Have made progress. Shellac on front slowly improving. I'm doing tru oil on the neck, back and sides. I was worried about the interface between the shellac only on the top and truoil around the sides and back, but they blend invisibly :
Someone a few months ago posted a fabricated wood control...
I second JPOL's endorsemsnt of solarrez grain filler. I'll never use anything else. First, there is NO SHRINKAGE which undo's the progress and requires multiple applications when anything with a carrier solvent (including water) is used. Two part epoxy shares that advantage but puts you in a...
Ned,
Its a drop top on the body with a dark laminate accent line. I was going for subtle on the accent line rather than contrasting, but both woods are so dark its just about invisible. The headstock is a thin veneer so there will be no monkey business with dye or pore filling up there.
I ordered in mid January and there was no Koa on the site. I really wanted it for this next (and last) build. I grew up in Hawaii and wanted to hold in my hands wood that had sprung from the loins of my homeland. So I had email exchange with Spike and begged him to scrounge around the shop and...
Finally able to start this. Had to finish these first :
Started with 2 coats of black keta dye in water:
Nice and uniform, but yikes, doesn't look like koa anymore. I am slightly comforted by the words of Ragamuffin "Trust the process". After 2 hours of hand sanding, it didn't look much...
On my current project, minor barely visible flaws in the paint surface were amplified by the clearcoat and amplified again after polish. Your going to have to sand that smooth and add another coat of color to cover the sandthroughs.
Thanks ! Compliments from the likes of stratmania, ragamuffin, Rick and teleme01 mean something. I feel better that I'm on a good path.
Bruce et al, I had concern that the abalone with the wierd fretboard wood would look cheesy but I think it works. I'm working on some koa scrap experimenting...
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