Matt's WL-1 build

[FrankenWashie]

Very Nice Matt!

[wazkelly]

You could almost do the car polish from there and end up really shiny.

[mjg]

Thanks, good to hear I'm on the right track. I've got the 12000 pad so might as well use it. Then down to SCA during the week to get the polish.

Do people do the polishing by hand, or is it a buffer stuck on the drill kind of job?

[mjg]

Also, after getting the back so shiny, I test fit the trem cavity cover that came with the kit. I know it's just cheap plastic, but damn it looks crap in comparison to the shiny paint. So I might have to look into getting a black metal cover fabricated. Going to check a few local metal places next weekend to see how expensive that will be...

[wazkelly]

Do people do the polishing by hand, or is it a buffer stuck on the drill kind of job?

I do it by hand as afraid of risking scratches if using a machine. Pretty big work out and you may even break a sweat in the midst of a cold wintry day in our nations capital. Well worth the effort. Some times you may need to apply the polish a few times to get it just right or you may be lucky and first session does the trick.

[Fretworn]

Blackie approves...

[Kick]

Very shiny! Great job!

[andrewdosborne]

Oh nice and shiny

[Dedman]

Also, after getting the back so shiny, I test fit the trem cavity cover that came with the kit. I know it's just cheap plastic, but damn it looks crap in comparison to the shiny paint. So I might have to look into getting a black metal cover fabricated. Going to check a few local metal places next weekend to see how expensive that will be...

or talk to Pablo about a nice glossy acrylic one ;D

[mjg]

I've actually got some nice gloss acrylic material, was going to use it for making a pick guard on the front. I've just checked, and it's about 2cm too short to do the pick guard and the back cover.

I'm sure I'll figure something out.