Chris Build of TL-1 Kit

[stan]

this is looking sooooo good!

Another way to age stainless is to rub with steel wool, soak in a salt water mix for aday or so, until the desired rusting.
Then put into a tin with nails, old srews, nuts etc, and shake the crap out of it - check every few minutes until the desired patina is acheived. I have some friends who do fake vintage watch cases this way, they look awesome

[57strummers]

All assembled and worked on action/intonation today with the kit strings before I put on the Elixir's .010-.052
Plays pretty well, one prob is I am finding the Polyurethane that I used (British Paints) seems to be sticky which obviously slows down the sliding of the hand over the neck. Have anyone experienced this before and if you have what was the fix for it....I am finding the stickiness on the back of the neck not the front so much, I think from memory the Poly has been on about a week and I have not rubbed it down with steel wool or scouring pads. I have a suggestion to try and polish with car polish but before I do that keen on hearing any other ideas.

[Gavin1393]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from 57strummers on October 27, 2013, 20:00
All assembled and worked on action/intonation today with the kit strings before I put on the Elixir's .010-.052
Plays pretty well, one prob is I am finding the Polyurethane that I used (British Paints) seems to be sticky which obviously slows down the sliding of the hand over the neck. Have anyone experienced this before and if you have what was the fix for it....I am finding the stickiness on the back of the neck not the front so much, I think from memory the Poly has been on about a week and I have not rubbed it down with steel wool or scouring pads. I have a suggestion to try and polish with car polish but before I do that keen on hearing any other ideas.

...which is why we recommend Wudtone!

Different paint is made up of different solvents, resins, etc. as a result they will have different drying times and once cured, different 'speeds' will be evident. Using the WRONG paint on the neck with effect playability and especially speed. You can try wet sanding with 1200 grit after steel wool application, but not too sure if this will make a heap of difference?

[gavinturner]

Poly is fickle. I would wait a little while longer for it to cure. Depending on the thickness of the coats it can take a good long while. It will never be slick on the neck until you matt it up with steel wool and sand paper (the finest you have), but it should be ok with a little TLC.

Cheers,
Gavin.

[57strummers]

Ok thanks guys, will leave it till mid week and then give it a nice easy sanding with some 2000 wet. I didn't put a lot of coats on it and if need be I will sand it back but happy to try and work with it at this stage....

[57strummers]

Gigged my guitar tonight went like a treat, will get some pics up on the final product....including the upgrades