Oh, man, that does truly give it a hand made look ;-)
Oh, man, that does truly give it a hand made look ;-)
Thanks Mikie91au, Frankie and fender3x. A simple addition which is a little different!
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic), DMS-1 (Mustang).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Finally, I got around to:
Adding some 3M-471 tape to the binding.
Adding a coat of Ubeaut sanding sealer to the neck and body.
Lightly sanded everything with 600 g wet and dry.
Adding a coat of Feast Watson Teak Brown stain diluted to 50%.
I'm hoping that the sanding sealer may have stopped some of the stain leaching under the tape. Fingers crossed.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic), DMS-1 (Mustang).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Today, I have given the body and neck 2 coats of Tru-oil.
After it was touch dry, I removed the 3M vinyl tape. I am very impressed with the results - hardly any stain crept under the tape.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic), DMS-1 (Mustang).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Today I scraped the binding.
Not much was needed with the side binding - mainly getting the Tru-oil off - using the razorblade mounted on dowel.
The f-holes needed a lot of work (I should have used tape on them also). But they cleaned up well using box cutter blades which had been CA glued onto pop sticks. The 3 pop sticks had the blades glued at (very slightly) different scraping lengths. They still need a bit of tidying up.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic), DMS-1 (Mustang).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
I am impressed by your scraping method. I confess that I have been cheating on my archtop builds. I did solid colors on the tops, and painted over the vertical surface of the binding. I only scraped of the horizontal part of the F-hole, and even then only where the 3M tape did not catch everything.
I am glad I waited to see yours before attempting a translucent finish. I haven't seen the popcicle-stick-scraper approach used before. What a great idea! I have seen the split-dowel-razor-blade-scraper, but even the DIY versions on YouTube don't looks as well made as yours. I wonder if there'd be a market for such things?
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