Josephs TLA-1

[JCDon12]

Hey Andrew, I will be applying several Tru-Oil coats for the clear coat and a custom deep blue wood stain for the colouring.

[shoey]

Hey Andrew have you got your stain yet? I am doing the exact same thing with a st kit at the moment (some of the guys that have posted to you have been very helpful on my build). The paint store lady where I live was super helpful; however, I seems that tinting clear base stain colours other than the timbery colours isn't an exact science. She mucked about and got my a colour that I was happy with in the end. I took my body in and we rubbed a little into the pickup wells.

Good luck!

[wokkaboy]

Hey Joseph, no need to sand the body to 2000 grit for a stain, as Andrew said no need to go finer than 400 grit. I'd recommend you do a trial stain of the colour on the body where the pickguard will hide it so you make sure you are happy with the colour

[JCDon12]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from andrew on October 15, 2014, 06:34
Mate because your staining this it is a good idea to leave the body wood a little rougher, around 400, so that the stain has some tooth to grab in to. Is this the alder kit?

No, this is the ash body kit. But I have left it a bit rough for the stain.

[JCDon12]

I have finally gotten around to doing something with the kit other than sanding it like a manic... I applied the stain! In total it took 2 coats to reach the depth of colour I was looking for.

Apologies about the crap lighting situation in the photo, I will try to upload a better photo tomorrow.

[AJ]

sweet

[bargeloobs]

Teleriffic!!

[stan]

another great Tele on the forum...