HI!
Ninth coat was applied yesterday, and now, im a little bit confused. Not whether to continue, as i feel the surface hard enough and less receptive to oil. I think i will leave him curing all of this month. Its hot as hell here in Madrid at now..38º C
What do you guys recomend for a satin finish?
I've read about some 1/1 mix TRUOIL/Mineral Spirits, buffed with steel wool as a glaze coat, and others giving a final coats of paste wax from Birchwood casey.
Last edited by sansan; 27-07-2016 at 08:18 PM.
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Thats a decent temperature mate, like Brisbane in peak summer.
You should be able to get a satin finish from Truoil without mixing it with a thinner. just lightly sand it back to a satin finish and don't polish it. I think Pablopepper truoils his neck and sands to a satin finish.
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Ricci bass has been cured very well, then i wipped 3 or 4 coats of birchwood wax that gived some protection and smooth feeling...Just what i was looking for. Totally recomended for matt/satin finish lovers.
Once i had installed all the hardware, and check some little high action at 12 fret from the 4th string, I decided to carve 2mm more the bridge room, but some scratches and a little dent from the dremel makes me think about refinish the top again.
So back to dye with india ink, and TO. 6 coats at the moment, hope to finish this week.
GAS data: The bass sounds killer!! and with all the hardware on is.... just........
Last edited by sansan; 14-09-2016 at 06:05 PM.
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Hey Sansan look forward to seeing pics, bummer about the set back but it's all worth it in the long run
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Hey wokka, iam totally out of the world now without a decent mobile or camera to taking pics, but i'll try to capture some.
Last edited by sansan; 14-09-2016 at 03:40 PM.
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no drama Sansan, no hurry for photos, might as well wait till the hardware is on anyway
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Well, yesterday i finally give some touches adding a center mahogany veneer (dremel out before) and do some relic work to the top.
Applied 4 coats of wax and this is what we have at the moment...
At least the action its pretty good, some little fret buzzing corrected with a twist of the rod. Its ok for me. Lets see what happens until its finally cured, and new strings come up. I need to finish the truss rod cover too.
More pics will come nearly.
Last edited by sansan; 16-09-2016 at 02:51 PM.
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wow, looks great, this is really nice
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Yesterday i fix some bleeding from pot volumes when they were turn off, and finally i found it was the hot soldering to jack (i thought it was maybe a bad grounding or disfunctional pot but).. Now, its perfect..sounds pretty much a rickenbacker (as its carrying the rick puppies) even connected to the soundcard of my pc, without any effect, only a minimum compression from the pedalboard.
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Some finished pics..Im at the height, trust rods adjustments and first playable testings.
Around 2,4 mm at 12 fret (E string). Still recording some audios for next upload...
The end is near...
Last edited by sansan; 04-10-2016 at 06:20 PM.
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