Cheers man, not bad for a first attempt anyway:POriginally Posted by WeirdBits
Cheers man, not bad for a first attempt anyway:P
Well done Barge. Looks awesome. It's a tough job so you did well to only have a minor tear out. Can't wait to see it with a stain coat. Binding first
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
Thanks Wokks. Unfortunately I'd class that tear out as somewhat more than just minor. I had planned on filling with super glue and sanding back but if anyone has any better solutions I'm all ears. I doesn't look too bad now but I'm afraid once the stain goes down it's gonna highlight it like a sore thumb unless I can get something in there to fill the cracks.
That part will be mostly covered by the bridge and the pickguard, maybe a daub of timber mate. Superglue will inhibit stain more than glue.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
Yeah that thought had crossed my mind about the super glue not taking the stain, I just thought the crack would be fine enough that it wouldn't be too noticeable. Unfortunately haven't got any Timbermate (nor the beans to buy any).
I was just out in the shed staring at the concept pic hanging on the wall and as you've rightly pointed out, it's going to be pretty much completely obscured by bridge and pickguard anyway.
I think I'll just leave it as is.
Barge, firstly apologies for not getting on this thread earlier! You are doing great things here, have redefined the Strat shape for the better and going well on the cap. For the tear I tend to agree with pablo on the super glue not taking up the stain. Can the super glue be stained? Maybe have an experiment on some scrap. On my recent broken screw fix I stained some sawdust and titebond to make filler but super glue is a different beast altogether...
Current Projects
#Planning 5 String Bass
This maybe possible with superglue...
http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online...king_soda.html
Current Projects
#Planning 5 String Bass
I appreciate the comments man.
To answer you question "Can the super glue be stained?", in short yes, but the results are negligible.
If it was a bigger chip out I'd entertain the sawdust/Titebond idea, but being that it's really only a hairline crack I don't think this method would be ideal.
I probably flag the super glue idea and just stain over and see what happens.
Here's the results of my little experiment using 2 coats of Dingotone (Nullabor Ochre), Super Glue is Stew Mac brand, medium(20).
Last edited by bargeloobs; 21-01-2015 at 06:58 AM.
Baking soda!! Who would of thunk. I might have to bear this one in mind post binding channel, depending on how badly I screw it up.
Massive shout out to Pablopepper, the postie just showed up with these. Bloody legend mate!!
Anyone wanna have a guess what they're for?
Posting Permissions
