LP jr - JohnH's #5

[JohnH]

Pure Acetone and paper towel may help to coax some of it out.

Good thinking! Will try that

Ouch!

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Ha ha, yep

Ow! However I've got sympathy for the little tyke.
Using some initiative to try and please the ol' man.

cheers, Mark.

Yeah, she was so proud of herself lol. It's hard to get too mad (or even mad at all)

[Bakersdozen]

You have obviously involved her in the past as she knew the concept. Well done on that mate. They ultimately only want to impress us

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[DarkMark]

It’s obviously in the blood. My four year old boy always wants to help. I give him a piece of wood to sand.

[JohnH]

Between looking after the kids and doing some kitchen renos I somehow managed to get quite a lot done on this today. Finished cleaning up the edges around the neck pocket, routed the humbucker cavity, and did a s**t tonne of sanding. Pretty sure I'll get to staining it when I have my RDO on Friday.

Out of curiousity, how do people route the little end bits for the humbucker 'legs'? I guess I've only tried it twice now but both times were nerve wracking, and I did a bit of a dodge job. There must be a trick I'm not seeing. Do they even need to be there? Is there any reason not to route the whole thing at that depth?

Anyway, the PU cavity isn't the prettiest (the corners of the P90 route jut into the corners of the humbucker route, if that makes sense), but it'll do the job!

[JohnH]

Got this sanded and stained on Friday. I ended up opting for a simple, single colour rather than the burst.

This pic makes it look a bit grainy, but I just brushed the tru oil on pretty thick. It's crazy how much the oil yellowed the stain. It is a turquoise stain, so was a green-y blue to start with, but the oil has made it straight up emerald green.

[DarkMark]

Still, emerald green is a nice looking colour in my opinion.

[Bakersdozen]

Nice!
Did you use a brush to apply the TO?

[JohnH]

Still, emerald green is a nice looking colour in my opinion.

Totally agree. I guess I was just surprised by the degree to which the oil shifted the colour, even though I had anticipated it.

Nice!
Did you use a brush to apply the TO?

I use a brush for the first two or three coats, and then once that has kind of soaked in and dried I use a rag to dab another couple of coats on quite thick. Then start the wet sanding with more oil to level it out and pore-fill.


I think I've given up on timbermate though, and might try a sanding sealer next time. The timbermate has given me pretty mixed results as a grain filler, and I would say 100% fails as a pore filler (which possibly it's not really designed for?). It's possibly operator error, but I have tried it a few times now and just can't seem to get consistent or useful results.


Wet sanding the TO has given me good results as a pore-filler but it's a lot of work and I'm always stressed I'm going to sand through

[Bakersdozen]

How about sanding sealer over timbermate?

[wazkelly]

From personal experience Timbermate seems to react and cause issues if stain is water based.
With using TO as a top coat it is a good idea to do some experiments on scrap timber to see how much it changes the intended colour.
Also need to bear in mind that it seems to continue 'ageing' and thus darkening in colour over time. Very hard to get blue shades looking just right when using the stuff.


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