So, i've now put on 7 generous coats of TO on the sides and back. Learning new things about flaming - it sucks... oil I mean! I put one coat on couple of weeks back and now that I started a slurry coat, I did not have time to slurry before the oil went in to the wood. Poured 3-4 times more oil on and it all just vanished in to the wood. Now it starts to buil up but I had some doubts at first. Gonna put on 3 more coats, then let it cure for 24 hours before sanding with TO and 1200 grit for the first levelling.
But another question popped in my mind about grounding the individual bridges. I read that if you have active pups or a preamp on you would not have to ground all or none of the bridges. Now that they are passive, I have to ground one and link every piece together. I didn't think about this before starting the finish so - how have you done this if you have done it? The wire would show between the bridges even though they are only about 2mm apart. Should I put the wire going between screws or just under one to the other - will it conduct when they are painted black?
I was thinking about finding a thin black covered wire, stripping so that the black cover would stay just in between the bridges and then gently tap the wire down into the finished surface covering it with a drop of TO maybe?... I don't know...
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