Here we go... Muzza's first build. Non PBG PRS-1TS

[Muzza]

Nah Wokka, she's 90% cured.

With hindsight, I should've left it laying flat instead of hanging it.

I reckon it's going to be near impossible to flatten it without going through the colour somewhere. All advice/suggestions eagerly welcomed.

[Muzza]

What tha?
Not seen that happen before...

I have no idea why, but DingoTone doesn't seem to like this guitar.

At least the DT on build #2 is behaving.

[wokkaboy]

wow Muzza you must have applied it way too thick to get those runs.

I usually inspect a build if I have hung it up to cure within 5 or 10 mins to make sure there are no runs.

Think the only way is to carefully sand back the dark burst, it will be much harder to hide where it has run onto the nullarbor ochre section so I think it will need more staining after the sand back

[WeirdBits]

I wonder if you could, very carefully, scrape the worst of the runs semi-flat. Risky, but may be worth a try.

[Muzza]

I wonder if you could, very carefully, scrape the worst of the runs semi-flat. Risky, but may be worth a try.

Hmmm. That doesn't sound too un-doable. Might give that a crack. It would mean less sanding, therefore less chance of rubbing through.

[Andy40]

Muzz,

I got some runs on my last intensifier coat because I applied it too thick and hung it like you.

I gently sanded it in one direction on the runs with 600 then 1200 then re-applied a very thin coat.

So far its drying fantastically! fingers crossed.

[wazkelly]

Hi Muzz, agree that this beast seems to have a DT curse hovering over it. All prior suggestions should work but easy does it as it might not take much effort to completely stuff things up from here.

[Muzza]

Well I took Weirdbits suggestion to task and it seems to have knocked the worst of it off. Luckily it was only about 80 - 90% cured, so it was still softer than the underlying coats.

I did, unfortunately, put a few light scuffs/scratches on the surface, but it feels a million percent better under my fingers than it did this afternoon. Looks like I threw it in a tub of water with a cat though!

Tomorrow I'm going to hit it with some 600 wet, then 1200 wet. Then two more THIN coats of intensifier. Hopefully start applying finish coats before say, August?

How the heck do people finish their builds in two weeks?

[Fretworn]

How the heck do people finish their builds in two weeks?

Cheating! I think the quickest of my three builds was still about 4 months.

[dingobass]

To answer the question of how do folk finish in two weeks?

Rush through, take no care and end result is a crap guitar that is only useful as a cricket bat.