2nd Build SHB-4

[Simon Barden]

The back has not gone so well. Things have behaved very differently to the test stick (you let me down Hal!)

Better give it the sack.

[blinddrew]

I saw what you did there.

[DarkMark]

Ahhh, a burst.

[blinddrew]

Ahhh, a burst.

Well, it begins with B but ends in 'alls up'.
Going to see if I can rescue it but I've just put in another order for sandpaper and I think I'll be starting again on the back and sides.

[Simon Barden]

Or a deliberate jagged line two-tone. You can never tell with Drew.

[blinddrew]

The back was not saveable

The sides may yet be.
I'll have another try at a burst otherwise we'll be going solid.

[blinddrew]

Think I may be doing something wrong with the grain filling but I'm not sure what. Each time I apply it, let it dry, sand it back, but as soon as the surface starts to get flat, it seems the grainfiller is just getting stripped out again. Am I using too low a grit (240)? Do I need to be giving the body a turps wipe before using the filler? Or prepping it in any other way? Am I just being too heavy with the sanding back?
Any suggestions gratefully received!

[JimC]

, it seems the grainfiller is just getting stripped out again. Am I using too low a grit (240)?

Any advice from me on finishing work is kinda like the blind leading the partially sighted, but I do seem to end up needing to use finer grits than most people doing finishing work, maybe you're the same? I'm not confident or experienced with dyes and colouring, but using clear coats I've been happy with the result of putting on a coat of sealer filler, sanding about halfway back to flat, then another coat before sanding more.

[blinddrew]

Well, I'm just about back to where I was before I ballsed it up last time, but with a different plan of attack.

[Simon Barden]

Not to balls it up?