Re-finishing an Artist TC59

[McCreed]

Yeah, the slurry idea I realised wasn't going to work, because I wouldn't be getting wood dust in the mix. So if anything, it was a Tru-Oil slurry, which I think didn't do any harm, but introduced some edge sanding risk.

I think there is a place for wet sanding with Tru-Oil maybe later on, like after 15 or 20 coats. However, if I've done all the grain-filling and sanding sealer work earlier on, then it should become a redundant step.

I didn't use sanding sealer in this case, and then the regular wet sand at 21 coats was primarily to tidy up some surface irregularities that I'd no doubt introduced into the finish.

Yep, lives and learns I always says!
Still, that's nice gloss you got going on there even without the final polish. Should come up a treat with very little effort.

[RichieZ]

I am currently doing the same thing as you, stripped of the poly with my heat gun.... I had access to a thickener machine with diamond blades which removed 2mm across the back and it took 1kg of the weight so far ! Wow... the body now weighs 2kg which is getting down to where I want it... with the belly & arm scoop taken off should be perfect

[dozymuppet]

Woah, that's an impressive weight saving. How does the output jack positioning look after that? I reckon if I'd taken more off the back, it might have looked a bit lopsided.

[RichieZ]

It looks really good on mine, luckily the jack was a little more towards the front so it now looks dead center... I will put a pic up for you soon

[dozymuppet]

Cool. Would love to compare.

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[RichieZ]

Jack Pic... you can see its pretty center, its coming along really great

[dozymuppet]

Very nice work. Also, the grain on the ash they use for these is so nice, right?

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[RichieZ]

Very nice work. Also, the grain on the ash they use for these is so nice, right?

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yes i am really happy with the grain on my one

[dozymuppet]

Here we are, wet-sanded up to 2000, micro mesh pads 4000 and 6000, then one Meguiars Ultimate Compound polish.



There are a few unfortunate sand-throughs, but nothing that the 3-feet view will notice. I may go over it with another polish, but otherwise this ready for reassembling.

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[RichieZ]

Here we are, wet-sanded up to 2000, micro mesh pads 4000 and 6000, then one Meguiars Ultimate Compound polish.



There are a few unfortunate sand-throughs, but nothing that the 3-feet view will notice. I may go over it with another polish, but otherwise this ready for reassembling.

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Beautiful finish, it looks like a lot of hard work put into that.. Nice job