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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Nice! Thanks for sharing. I really want to make something like this.
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Day 49 - wet sanding till reach the wood:
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Day 48 - and this is the third part: * five coats of varnish.
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Day 47 - this is the second part of the painting process:
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Day 46 - The ugliest video ever! Staining, sanding, sealing... a lot of dirt:
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    After 3rd coat of varnish (of 4 or 6 coats):
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Hello guys. This is just to show you an intermediate process. Was taken just after applying the first coat of varnish. Ugly, but necessary. I think I will apply at least 4 coats without sanding between them, just to have enough "material" to sand and make it flat. If no, I may apply 2 more coats.
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    After stained and before sanding (still with tapes protecting the area to not be painted)...
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Yes!!! And also, according to Google Translator, betume = bitumen. I just wanted a black stain to make the wood grains more visibles and that was what the vendor had at the moment. I used a common thinner (solvent)... about 80% at first time, and about 50% the second time. Then, I decided to...
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Day 45 - testing black "stain" in some pieces of wood:
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    ^:roflmao::laugh::roflmao::laugh::roflmao:
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    If you have a house of a reasonable size here in Brazil and does not have that gourmet area, your home is incomplete. Thank you!!!
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Day 44 - Working a bit more with file and sanding...
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Great!!! :thumbsup:drool Well... I had a piece of picanha, but my wife suggested to cook it on Friday night... so, today will not be picanha. Wait and see... :D :D :D :P
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    My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

    Hi everybody! Just want to tell you that tonight I will post the result of what was produced today. Now I got a pause to recharge my cellphone and transfer the videos from it to the PC... still working on the bass (sanding, sanding, sanding...)