should look hot under a red coat.

[Andy40]

Dayum, that looks great

[EricB]

Thanks guys!

Im going for a clear satin finish on the neck and i'd like to keep the neck colour as is - any tips for making the grain pop without affecting the colour would be greatly appreciated.

Eric

[wazkelly]

Looking damn good so far.

If you want any colour to soak in best to stop sanding at 240 or no higher than 320. Once you get the colour right and start adding clear top coats, that is when you can move onto finer grit wet sanding to make things really nice and smooth all over. Going too fine on the grits before applying stain colour may not leave enough open grain & pores for the stuff to penetrate.

[gavinturner]

Looking good man.

cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

Eric looking good you scored some awesome ash grain in the body. Look forward to seeing deep red stain on it should look unreal

[EricB]

Sorry about the lack of updates... Been away for work.

So, about that red yeah, well, it didnt really go as planned.
Mistake 1 was using Ebony to pop the grain.
Mistake 2 was not realising that I had somewhat darkened the timber.
It went the colour of dried blood instead of fresh blood.

Unless i can rescue the colouration, it seems im going to have a boring black strat.



Eric

[nitroburner1000]

Sorry about the lack of updates... Been away for work.

So, about that red yeah, well, it didnt really go as planned.
Mistake 1 was using Ebony to pop the grain.
Mistake 2 was not realising that I had somewhat darkened the timber.
It went the colour of dried blood instead of fresh blood.

Unless i can rescue the colouration, it seems im going to have a boring black strat.



Eric

Hi mate, been reading your posts and your guitar looks awesome. If you think that it looks too dark i have some brilliant red water based stain that 1 can send to you if you live in Australia, here is a pic of a sample i did on some tazzie oak. another good sand and 2 or 3 coats of my red might help...