TL-1 Build....well 1/2 of one???

[FrankenWashie]

Give it a go mate its dead easy (pardon the skull pun) using fabric (quilting cotton) is much easier than using wallpaper. I found the standard green fiberglass resin easier to use than the clear stuff, the green one spreads and levels easier and doesn't discolour the fabric too much

Fibreglass resin eh? Good to know. I had fun with the acrylic casting resin filling holes in the FrankenWashie resurrection. I like the methodology for your resin tops and that really was a great tutorial vid. Many thanks for posting it.

[euroa guitars]

Fibreglass resin eh? Good to know. I had fun with the acrylic casting resin filling holes in the FrankenWashie resurrection. I like the methodology for your resin tops and that really was a great tutorial vid. Many thanks for posting it.

Thanx mate, yeah I found the fibreglass resin so much easier to deal with it flows a lot better the last guitar I did I used the clear casting resin instead, thinking it would give a better end result, but it didn't flow as easy and i actually got a better end result without as much work with the fbg resin also the fbg resin although its not clear didn't really change the colour too much... Think I might just use the casting resin for filling deep holes in rustic tops!

[FrankenWashie]

One of the things i did note with the casting resin (and to be fair the destructions do warn of this) is that it has a tendency to pull back from the edges as it cures. Where there is a a roughened edge for the acrylic to bind to this can lead to cracking.
Due to the smooth finish on some parts of the void i was filling (a product of the NZ Matai) it actually pulled away a little as it would do with a plastic mould. It isn't really a game breaker, I've since wicked some CA into those wee gaps and then routed the acrylic block down to the depth I needed and there seems to have been no movement at all. it machines well, if somewhat messy and stinky and the finish it coming up well under sanding. I shall have to look for a project to use your method on now!