kiwigeo wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 10:57 pm
A nice looking classical Steve.....alot of warmth in the colours of those woods. Nice job on the French Polishing too....you used a conventional shellac mix?
Thanks Martin.
This was my first attempt at a french polish finish. I put way more hours in that finish then i did in the rest of the build
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The shellac is Ubeaut hard shellac diluted down, as far as 8:1 for the sealing and finishing sessions, 4:1 for the bodying.
I didn't go the oil method, as in practice i found that too difficult and wasnt as happy with the results. Instead as soon as the pad started to stick i stopped and went again the next day.
I got a reasonably good finish off the pad, and then hit it with abrasives (Micro mesh), which i found left fine scratches even after a good hour of the 12000 pad.
I was able to eventually get these out by applying more bodying and waiting to really harden up then hitting it with the liquid micro mesh polishing stuff - in hindsight a good automotive polish probably would have done the same job at a quarter of the price.
This guitar was 10 months from start to finish, 1 month of build, 9 months of finishing, waiting to harden etc.
