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John Rudd:
Duelling banjos from Deliverance......
Swarfing:
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That's the one I meant
Spurry:
This has been a most enjoyable thread to follow. Thanks for all your work involved with sharing it.
Pete
RotarySMP:
Cool project. Nice to see something different.
S. Heslop:
Thanks for the comments but it's not quite over yet!
Today I got the finish on, after sanding a bit more of a skew angle on the neck join.
Took all damn day sticking it on and wet sanding it off. I put 3 'coats' of sawdust and shellac on to try fill the pores but it wasn't perfect, then I put alot of chunky coats on to try fill what remained and sanded that off, and repeated that alot.
The part of the neck you touch has turned out fairly well, there's a few funky pores here and there but I don't really care too much. The back of the headstock was looking great until I got a bit carried away and tried sand a slightly wet layer, the aftermath of which didn't fill too well but I could be at this crap for days. So tomorrow once it's good and hard i'm just going to go hog wild buffing it with a cloth. I've got some car polishing scubs and I'm willing to bet they'll work fine.
I was hoping to go for a satin finish since I always think gloss looks a bit tacky, but I think gloss is easier to do. At least, to get a satin i'd have to keep applying the damn stuff till all the pores are fully filled and sanded level.
But aside from that it's pretty much done. Just gotta stick it back together after it's shined which won't take long.
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