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Still as beautiful as ever but thinking that it may be a little heavy at 225 lbs!...
- Apr 18, 2008
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Still as beautiful as ever but thinking that it may be a little heavy at 225 lbs!...
No kidding - and that's without hardware or electronics!!
*sigh*
I'm going to have to wet sand this. I can't seem to level it with the automat and abralon pads.
I'm going to have to wet sand this. I can't seem to level it with the automat and abralon pads.
That sucks.....Who can we blame?.....Bruce Johnson?....The Devil???...*sigh*
I'm going to have to wet sand this. I can't seem to level it with the automat and abralon pads.
That sucks.....Who can we blame?.....Bruce Johnson?....The Devil???...
Yes!
The Autonet and Abralon work great when they are fresh, but they don't seem to last long. Mine seemed to dull very quickly, then they just "burnish" the surface without cutting much. I ended up mainly using just the Abralon foam pads for roundovers and edges. I've tried all the "no-load" papers, they should be called "slower-load". I actually had best luck wet sanding flats with conventional wet-dry paper and naptha on the Varathane clearcoat. If you can deal with the fumes and potential for flaming mayhem, it seems to work well, and no risk of excess water getting into screwholes.
Heh, there is the Risk Factor inherent in using lighter fluid as a sanding lubricant! I've read about using mineral oil instead, but then you still have to use Naptha to get that off, so... I read all these horror stories about finishes lifting around screw holes using water, but maybe that's overblown. One guy on Youtube recommended dripping a bit of candlewax into the screwholes to keep the water out, sounds iffy.
I never had a problem with plain warm water as a lubricant on the water-based stuff. I'll likely start that tomorrow morning.
wet sanding.
My arms are already getting tired. There has got to be a better way.
My arms are already getting tired. There has got to be a better way.
The easier way is probably sending it out to have it donewet sanding.
My arms are already getting tired. There has got to be a better way.
Wet sanded to 1000 grit.
There's some scratches on the fingerboard that wouldn't sand out with 800. I'm not sure I want to go further down the grit to try and sand them out. I have a feeling that the Rotosound steel round wound strings I use will put those scratches back in pretty quickly.
There's some scratches on the fingerboard that wouldn't sand out with 800. I'm not sure I want to go further down the grit to try and sand them out. I have a feeling that the Rotosound steel round wound strings I use will put those scratches back in pretty quickly.
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Round wounds definitely leave scratches on my CA coated boards, especially if you play aggressively. I slap quite a bit, after a few months I can see the windings on the board, but they are very shallow, I can't feel them. I tried to go without a coating on one of my necks recently and after one band practice I could see and feel the scratches - not a long term solution for sure.
This is stunningly, stunningly beautiful.Getting closer. 1500 grit.
Thanks again for all the likes and comments!
I wet sanded to 2000 grit, and decided to put in the string anchors. @Gilmourisgod was right - water getting into the holes during wet sanding swells the wood, so I sanded the string anchor holes to size and installed them now, before I buff and polish. First, I had to attach a bridge ground.
Then pressed in the anchors. The press fit may be enough. It seemed to work when I test fitted everything. If they start to slip, I'll just pour in some epoxy.
I'll start polishing soon, but I'm expecting a delivery today, and I don't want to miss the knock on the door. 6:05PM right now, email from UPS said 11:45 to 3:45 is the expected delivery time.
I wet sanded to 2000 grit, and decided to put in the string anchors. @Gilmourisgod was right - water getting into the holes during wet sanding swells the wood, so I sanded the string anchor holes to size and installed them now, before I buff and polish. First, I had to attach a bridge ground.
Then pressed in the anchors. The press fit may be enough. It seemed to work when I test fitted everything. If they start to slip, I'll just pour in some epoxy.
I'll start polishing soon, but I'm expecting a delivery today, and I don't want to miss the knock on the door. 6:05PM right now, email from UPS said 11:45 to 3:45 is the expected delivery time.
