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09-17-2011, 02:13 AM
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I know about coating a fretless rosewood board, but what about coating a fretted rosewood with epoxy or whatnot to give it a nice shine and protection? Sort of like how maple boards are glossed, can this be done on a fretted rosewood board and are there other alternatives instead of epoxy that can be used when coating a rosewood board?
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09-17-2011, 05:09 AM
|  | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY & MA | | | Don't know what they use, but Rics have a really shiny coating on their rosewood fretted boards. |
09-17-2011, 05:41 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Denver, CO. | | | I think a good way to go here would be to start with no frets or do a de-fret,
then finish the board re slot it and then re fret it.
The reason I say this is because rosewood is quite poress and will need to be grain filled somehow,
either via epoxy, ca or whatever, it would be a lot easier to do the finish with out the frets in place.
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09-17-2011, 12:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | The question I'd ask is - what problem are you trying to solve? Rosewood boards are very durable as is, and without coatings they can be re-fretted and worked on easily. A coating is a one-way street, so make sure you want to walk down that street before you do it.
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09-17-2011, 01:28 PM
| | | | Yeah, this sounds like a wildly bad idea.
Raw rosewood is a perfect fretboard material; painting it over just removes all its advantages, as well as being really hard to do right, since it's a naturally oily wood.
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09-17-2011, 01:33 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | I have a coated rosewood board on a Rickenbacker clone(all their fretted Bubinga boards are coated IIRC), and it's really nice looking. Plays well too.
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09-17-2011, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Slowgypsy Don't know what they use, but Rics have a really shiny coating on their rosewood fretted boards. | Rics have a bubinga fretboard and they use a conversion varnish.
Ordinary rosewood does not take a finish well. |
09-17-2011, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Ric5 Rics have a bubinga fretboard and they use a conversion varnish.
Ordinary rosewood does not take a finish well. | Bubinga is also known as African Rosewood. It is the same (of several) genus and species.
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09-17-2011, 09:01 PM
| | | | Rosewood needs no finish. Sounds like wood with no finish. Sounds like plastic with coating.
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09-18-2011, 11:46 AM
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