H's TL-1Q, first build.

[UpperCaseH]

Got some spare time today after lunch, so decided to try waxing the fretboard. spent half an hour going over it with steel wool, then more than two hours ragging the wax on and off. On wasn't hard. Probably 1 1/4 hours of rubbing with a clean cloth brought me to here:



Little thick? I thought I'd used the tiniest amount, just barely enough that you could tell it was on there. Feels very slightly grippy on my fingers. Might need to get a buffing attachment for the drill, because my hands are killing.

[wokkaboy]

looks good H. You will need another one or 2 applications of the wax closer to when it's ready to assemble so the wax really soaks in

[wazkelly]

Lucky it's not Rosewood as that literally drinks it into the open grain and still looks dry a few days later.

Know what you mean about the excess elbow grease required. Suggest going to Supercheap Auto for some of the micro fibre polish cloths for cars as that is what I mainly used for hand buffing the body and back of the neck plus a smaller one did the trick on the fretboard after having a round or two with bits of an old T shirt to take off most of the solidified wax.

[HoneyBadgerJM]

Hey H what wax do you speak of...And where does one obtain such product??

[UpperCaseH]

One of my goals for this build was to (where possible) use only components and finishes from the pitbull website, so it's Dingotone guitar wax from the finishes page here http://www.pitbullguitars.com/dingotone/

[Andy40]

Its a lot easier with the buffing attachment for the drill H.

[UpperCaseH]

Since starting the colour coats, every individual step has felt like it only brought me a very, very small way towards finishing.

This one was one of the smallest, but felt like a much bigger step. Decal went on, first clear coat on top.

[wazkelly]

With a name like Redbeard I have a mental picture of a Viking or maybe a Scotsman in my mind?

From that angle the red on the headstock face came out looking good.

[Andy40]

Cool headstock logo

[UpperCaseH]

Looks like it's my day to ask a million questions!

This is the second final coat after a week and a bit of curing time. I don't even know what the marks are. They're more present around the edges, not so much towards the center of the guitar, and none on the back and sides, they're confined to the quilted maple top.

Did I put the final coats on too thin? Or did I not prep well enough? Either way, is there something I can do about these marks? I guess a grain fill at the start would have taken care of them?

Also, should I give it a light steel wool between final coats? I didn't between 1 and 2 and the marks became obvious on the second coat.