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I take it you're not grain filling?[/QUOTE]
No I’m not grain filling. Is it necessary?
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I take it you're not grain filling?[/QUOTE]
No I’m not grain filling. Is it necessary?
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Wet sanding is done as a way of levelling and polishing a hard finish such as paint or clear coats like clear lacquer or polyurethane.I wasn’t sure if wet sanding was required at this stage...
It is not something done to unsealed timber.
Ash is a very open-pored timber which requires grain filling IF you wish to achieve a smooth, glass-like finish (like you would see on factory produced guitars). Lots of builders (here & elsewhere) choose to not grain fill and go for, what I refer to as a rustic finish, where you can still see and feel the grain. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. It's just personal choice.No I’m not grain filling. Is it necessary?
One reason for using grain filler to, well... fill the grain... is it will take a stupid amount of paint or clear coat to fill those grain lines enough to get to that flat smooth appearance, and that much paint/clear will take almost literally forever to cure.
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Much as I like the glassy finish, I think I actually want to go for a rustic finish like you suggested. So in that case I won’t be doing the grain filler.
Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
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0000👍00000Originally Posted by Learjet
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First coat of Karijini Red on the body. Loving the way the grains are accentuated by this stain.
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Looks good, but what really has me intrigued is how it's displayed.
It looks like it's fixed to a table (????). What's going on there?
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Yes, it is looking good. The grain is very nice.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Well I don’t have a workbench so I used the next best thing, which was an old disused kennel I built for our cat a few years back. I don’t know if she ever actually used it! I took all the walls off and decided it would work as a nice little table to attach the bass to while I stained it.Looks good, but what really has me intrigued is how it's displayed.
It looks like it's fixed to a table (????). What's going on there?
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Here’s the back
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Hah! I like it!
I adhere to the "Necessity is the mother of invention" philosophy with most things I do!
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