ES-2V (pitbull build #4)

[OliSam]

Hi groovy dudes.
I’m back on this after a long break.
Neck finish is all completed.
Still going on the front and back of the body (I dropped it and the back is scratched...doh!!)



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[OliSam]

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[FrankenWashie]

Oh bro, I am liking how that’s turning out.

[JohnH]

Looking good man

[wazkelly]

Looks great Oli. Love the shine on back of the neck.

[DarkMark]

Hi Oli, finish is looking super nice.
For my own education would you outline how you have achieved this?
10 coats of Tung oil.
Followed by wet sanding with Tung oil (how many times?).
Coating with buffing oil?
Respect,
Mark.

[Sonic Mountain]

Looking really nice *Adds yet another kit to the to-do list*

[OliSam]

Looks great Oli. Love the shine on back of the neck.

Thanks mate. The neck is just gorgeous.
Now for many more coats on the top and back of the body to get the same deep finish.


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[OliSam]

Hi Oli, finish is looking super nice.
For my own education would you outline how you have achieved this?
10 coats of Tung oil.
Followed by wet sanding with Tung oil (how many times?).
Coating with buffing oil?
Respect,
Mark.

Hi Mark
I’ll get back to you from my laptop. As typing on this phone is hard work


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[OliSam]

Hi Oli, finish is looking super nice.
For my own education would you outline how you have achieved this?
10 coats of Tung oil.
Followed by wet sanding with Tung oil (how many times?).
Coating with buffing oil?
Respect,
Mark.

ok. after all of the sanding down I start with a few coats of tung oil in fairly quick succession as the first few soak in fast. (These are applied with an old cotton t-shirt cut into small squares) Say one coat then an hour wait then another coat then another hour wait then another coat (rubbing down with a cloth between each coat)
then I wait a few days letting it air in a shady spot. Subsequent coats are left for two days between each up to about 10 in total.

Then I do the wet sanding - 1200 grit - with a day drying between each (longer if the weather isnt great - if it is raining and cool i may wait a week). I'll do about 4 of these. To be sure that it is flat and has no stroke marks i just keep going till it is really smooth.

Note that the tung oil that I use doesnt give a shiny finish. It really comes up when I put on the fine buffing oil.

Now that I've finished the first lot of tung oil coats and left it for ages till it is truely dry all the way through I commence the fine buffing oil.

this goes on fairly similarly to the tung oil - cotton tshirt cut into little squares, dipped in the buffing oil and rubbed over the first coats of tung oil. Big difference is that this stuff seems to become tacky faster so application is swift and quite thin - not thick at all.

wait two days between each application - my neck has 4 coats of fine buffing oil - I intend to do double that on the body.
Note - no wet sanding with the fine buffing oil. just very thin coats

hope that helps!