Yesterday, I was THIS CLOSE (<->) to throwing this thing out of the window.
After rebuilding the poly and sanding it flat again, I just couldn't polish it again. Whatever I did, it just didn't want to get a nice even surface... It got shiny in some places and stayed matte/milky in some others. I promised it I'd smash it on the wall if it's not playing along.
Today, I found some really old abrasive paste in the tool drawer (I think I bought it in 2013 when my first car got a scratch...) and gave it a go, couldn't get worse, right?
To my surprise, it worked pretty well - compared to how it looked before. Now, the surface is very shiny with scratches. Yep. Nice. But better then before so I'm really not complaining (well, just a little). I had actually hoped for a satin finish, but I don't know how to get there, and I'm too afraid to mess up the poly again.
I think my finishing skills are so bad, I don't even know where to start improving. No matter if I use tru oil, poly or whatever, I just can't seem to get it right.
It was time to remove the tape from the neck. Look how different the poly looks on the binding. Not too sure what to do with the neck binding now. Probably nothing and wait until it gets dirty from playing?
Looks ok from 2 feet away.
Shiny, with scratches! I'm trying to pass it a s a feature.
Pretty desperate try to put something on the headstock. Unfortunately, light paint on a decal looks bad (I tried!), so I went with a shape that I can cut by hand. This MOP sticker sheet is really a b*tch to cut. I think I spent 2 hours cutting this and it's still looking pretty rough. But oh well, now it's on and maybe it will look ok from 2 feet away, too =)
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