Wrinkles in finish coats

Localele · Post by **Localele** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:27 am

Tried everything but I can't get these bloody wrinkles out of the backs of these two Localeles.Is it the cold weather or what?It didn't happen on the sides so I can't work it out! I NEED HELP.

woodrat · Post by **woodrat** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:05 am

Michael, You need to take the back off and stretch it out , let it settle and reattach! No charge for the advice.

Wow that's great timber! Nice work.

John

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:39 am

Hope you dont own a Basset Hound!

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:39 am

I can't believe you'd hand out such bad advice as that, John.

That's how people stuff up great guitars.

O.K this is what you do......................

Iron it.

That certainly shows an attractive wrinkle.

cheers, Stu

obmit · Post by **obmit** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:51 am

Seeing you don't like the wrinkles you can give it to me ill fix it

woodrat · Post by **woodrat** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:12 pm

By the way, Michael, What timber is that. It looks a bit like Q Maple but I have not seen it with such wild figuring so maybe it is something else?

Lillian · Post by **Lillian** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:32 pm

Stu was right, your iron wasn't hot enough. You might need to use a bit of starch too if its too humid where you live. Other than the wrinkles, it looks tasty.

Rod True · Post by **Rod True** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:36 pm

It wouldn't have wrinkled if you would have put the back on the other way.

Shame really

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:48 pm

This is a surprisingly common problem! The tree was grown too close to the coast and was affected by the constant motion of the waves which ultimately had an effect on the growth of the tree in it's formative years, it is a phenomenom 'officially' known as imitatus wavicus. The person that sold you this piece of 'crap' timber certainly saw you coming and off-loaded it the first chance they got, I hope you didn't pay too much for it.
There is no fix for this sorry piece of tree wood so if I was you I would remove it with an axe pronto and buy a decent piece with perfectly straight grain & definitely no grain peculiarities. This piece could possibly be used as kindling as long as all traces of finish are removed prior to setting light to it or maybe be a part of a driftwood sculpture in the back yard

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:43 pm

Don't listen to all that bullshit about ironing, coastal trees, refitting the back, or any other rubbish Michael, just seal off the sound hole, glue a valve into the back end of the bastard where the end pin would go and inflate to 30psi and she'll be right as rain and it's a much quicker way to build a lute than all the buggerizing around Martin has been doing.

Sheesh! I don't know about you people sometimes

Kim

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:53 pm

Dont make it hard on him,

just grab the back at the edges and stretch as hard as you can, should be easy. You know you will have pulled to hard if the neck goes out of alignment.

Nice blackwood BTW, was that the smaller pieces Tim was flogging last year? I got me some of them, hope the same doesnt happen to me

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:12 pm

You obviously left it in the bath too long and it's wrinkled up like a prune.

Chucking it in the tumble dryer for a few hours should fix it

Localele · Post by **Localele** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:05 pm

Woodrat / Sebastian, The wrinkles are in Australian Red Cedar. Be just my luck the whole bloody tree will be the same.It looks like this.

Cutting up branches, second day

Buttresses

Back and side sets before I new how thin to cut them ( About 9'x10"x4 1/2" in imperial measure)

Hope I can salvage something out of it. Cheers.

J.F. Custom · Post by **J.F. Custom** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:11 pm

you BASTARD!

That's all I've got to say to you and your timber problems.

Except of course that if you 'happen' to throw one of those lumps into the pack you're sending me, I'll just deal with it the best I can...

Geeez Micheal, way to make a guy feel his wood is inadequate

Did I just say that??

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:30 am

Its called "Stash Envy". There are a couple here who must do it on purpose...

I thought I had a woody.....

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:15 am

Bloody hell!

Let us know when you want to start selling sets.

obmit · Post by **obmit** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 4:16 pm

ban him

Localele · Post by **Localele** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:57 pm

Don't worry about the "Stash Envy" most of it appears to be faulty.The bloody Silky Oak looks a bit wrinkled and patchy as well.Allen, could it be the Nitro sending it off ? Did it a bit on the fronts this time as well!

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:36 am

You sprayed those when you had all that rain a few weeks back didn't you?

That would be it. Spoiled the finish and the instrument really. Pity, could have been nice ukes.

Dennis Leahy · Post by **Dennis Leahy** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:36 am

Allen wrote:You sprayed those when you had all that rain a few weeks back didn't you?

That would be it. Spoiled the finish and the instrument really. Pity, could have been nice ukes.

And the one on the left must have had more rain, 'cause it really shrank!

Dennis

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