looking good. How long to you leave it to cure?
looking good. How long to you leave it to cure?
I will leave it about a week. I find this has been long enough for water-based poly. Folks using Oil-based poly leave it for a few (3-4) weeks to gas-off I think!Originally Posted by fender3x
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, MBM custom.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
That's intersting. My water based poly says it needs at least 3 weeks (General Finishes High Performance). Curious what you are using?
I'm using Cabot's Clear Water Based Polyurethane. But, I'm not sure where I got this from! The spec sheet does not mention curing time.
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, MBM custom.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
FYI I used Cabots on my favorite spalted maple bass, and it was good in a couple of days! I pretty much use exclusively water-based paints and surface treatment.. so much more forgiving for my amateur hands!
I know that TD sprays his on. Is that how you apply it as well. Looking for something I can wipe or brush on indoors...
I like the sound of it, and folks seem to get good results with Cabots. My quick search was not terribly successful. I am not sure the product I was looking at was the same one that appears on the dot-au site for Cabots. Also it seems only available here in gallons. The price for a gallon was MUCH better than what I have been using...but I'd like to make sure it's the right stuff before making that sort of commitment ;-)
While waiting for the finish to cure on the MBM-1, I thought I would start the custom MBM.
So far:
The body and neck have been sanded up to 240 g, including deepening the body contours a bit.
I was very careful with the spalted maple veneer (which had a couple of deep scratches).
Stamped my serial number on the back of the headstock.
Fret levelled, fret filed, filed the fret ends and polished the frets.
Wiped on a coat of Ubeaut Sanding Sealer (a shellac-based sealer) to the body and neck. Gently, with one pass, rubbed back with 600 g paper.
Stained the veneers with Feast Watson Golden Teak stain (diluted to 50%).
Coated the body and neck with 2 brushed on coats of Wipe-on-poly.
I will now allow the poly to gas off for a few weeks before some final coats.
Last edited by Trevor Davies; 13-10-2024 at 10:38 AM.
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, MBM custom.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
That is dramatic. What a great color and pattern!
Thanks fender3x,
The middle section has a great quilted maple pattern! I'm very happy with it.
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, MBM custom.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
I wonder if it was always planned at the factory to make that a one pickup guitar, or if they just could not bear to cut into that beautiful figuring?
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