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My friend Jay wood built this guitar and he wasn't happy with the finish he had got on it so he asked me to have a go at re-finishing it. At the same time I carved a little out of the re-curve all around the top outside edge and increased the response of the top quite significantly and nearly doubled the ring time of a single played note. It also mellowed the sound significantly.
The top is cedar and to get good sound vibration transfer over the top I diluted the tru oil sealer 30% and swamped the top and back in it so that it soaked right into the wood fible and sealed all the fibre. I did this until the top wouldn't absorb any more sealer.
It was then sanded down to 1000 grit and buffed to a shine before spraying with20% diluted tru- oil. I had a room pre heated to ensure the oil tacked off quickly so it wouldn't run.
I used a very very fine spray and went over it until I got a very thin wet film that levelled over the top. As soon as it got to that super gloss point I put it in the hotroom.
This I did three times.
Took a couple of small dings out of the neck and satin finished that as satin finished they play better than gloss as the hand doesn't stick to it quite the same and you can get up and down the neck a little faster.
After a couple of days to harden I cut and polished it and gave it a final polish with liquid silver polish which has a very fine abrasive in it. Then a coat of minwax and a good buffing with a soft cloth.
The end result is pretty good i think.
My friend Jay wood built this guitar and he wasn't happy with the finish he had got on it so he asked me to have a go at re-finishing it. At the same time I carved a little out of the re-curve all around the top outside edge and increased the response of the top quite significantly and nearly doubled the ring time of a single played note. It also mellowed the sound significantly.
The top is cedar and to get good sound vibration transfer over the top I diluted the tru oil sealer 30% and swamped the top and back in it so that it soaked right into the wood fible and sealed all the fibre. I did this until the top wouldn't absorb any more sealer.
It was then sanded down to 1000 grit and buffed to a shine before spraying with20% diluted tru- oil. I had a room pre heated to ensure the oil tacked off quickly so it wouldn't run.
I used a very very fine spray and went over it until I got a very thin wet film that levelled over the top. As soon as it got to that super gloss point I put it in the hotroom.
This I did three times.
Took a couple of small dings out of the neck and satin finished that as satin finished they play better than gloss as the hand doesn't stick to it quite the same and you can get up and down the neck a little faster.
After a couple of days to harden I cut and polished it and gave it a final polish with liquid silver polish which has a very fine abrasive in it. Then a coat of minwax and a good buffing with a soft cloth.
The end result is pretty good i think.
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