very nice, the colour looks great
very nice, the colour looks great
Here it is folks my attempt of french polishing.
Pics bellow are the result a couple hours of french polishing. I am using ready made Hard Shellac and cotton pad as applicator.
I have watched countless you tubes on how to french polish, but in reality its harder than it looks.
Anyway prior to this I have sanded the body up to 400 grid, then applied timbermate to seal the pores, sanded (400) to level the body. I then applied the dye and for deeper penetration I heated them up (in microwave for a couple of minutes). Sanded (800), another coat of dye, final sand (800), then french polishing. I am still uncertain how long I should wait between each coat.
but I've stopped after a couple hours of polishing and after noticing that the body cannot "take" the shellac anymore.
I'll let it rest for a while and do more polishing tomorrow.
Last edited by sulistbu; 07-11-2014 at 07:05 PM.
That is looking pretty special already, very nice indeed.
Scott.
Love the earthy green man. Reminds me of watermelon
Thats a beautiful finish
Tony
Scott you're too kind, but Thank you.Originally Posted by WeirdBits
That's what my oldest boy said, and he added "try to draw black specs and make them like watermelon seeds!". I might that on board.Love the earthy green man. Reminds me of watermelon
But thanks man
Budi
Cheers Tony
Looks great!
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that's damn fine Shellacing work Budi.
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