First Build: Red and Black Wilko Johnson Telecaster

[FrankenWashie]

Hi Mark and welcome!

If you are going to stain, then you need to be sure that you haven't gone past 220-240 grit else the stain simply won't soak in. If you are going to paint, then you might be okay at 2000, but you'd probably going to want to go back over it with 600-800, agian just to give the undercoat something to hang on to.

The Sand, sand, sand mantra is due to some of the machine sanding marks present in the factory bodies. If you wipe the body down with Gum Turpentine it will show up the machine sanding scratches as well as any glue spots that will need to be dealt with.

[Mark Gill]

"you need to be sure that you haven't gone past 220-240 grit"

Understood FW. I suppose I'm just surprised by how good the sanded finish is already, straight out of the box.

Gum turpentine eh? Never heard of it. Thanks for the tip, I'll pick some up tomorrow.

Mark

[FrankenWashie]

"you need to be sure that you haven't gone past 220-240 grit"

Understood FW. I suppose I'm just surprised by how good the sanded finish is already, straight out of the box.

Gum turpentine eh? Never heard of it. Thanks for the tip, I'll pick some up tomorrow.

Mark

Gum turpentine is recommended over mineral turps as it is less nasty. It still pongs though. Your local big green shed should have it.

[Mark Gill]

Gum turpentine is recommended over mineral turps as it is less nasty. It still pongs though. Your local big green shed should have it.

Went to the hardware store and they don't know what gum turpentine is (I'm in California).

Is it this: http://www.kleanstrip.com/product/tu...for-california


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