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[keloooe]

Quote from wokkaboy on April 16, 2013, 14:28

Quote from keloooe on April 16, 2013, 14:25
Did some sanding, now about to hit the books!
yeah, a late start cause I was in a hurry this morning!

ok goodo. I'm going to try those wire brushes to get rid of glue on my PRS, are you using brass or the steel brushes ? which worked the best ? Nylon would be better for brushing teeth wouldn't it ?

Steel to get rid of the meat, brass wont work as well!

[wokkaboy]

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Steel to get rid of the meat, brass wont work as well![/quote]

cheers Pest I'll try steel then about 180 or 200 grit light sand after, I read Gav's thread on glue, cheers for that Gav
and sorry Scott for hijacking your build diary. Good luck with ur Tele. Might be worth bolting together now after a buff like Gav says, more info to come from Gav about his buffing tecnique

[Gavin1393]

I am using the previous version of the SM buffer. I have the 4 grit polishers and 4 sets of wheels to apply the polish.
I have allowed the gloss to cure and for some reason decided to give it a go this weekend with the Wudtone finishes.
I fully expected it to rip the finish of the guitar, although I'm not sure why I thought that. Perhaps because there is no mention of buffing on the Wudtone finishing sheets! But what the hell, give it a go and if worst comes to worst I'll just sand everything back and have another go! Particularly with this LP guitar in Black Magic Woman....it has been a bit of a disaster. I had Glue problems, sanded the glue through the thin cap to the Bass Wood underneath. Decided to trim the edges of the body by 3mm and redo the binding so that the now 'vast' areas where the cap was missing were not exposed. Redid the stain but it looked terrible where the bass wood was exposed. Decided to them have a go at doing a Burst with the BMW on the outside and GoldenRod in the centre(before Wudtone showed us how). I hated it, sanded back again and started over with re-ordered BMW -Black Magic Woman.

Well, it didn't rip of the Wudtone. It polished it up like GLASS. Bl**dy well brilliant! So I am now in the process of applying the adhesive copper and will attach the neck and electronics in time for GOTM May if all goes well!

[wokkaboy]

Quote from Gavin1393 on April 16, 2013, 14:56
I am using the previous version of the SM buffer. I have the 4 grit polishers and 4 sets of wheels to apply the polish.
I have allowed the gloss to cure and for some reason decided to give it a go this weekend with the Wudtone finishes.
I fully expected it to rip the finish of the guitar, although I'm not sure why I thought that. Perhaps because there is no mention of buffing on the Wudtone finishing sheets! But what the hell, give it a go and if worst comes to worst I'll just sand everything back and have another go! Particularly with this LP guitar in Black Magic Woman....it has been a bit of a disaster. I had Glue problems, sanded the glue through the thin cap to the Bass Wood underneath. Decided to trim the edges of the body by 3mm and redo the binding so that the now 'vast' areas where the cap was missing were not exposed. Redid the stain but it looked terrible where the bass wood was exposed. Decided to them have a go at doing a Burst with the BMW on the outside and GoldenRod in the centre(before Wudtone showed us how). I hated it, sanded back again and started over with re-ordered BMW -Black Magic Woman.

Well, it didn't rip of the Wudtone. It polished it up like GLASS. Bl**dy well brilliant! So I am now in the process of applying the adhesive copper and will attach the neck and electronics in time for GOTM May if all goes well!

crikey Gav u have spent some time on this LP, keen to see some pics somewhere of this glass finish. Have you put your own logo on the headstock ?

[Gavin1393]

Nah! I've copied one of Perry's......think he'll much prefer that one! Just kidding! Putting my own on it since the Maestro has deemed it appropriate I put it on a kit build!

[wokkaboy]

how many coats of wudtone gloss did you apply Gav before buffing and did you wait about a week between last gloss coat and buffing ? You may have hit a gold mine here Gav with this technique, can go with your goldmine ES 5mm clear tubing idea !!

[4runner]

I'm really interested in how you go with the Black Magic Woman. On my first build and doing an SG. Build diary here. Found it really difficult to work with, but i like it.

http://pitbullguitars.com/?page_id=4...wtopic&t=217.4

[wokkaboy]

Quote from 4runner on April 16, 2013, 16:15
I'm really interested in how you go with the Black Magic Woman. On my first build and doing an SG. Build diary here. Found it really difficult to work with, but i like it.

http://pitbullguitars.com/?page_id=4...wtopic&t=217.4

Hi 4runner I am building a SG-1F with BMW too, is yours a flame maple top ? hard to see. I am doing a carmine gypsy burst but made the mistake of applying a cherry flamenco around the edge while I waited a week for Australia post to deliver our damn wudtone so the BMW isn't soaking in very well on the edges. Will try light coats like DB suggested.
Also 4runner good work dampening the sump while staining !

[Gavin1393]

Quote from wokkaboy on April 16, 2013, 15:42
how many coats of wudtone gloss did you apply Gav before buffing and did you wait about a week between last gloss coat and buffing ? You may have hit a gold mine here Gav with this technique, can go with your goldmine ES 5mm clear tubing idea !!

I did three or four coats of gloss on the BMW. With BMW you really need to follow the instructions with the deep colour. i did wait a week for the gloss coat to clear.

[sfkhooper]

Here's the body after the final top coat. Assembly tonight!