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Winter Buildoff 2022: Still A Diva

#621
TerribleTim68 said:
how impatient I get it this stage?
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The problem here is that you haven't started build #3 yet to give you something to do while it cures. :D

Though I think you still have some knobs and such to make on the lathe, also (perhaps we'll finally see some wooden knobs that are not just boring cylinders, which is what most folks who don't lathe seem to home-make for wooden knobs...)
 
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T_Bone_TL said:
The problem here is that you haven't started build #3 yet to give you something to do while it cures. :D

Though I think you still have some knobs and such to make on the lathe, also (perhaps we'll finally see some wooden knobs that are not just boring cylinders, which is what most folks who don't lathe seem to home-make for wooden knobs...)
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Yeah, the hold up on the knob is because I'm a dufus. I plan to film that for the YT channel and I have this "script" in mind, which involves the finished guitar sans knob. :meh:
The joys of a YouTuber. I need the thing too be done so I can do the other things. Might have been part of why I was rushing it. :cautious:
 
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So, the boss says I get to work from home tomorrow. So I think my plan is to put a coat of poly on it every hour, which should build a lot of coats. The jar says "ready to recoat in 1 hour" so that's what I'm going with. We'll coat it every hour throughout tomorrow and then we'll just let it sit for a couple weeks and cure. I need to get this finish curing if I'm gonna make it in time. This was one of my massive concerns with this deadline thing.

So if I can get all these coats on it tomorrow, let it cure until the 11th, that gives me basically 1 week to get it "done" in time.
 
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I currently Have a parabolic heater that I use in the basement work area. I've had it forever and just recently put a new, heavier gauge, longer cord on it. It's pretty wild how it's just radiant heat and you can feel it standing 6' away, better than standing right in front of it. Not really great for the bedroom because if you set the dial to anything lower than med, it kicks on and off too frequently. If you turn passed med to keep it on, it's too warm. Great shop heater though. You can set it on the floor, 10' from where you're working and stay toastie.
I picked up the little oil heater for a little quiet heat suppliment in our freezing bedroom.
I'll be borrowing it for doing the poly, after I clean and dust the heck out of the work space and run a fan/filter for a day.
The radiant heaters are great for not pushing dusty air around. The oil radiators are probably easier to clean, but if they still sell those parabolic heaters and anyone has a cold workspace that's at least 12x12, I recommend them.
 
#631
Well, I've brought it in the house. It is now residing in my music room with all of its bass brethren. I plan to apply coats throughout today since I am blessed enough to get to work from home only for today. So by the end of the day it will hopefully move to the "sit and cure for a couple weeks" step. So stay tuned for updates of finish coats applied today.
 
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#632
TerribleTim68 said:
It's the garage. It's not heated, but it is drywalled. I have a space heater in there keeping it what I would estimate is a modest 50-ish.
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That's exactly what I did on my first Hossenfeffer Ric clone. I made up this cheap "spray booth" out of 1x3 and heavy plastic sheet with a construction zipper for the door. Voila! Warm as toast inside with a space heater.

It's barely big enough to hold a guitar horizontally, for some reason I thought hanging a guitar was the way to paint it. WRONG. I got away with it on the Hossenfeffer, but had a lot of runs.
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Gilmourisgod said:
That's exactly what I did on my first Hossenfeffer Ric clone. I made up this cheap "spray booth" out of 1x3 and heavy plastic sheet with a construction zipper for the door. Voila! Warm as toast inside with a space heater.

It's barely big enough to hold a guitar horizontally, for some reason I thought hanging a guitar was the way to paint it. WRONG. I got away with it on the Hossenfeffer, but had a lot of runs.
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that is a great idea.
 
#635
Coat By Coat -
So I put another 4 coats on the top today, one coat every hour per the product label. Then I scuffed coat #4 with 400 grit to knock down some funky nipples that seemed to have rose out of it. :cautious:
Part of me feels like the 400 grit is too aggressive, but I see everyone else using that so I guess we'll carry on. Once it was de-nippled, I put a 5th coat on. I certainly don't have super nice lighting in this room, so I can't share any awesome grain or cool depth, but here's the current pic. This is literally just the light coming through the window -
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Anyways, I'm gonna stay after coats every hour. I'll scuff it as needed between coats, but it won't be between every coat. My goal is to be done applying coats by the end of today. My math says I should have about 14 coats on the top by this evening. I'm not super worried about adding more coats to the back, it's got 4 coats on it and it is what it is. Anyways, there's the mid-day update. :cool:
 
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TerribleTim68 said:
Coat By Coat -
So I put another 4 coats on the top today, one coat every hour per the product label. Then I scuffed coat #4 with 400 grit to knock down some funky nipples that seemed to have rose out of it. :cautious:
Part of me feels like the 400 grit is too aggressive, but I see everyone else using that so I guess we'll carry on. Once it was de-nippled, I put a 5th coat on. I certainly don't have super nice lighting in this room, so I can't share any awesome grain or cool depth, but here's the current pic. This is literally just the light coming through the window -
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Anyways, I'm gonna stay after coats every hour. I'll scuff it as needed between coats, but it won't be between every coat. My goal is to be done applying coats by the end of today. My math says I should have about 14 coats on the top by this evening. I'm not super worried about adding more coats to the back, it's got 4 coats on it and it is what it is. Anyways, there's the mid-day update. :cool:
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Try scuff sanding with mineral spirits to get a better glide and prevent any deeper scratch marks. Wetsanding is a going to help quite a bit as you get towards the end. You can also go up to 600 grit for the last coats just to take off any small dust nibs.
 
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Lonnybass said:
Try scuff sanding with mineral spirits to get a better glide and prevent any deeper scratch marks. Wetsanding is a going to help quite a bit as you get towards the end. You can also go up to 600 grit for the last coats just to take off any small dust nibs.
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Good advice. Sadly, I don't have any mineral spirits on hand, or 600 grit. I have 400 and then it jumps to 1000 grit.
 
#638
TerribleTim68 said:
Good advice. Sadly, I don't have any mineral spirits on hand, or 600 grit. I have 400 and then it jumps to 1000 grit.
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If that's the case, use some warm water and a drop or two of dish soap. Should help with the glide in much the same way. Just be careful to use a light touch and keep your sanding surface clean because any residue is going to mark up the finish!
 
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Okay, using Lonny's input, wet sanded coat #5 with 400 grit using some soap in hot water (I always add a bit of soap to the wet sanding) to knock off a couple new uglies. I also found a hair in that coat too, so had to get that back out. The joys of being a long-haired freak. :roflmao:
Here's coat #6 -
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I really don't feel like this stuff self-levels very well at all. But it does sand down smooth so we're charging forward. #KeepGoing
 
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