Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks Tom It's already done now 😊 This is what it looks like with 3 layers of Osmo PolyX. I've polished off some dags with 3000 which seemed to leave no trace. Didn't even take off the frets. The soundboard I will leave for now. It's got a light layer of Danish oil - mostly to stop masking tape pul...

Thanks for all the advice. Since I'm not doing the soundboard, just the curly bits and pegbox, I'm inclined to use oil/wax this time and save up french polish for my next guitar. Now have to decide on Osmo (driving past the shop today) or Whittle Wax from Carbatec. Whittlewax has a "gloss" option an...

Thanks Mark I like the idea of wipe on finish.

By Evo hard wax do you mean "Whittle Waxes Evolution Hardwax Oil - Gloss". Available by mail order from various places. Any bias for this or tru-oil?

Thanks Martin. I've very happy with it, even though I know where all the imperfections lie :-) The strings are La Bella nylon from Strings by Mail. Only about $20 for a full set, but the 3rd course kept breaking, even tuning to A415Hz. I don't think it's a sharp edge on the nut, so I'm going to try ...

So this is my lockdown lute made according to the David Van Edwards tutorial. I strung it up to see if it would fall apart, but so far it seems it holds together. Before I learn to play I need to decide on the finish. So far it has just a little bit of Danish Oil. Van Edwards says a beginner should ...

[/quote] Ive got a lute made using David Van Edwards lute tutorial. I haven't yet put a finish on the thing but I plan to french polishing the ribs and use restorers wax on the top. [/quote] Thanks for responding - I didn't realise the forum doesn't email me by default. I think French polishing is b...

Hello Finally delurking :-) Joined a while ago but went away. Now I'm back in Oz and need advice. My name is George. I'm just an an amateur enthusiast. I built a guitar 35 years ago (with Gerard Gilet) as part of a uni project. All the maths has been updated by Trevor Gore since then so no need to g...