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Long Beach, CA
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Edited Date/Time
3/13/2018 6:30am
Having some issues with pinholes in the finish on the new build. Still there after 7 coats of nitro. Sanded after 5. I used 3 coats of Timbermate on the bare mohogany before staining. I have some Aqua coat that did not work well with bare wood. I'm thinking it may work between coats of nitro. I hate to keep pouring lacquer on. Any suggestions?
The Shop
I would think that acoustic guitars would be much harder to build than electrics, especially from scratch. Baby steps for me. I made a big mistake on my Les Paul and tried to use rattle cans. Minwax lacquer NEVER completely dries. 2 months in SoCal weather and I can scratch it with my thumb. So I sanded it all off and now I am using the right stuff. I will be so glad to get that one done. I bought it new in '72. With Mohawk Classic Instrument Lacquer you can start the buff out process in less than a week. I can wet sand the next day.
Would like to see some pics of your creations.
I have 2 going now plus the Les Paul refinish. One is an SG for my son but he's doing 95% of the work. He's also paying for the materials.
It's a labor of love. It also keeps me away from bars and television. I would like to get back to recording but my fingers are cracked and split from building guitars. I'll probably take a break after these are done in a month or so.
Pit Row
My son doesn't want a polished gloss finish on his SG we are building. He wants probably matt or satin at most. My Finishing/buffing process is 800, 1000 ,1200, rubbing compound and then polishing compound. Works well for me. Can I just go on up to 2000 for the SG and call it soup?
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