The body is getting Gloss Polyurethane all over....first three coats on this morning.
The headstock will be gloss poly.....I am thinking I may stain the fingerboard....and then gloss poly it too (Maple.)
The back of the headstock and the neck will get satin poly.
I like how the colours work under the poly.....with three coats of Tru-Oil and then hung for a week.
The Faux Binding has worked well and seems to nearly balance out the bright white binding....nearly.
Edit:- I sanded the binding to 400 grit....then lightly brushed some water based gloss poly on it. After the stains were done I sanded the poly off as the white binding had taken on a brown tint...but only in some places. The top edge was slowly scraped with a stanley knife blade just held in my fingers. Sanding did not work...scraping was it.
I found two very very small cracks on the bottom left bout of the body with some fine Golden Teak stain in them from the sides. Not a drop from the Maple stain on the top.
Hint...do some prep work for binding. Wow I say. Thanks for the ideas I got guys.
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