Hopefully the last coat of shellac.
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Hopefully the last coat of shellac.
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Looking very nice.
How many coats did you finish up with, or did you lose count?
Also were you using a 1-pound cut?
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I used 2cut for 5 layers, with the traditional technique: many circular movements, using olive oil too.
(Then I had quite a pause.)
After spiriting off, the 6th layer is 1 cut shellac, but I applied it without oil and I drenched the textile piece in the solution and used long swipes along the grain, as if painting. It created minor long marks, but even those look good so it occured to me that I would leave it like this.
I will leave it to cure for a week and take a look then to decide.
Last edited by Lappa; 13-07-2021 at 02:32 AM.
I'm a big fan of shellac, but have actually never used it as top coat. I generally use it to seal timber (I've even grain filled with it) and have used it under polyurethane to get a bit of tint to the timber.
I like that it is such a versatile product. Thanks for the info. Look forward to seeing the guitar once completed.
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Some progress today: trying the machine heads in their place and shielding two of the cavities.
Machine heads in place and fixed with screws.
I glued in the neck today.
Measured a thousand times, this is how it looks now, I hope it is close enough, keep your fingers crossed for me guys!!!
How much time should I allow it to cure before I remove the clamp?
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You know those strings won't work with pickups?.......
I glued in the neck today.
Measured a thousand times, this is how it looks now, I hope it is close enough, keep your fingers crossed for me guys!!!
How much time should I allow it to cure before I remove the clamp?
Good on ya! I've only built one set neck and I measured/checked/re-measured a thousand times too!
The alignment looks good from the photo, and if the scale is measured from your treble E saddle, should be spot on!
Don't know what glue you used, but there should be clamping/stress details on the label or data sheet.
I used Titebond and just clamped overnight, but didn't stress (with strings) for 48 hours.
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