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[wokkaboy]

Hi Storm, as Pablo said get some DingoWax for the fretboard or some oils like Dr Ducks AxeWax, or lemon or orange oil.

Stain plans sound good

[Storm1822]

I shouldnt need to use timbermate on the Maple should I first?

Thanks for the advice guys! I'll be going with the dingowax for the fretboard now (Is this capable of spontaneous combustion? Just wondering, as when I'm doing my staining i'll be doing it out in the country at my parents so that I can burn all minwax oil rags on the spot to avoid any accident - Overkill but I prefer to do it safely)

[wokkaboy]

Hi Storm, as in the maple neck you mean ? no need for timbermate on maple is a pretty tight grain. Sand the neck to about 400 grit maximum but if going a clear neck which I think you said you can go to a higher grit paper. Once the clear/final coats are on and cured you can sand the neck up to 1200 grit for super slick action !
The Dingowax is a very safe product so pretty well no chance of that self combusting, Dingobass only uses natural products.
You better read what the miniwax says about discarding rags. Should be pretty safe but a good tip used to put used wudtone (another stain) rags into the used glove and discard them

[pablopepper]

Not on maple, no. It's got a very tight grain to begin with.

Pretty sure Dingowax is non volatile, so nothing to worry about there. I guess burning the rags is one way to deal with them, I put old rags in a ziplock bag with some water and all the air squeezed out.

[Storm1822]

Minwax on the can says to put rags into water filled air tight metal tin for disposal. A common consensus on wood working forums is that its easiest to throw the rags into a fire to deal with the problem there and then.

And yeah it will be a clear on the maple part of the neck - Minwax Hand Wipe Poly coat only.

[wokkaboy]

sounds good Storm, do either method for peace of mind. It's only a precaution but limiting chances of a fire is a good thing

[Storm1822]

Made more progress on the guitar.

Spent a few hours carefully finding and drilling all the holes. Basically, find the hole, re check it a few times, drill it, then re check alignments of strings. I used so sewing thread as that was the closest thing to twine I had laying around.

So a checklist of what I did :
Neck Screws, Tuner screws, Pickguard, Pickups, Knob/slider plate, Tremolo.

Once everything was screwed on I installed the E strings to have a quick play (Limited play) for a bit of a reward. Its sounding good! The only holes left to drill are for the input jack, and the strap leads. Input jack will be done after I've removed everything (The cables are forced out of the hole at the moment so they wouldnt interfere with the internals whilst drilling the other parts).

Now I get to remove everything, finalize the sanding and then it is ready for Staining.

[wokkaboy]

looks great Storm, how was the string action ?
Some pretty nice grain on the top, should look sweet stained

[Storm1822]

I adjusted the truss rod a while ago, and with the current bridge height the action is pretty good - Although a bit of a buzz is present. I need to find a good bang for buck fret leveling set, or alternatively just hand the guitar to a luthier to level the frets (Would prefer to do it myself though, just need to do more research on doing it myself before I attempt it)

[wokkaboy]

no worries Storm, you won't know the real string action till the 6 strings go on and tuned up. Looks like there's some movement to lower the bridge which is good