Tims ash ST-1 linseed oil finish (First Build)

[gavinturner]

Looking great Tim! Love that grain. She's going to be a beauty. How about a clear neck finish? Would look great IMO with a dark tease headstock.

cheers,
Gav.

[WeirdBits]

Tim, here are a couple of build diaries that used Dark Tease: Lawry's RC-1 and Alex's LP-1.

[crundes]

Cheers Gavin, I think I may end up doing something along those lines. I've sanded back the Vintage amber and I looks much better. With the clear neck finish can you just apply the top coat that comes in the neck finishing kit, or is it best to apply a clear base and then a clear top coat. Sorry about the newbie questions!

Thanks Scott, I checked both of those out and they are both finished amazingly! It does seem to look very classy when finished.

Thanks everyone for your input and ideas! helps out alot :-)

[wokkaboy]

Tim I've heard of someone using only neck top coat and said it worked well and was quite slick to play. Think it was Pablopepper.

[pablopepper]

It was indeed and it worked well. http://www.pitbullguitars.com/?page_...iewtopic&t=737
I followed Dingobass' instructions in the link above with excellent results. Be very thorough with your sanding, any of the yellow left behind will be highlighted by the top coat.

[crundes]

@Brendan, thanks mate I'm really happy with how it's turning out now I've cut it back quite a bit and applied a second coat of DarkTease, More grain is becoming visible now, which is always nice. Does anyone know if you're meant to cut it back after each coat to make the grain pop more? Or is it just a one off and then you apply the rest of the coats to your liking?

@Wokka and Pablopepper, Thanks for that, I may end up going with that option I think it could look really good. I did read on the forums that the clear base coat darkens the wood slightly, which could suit the body more. I've coated the top of the headstock with a thin coat of Dtease but I'll leave the rest of the neck blank until I get the body to colour I want so I can see if it will look good.

Here's a photo of the body after I cut it back. I evened it out a bit more before I put the second coat of wudtone on. Will post the pics of the body with the second coat when it cures a bit more.

[wokkaboy]

looking good Tim but you don't have to cut back the previous coat that much. Normally a light fine steel wool rub is enough. The grain is popping more but you want to try and get as much dark tease on the body now unless you are after a lighter colour brown stain

[crundes]

Thanks Wokka. Yeah I did go a bit crazy with the sand paper! I do want a slightly lighter brown colour though and the second coat still made it darker than the first so I think I'm heading the way I want to. Still have plenty of Wudtone left even after I used half the bottle for the initial first coat I ended up sanding off.

The coats I'm applying now are very thin and I would say that I have enough for 6 or 7 more if I keep applying it in the same manner. Does the top coat make everything look darker too?

Cheers,
Tim

[jarrod]

wow the grain is popping crundes and looking very nice indeed.

[crundes]

Cheers Jarrod. I'll be happy if it comes even close to looking as classy as your guitars. Congrats on GOTM by the way