Before and after Pics
Pic #1 – Before
Pic #2 – After sanding to 400
Before and after Pics
Pic #1 – Before
Pic #2 – After sanding to 400
looking great Westie07 !
It's taking a nice shape and has lost a fair bit of epoxy thickness.
Should look like glass after you get to the higher grits
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
Hey Rob i have some sanding for you to do...
Westie07. Darn!!Originally Posted by wokkaboy
lol
Thanks WARREN. Yeah mate its looking better with each grit. It's still opaque, but already feels like glass, and after I wipe it down with a damp cloth it just shines. Can't wait for the finishing grits.
Hey Tony, I've said it before, its better than therapy. It's now up to 4.5 hours. At their rates I've probably saved myself more than $500!!Hey Rob i have some sanding for you to do...
Of course I talk to myself a lot while I'm doing it, so that's probably a bad sign huh.
haha you have blown it now Westie07, in a few weeks I won't even remember your real name haha
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
I have been scraping binding all day and still have buckets to go, and yes it is therapeutic for those of us that a little different lol.
I dont mind the crud jobs on guitars they have to be done.
Last edited by tonyw; 26-02-2016 at 04:30 AM.
G'day Wok,
About 12 months ago Rob had a pic of his car as his avatar, silver & blue if I remember correctly.
Yep, totally agree Tony. Although I can't say it's my fav thing, I find it curiously relaxing.
Hey Dave, close but no cigar. Silver and BLACK. But unlike me, you do have a good memory.
6.5 hours and I’ve finally finished sanding the fingerboard.
I went all the way to 2000 grit but the glossy finish still alludes me. It is soooo smooth to the touch but it still hasn’t got that “wet glass” finish I was hoping for. But I am really happy as it is now and I am sorely tempted to leave it as is, as it looks really natural.
I guess the 2000 has left some micro scratches. If you look “into” the epoxy it looks matt, but if you look “along” the epoxy you can see the finish and it looks glossy. The light playing tricks on me I guess! But I have come this far so I might as well try some cutting compound, swirl remover and wax later. If I don’t like it I can always scuff it back to how it is now.
Before I do anything else to the FB I want to sand (yay, more sanding!) the neck and the headstock and apply some Tru Oil to the neck (well it is a MM copy, and that’s what they use on their necks). I just want to make sure that there is nothing in the cutting compound that interferes with the bonding of the TO.
Hopefully the fact that it took 6.5 hours of sanding is testament to just how durable this epoxy will be. Again, time will tell.
Pic #1 – After the final wet sand with 2000 grit.
Pic #2 – In its natural environment, hmmm, I kinda like the matt finish.
Pic #3 – The finish is so smooth, I just need to work on the gloss.
I like the satin look of the neck, a nice piece of timber.
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