Blue Meanie LP-1SS

[robin]

Wow Dan that's looking beautiful already. I really love flame maple tops. Can't wait to see how this build progresses.

Cheers
rob

[gavinturner]

Great dye job Dan! The dye and sand back can be really tricky to get even, not to mention the dye burst. You've pulled them both off brilliantly. Great work! Can't wait to see it with some clear on.

Cheers,
Gavin.

[DanMade]

/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from gavinturner on September 7, 2013, 19:26
Great dye job Dan! The dye and sand back can be really tricky to get even, not to mention the dye burst. You've pulled them both off brilliantly. Great work! Can't wait to see it with some clear on.

Cheers,
Gavin.

Yeah, it's very easy to sand through. But you can just do extra coats if you do.

I had a small setback, when I did the first wetsand on the back, I sanded through the colour in a few spots. I was using 800 w&d rubbing back with the tru oil. I got the sand through where the grain had raised from the initial coats. I only did 2 coats before the wetsand, I should have done 3 like I did on the top.

Lessons learned, I sanded the back side back to bare with the random orbital and re stained the back. Looks even better now.

So now I have all the body and neck base coats on and wet sanded. Plus I've started on the top coats. I will get some shots of the top tomorrow morning in the sunlight.

[SIMpleONe89]

Wow very impressive! Is that a veneer on the headstock?

[DanMade]

Yes that is a veneer cap on the headstock, it came like that out of the box.

As promised, here is a shot in sunlight.

[stan]

looks fantastic, the blue is a great choice

[phloggy]

That looks amazing.

[DanMade]

Quick update. After all week of applying coats of tru oil, around 20 on the front and 10-15 on the back, sides and neck it's just a matter of letting it cure for a couple of weeks now.

Being my first time using tru oil I'm happy with the results. Although it was a bit of trial and error finding the best technique to apply the tru oil, I found the best way was to either rub it in with my fingers like I was rubbing sunscreen onto my skin, or using Kleenex glass and mirror wipes wrapped around a small piece of scotchbrite pad. The glass wipes work fantastic, they are designed to absorb oil and leave a streak free Finnish. This makes them perfect for applying a thin even coat, though it will use more product this way compared to a regular cloth or using fingers, the results are worth the extra consumption.

Tru oil is a lot more labour intensive than using Wudtone. I found the Wudtone easier to apply and use.

[DanMade]

Also, I received my ingraved trussrod cover,

[stan]

great build Dan, looking forward to seeing it in one piece!