Christodav's MM-1Q

[OliSam]

Beautiful. Hard to imagine it is the same guitar! Well done.


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[CascadiaGuitarGeek]

Nicely done. Talk about turning lemons into lemonade. She's looking beautiful.

[christodav]

So, it might just work?!?!
It is certainly not exactly the way I imagined it to look, but it's not too shabby. After all the sanding back etc I did manage to lose the black around the edges, but I am lucky to have managed what I have after the disaster of laying way too much dye in the first place.
The binding isn't great, as it ended up with red stain on it in parts. I might be able to fix some of it if i'm lucky?


The photo was taken today after the last coats laid about 24 hours before.


I now have a question for the experts out there......
I have lost count of how many clear nitro coats I have on the top. I have got to the stage where it is now nice and flat, smooth and a sheen. I have at least 6 medium passes on it and I have only sanded it back lightly twice. Also, I have quite a few dust layers of sanding sealer on there as well. I still have a few coats left in the can, but I am tempted to wait a week and start the wet sand and polish process. None of the coats I would consider as heavy coats. this last session was laid in two coats 40mins apart after a very light 400grit dry sand to flatten the surface and it worked.
How many clear coats would you normally expect to lay on a guitar?

Chris

[Andy40]

Chris, I would PM Phrozin if no-one gets back to you on your Nitro question. I haven't used Nitro in ages

[christodav]

Thanks Andy.

[Kick]

I really love that color! Well done job sir

[phrozin]

Chris, I would PM Phrozin if no-one gets back to you on your Nitro question. I haven't used Nitro in ages

Andy have talk to Chris hes on the right track, will look pretty good when hes finished....

[Andy40]

Thanks Phroz

[Spychocyco]

Oh, man. Now you've got me scared. I'm about to start an MM1 build shortly (my first), and finish is what I've been most worried about. I've got some keda dyes that I plan to work with, and hadn't decided yet if I was going to do a Tru-Oil or rattle can clearcoat.

Glad it worked out, even if it wasn't exactly what you wanted. I've got a small pile of scrap wood to work with before I start in on the guitar, but I'm definitely taking some learnings from this.

[JB RETRO]

Hey there Chris, I used Nitro on my GR-1SF, and from memory I did about 6-8 coats of clear. If you can wait longer for the final rub down you'll end up with a better finish. 1 week at a minimum. 28 days best.