Christodav's MM-1Q

[christodav]

Firstly, thanks everyone who has provided feedback. I am really, really grateful.

So, 2 steps forward and 1 step back.

After a week or so, I ended up polishing it up. I first went with a wet sand with 1000 grit, micromesh 3 grades, then Meg's Mirror Glaze #7 and then Ultimate Compound. I still have some fine scratches under light, but it's not bad at all. I think a rub with Scratch X and it will be pretty much scratch free. Given that I leave the guitar in a warm place and that the coats have been fairly light, the clear has dried very fast.

I have almost run out of the Behlen Clear (not enough for more than one light coat) and I have ordered another can. There are a couple of small areas on the top that are not quite flat and therefore have the intents showing through. A spot on each horn and and small area near where your elbow sits. You have to look very carefully to see, but I can see them. I knew where the problem areas were and I thought that if I was lucky, I could sand those spots out, but at the same time I was very careful with the wet sanding to very light and not take any more off than was required. I could try the process again and that might work, but I have come this far and I might as well get it right and spray another 3 coats and cut it back.

Here is another interesting thing. I suffer from colour blindness - red and green. If you don't know about colour blindness, (most people I come across have trouble understanding the term), I don't see in black and white. I do have trouble with shades. So, a certain red might like brown to me or an orange to someone without the condition might still look red to me. With the shine on the guitar, the yellowing hue of the lacquer and the black dye kinda running and blending into the red the top has a very interesting mix of colour tones. I wanted it to look like it did at the start - bright red with black highlights. I can get that effect with a camera using a flash, but with my eyes it does not look like that in the flesh.My family members describe the colours different to the way I describe them.

Chris

[wazkelly]

Here is another interesting thing. I suffer from colour blindness - red and green. If you don't know about colour blindness, (most people I come across have trouble understanding the term), I don't see in black and white. I do have trouble with shades. So, a certain red might like brown to me or an orange to someone without the condition might still look red to me. With the shine on the guitar, the yellowing hue of the lacquer and the black dye kinda running and blending into the red the top has a very interesting mix of colour tones. I wanted it to look like it did at the start - bright red with black highlights. I can get that effect with a camera using a flash, but with my eyes it does not look like that in the flesh.My family members describe the colours different to the way I describe them.

Chris

Hi Chris, my eldest son is Red/Green deficient too, inherited from Grandfather on my Wife's side as it is women who pass on the gene from one generation to the next. Apparently this condition can be as high as 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 in males and about 1 in 20 for females.

Top effort considering you have chosen one of your 'tricky' colours.

My son always had trouble picking up the red component in purples as they always looked blue to him. Both he and the father-in-law comment that primary natural colours aren't so hard to pick, but it is more the man made shades and hues where greens, reds, browns can sometimes blend into each other.