I'm using Miniwax Wipe-On Poly, a clear polyurethane. Great product! We've used it before, applying it with this frequency with fantastic results.
I'm using Miniwax Wipe-On Poly, a clear polyurethane. Great product! We've used it before, applying it with this frequency with fantastic results.
Excellent! Thanks for the headsup on it! Who stocks it?
Gavmeister
It's just off the shelf at Bunnings. It's very thin, olive oil consistency, so it wipes on incredibly thin and therefore has quick drying times. It has taken 4 coats so far to get beyond satin and into something resembling gloss. It's nothing like garden variety estapol, which only requires a couple of brush-applied coats to get a thick gloss sheen going. This is absolutely a professional craftsman's choice for building up a piano finish gloss with a hand rubbed look. I highly recommend it.
Might give this wipe on gloss a go Scott, sounds good, I like the idea of thin coats and short dry/curing times. Sick of spray on gloss leaving runs and having to sand that off before next coatQuote from sfkhooper on April 16, 2013, 11:07
It's just off the shelf at Bunnings. It's very thin, olive oil consistency, so it wipes on incredibly thin and therefore has quick drying times. It has taken 4 coats so far to get beyond satin and into something resembling gloss. It's nothing like garden variety estapol, which only requires a couple of brush-applied coats to get a thick gloss sheen going. This is absolutely a professional craftsman's choice for building up a piano finish gloss with a hand rubbed look. I highly recommend it.
Your tele is coming along well Scott !
cheers Wokka
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Yep, great product for furniture, but a real tone killer on Guitars....
Sorry to bring it down guys but I have seen and used so many of these wonder products and ended up sanding the bejesus out of the Guitar to try and get back the tone!
Quite often the easy way is not the best way...
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Hmmm... Why is that? This isn't an estapol that sits on top of the wood and hardens it, the first few layers soaked right in.
yer thought this may be the negative side of the miniwax DB. I thought you liked sanding so much you sand in your sleep ?Quote from dingobass on April 16, 2013, 11:41
Yep, great product for furniture, but a real tone killer on Guitars....
Sorry to bring it down guys but I have seen and used so many of these wonder products and ended up sanding the bejesus out of the Guitar to try and get back the tone!
Quite often the easy way is not the best way...
I'll stick to lots of wudtone gloss coats with lots of curing time
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
The answer is in your reply, it soaks in.. there is the problem, it is filling the pores of the timber with plastic. This clogs it up and stops the timbers natural resonance hence it kills the tone
Anyhoo, as I always say, there is nothing wrong with experimenting with stuff, I do it all the time and this is how we learn!
And yes, Wokka, I love sanding.... NOT!
But it is one of, no, the most important part of any finish.
The more you sand and get that surface nice and flat, the better any product you use to finish your Guitar will work.
DB's Mantra... Sand, sand and sand again, then sand it some more. And when you think you have sanded enough, sand it again!
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Ok, maybe I'd better stop, string it up and see how it sounds. Chalk it up to a learning experience. I can always start again on another kit next month
Hmmm, these guys actually praise the WipeOn poly
http://www.kitguitarsforum.com/archi...1368_0_7_240_C
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