I tried my hand at, for me, maybe most daunting part. Staining and Oiling / sealing.

I removed the masking tape from the body that I used to mark the centre line and where I calculated the bridge should be......Guess I will have to do those calculations and measurements again.

Touched up the sanding job with 240 Grit sand paper. Seems like pulling the masking tape off pulled up the grain or something.

Was intending to do a burst with Dark Walnut stain on the outside of the body, neck and head stock with a light Mahogany on the insides of the body, neck and head stock.

Might have looked nice but, alas, I think doing a burst on the 1st build and doing a wipe on burst with water based stains is quite a chalange.

I started by applying the Dark Walnut stain on the outsides and intended, but with the Sponge Brush strokes, it did not look good.

Maybe I was a little impatient but decided to just make it all one colour.

The stain use was sourced from Blackbeard Den, a similar Kit Guitar Company in SA.

https://www.blackbeardsden.com/produ...pr_seq=uniform

I applied that and let it dry.

Being a waterbased stain, I suspected it would raise that the grain, and true to form, it did.

Once the pieces were dry, I sanded it back with 240 Grit paper, brushed off the dust and started with the Oil.

As much as I tried getting Tru-Oil, I eventually settled on Gobelins Pure Tung Oil https://www.blackbeardsden.com/produ...pr_seq=uniform.

Using a paper towel folded a few times over, I put oil on the paper towel and applied it to the headstock1st.

Seeing that all seemed good, I applied oil to the rest of the guitar.

Should have mentioned this before, I masked off the fret board with masking take. Hope the paper kind is sufficient to protect it.

Ofter leaving the oil on for a few minutes, I wiped off the excess with a clean piece of paper towel.

Allowed that to dry for a while. The surface felt mostly dry to the touch, so ran over the surface with 1200 grit paper and the applied a 2nd coat of oil using the same method.

The pics attached are were I left off.

A further addition to this build, I just need to add.

Many have said the string that come with these kits are not worth keeping on the guitar once built and setup, so, we were in the city last weekend and I found an awesome Music Shop, Bothners.

Picked up some Ernie Ball Slinky Bass Strings that will go on once all is assembled and setup.

I also managed to find a Kit to assist with Guitar Setups with Feeler Gauges, Radius Gauges, Nut files, etc. that will help with the setup.

I also managed to get some Dunlop 65 Lemon Oil for the fretboard treatment and some Dunlop Guitar polish. These I will also use on the my guitars I am playing at the moment.

So I am ready for this, hope I don't stuff it up.

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