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The weather has over taken me, it’s getting pretty damp in the garage and light isn’t good, so I don’t think I’ll get the guitar finished this year. <\/p>\n
Instead I’m switching my focus to learning how to finish wood, which is something I rushed on my first build. My first attempts are with a solvent based dye from Rothko and Frost<\/a>. I’d say finishing wood well is at least as hard as building the guitar to this stage. I’m not doing for spray finishes due to a lack of equipment and I don’t fancy dealing with toxic chemicals of that level at this point.<\/p>\n Trying it on some off cuts, the top piece of wood is a quick pass through all of the coats to make sure they work together (not paying too much attention to careful sanding between layers). This consisted of:<\/p>\n The ash needed a lot<\/strong> more filler than I used and I have some small bubbles in the finish. I also tried dye after the sanding sealer (this doesn’t work, don’t do it) and diluting the colour of the blue down, which didn’t give a great result. <\/p>\n The second piece is a slower and more careful attempt at a blue only piece of wood. Currently it’s had one coat of the sanding sealer and needs one or two more. I’ll continue working through the stages.<\/p>\n I have some water based dyes in the post from the USA, as I’m finding the solvent based dyes hard to work with as they dry very<\/strong> quickly. I’m hoping this will give me time to work the dye into the grain, as you can still see a lot of un-dyed flecks in the grain. The powered aniline water soluble dyes are going to be a lot more hassle to prep, but I’m hoping easier to work with in the end. I have black, blue, red and purple (yes I could of made purple from the others, but for little extra it costs compared to postage I thought I’d cheat). Next post if hopefully my first go using these (and finishing off the bottom piece of wood from this set).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The weather has over taken me, it’s getting pretty damp in the garage and light isn’t good, so I don’t think I’ll get the guitar finished this year. Instead I’m switching my focus to learning how to finish wood, which … Continue reading \n