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Author:  Lars Stahl [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:49 pm ]
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Ok so I have started to put on a finish on the body and neck. of my nr 2. Nr 1 is still curing from the French polish. (allthough not all done yet. Seems like its taking me forever to finish these guitars. Its harder the further you go. I have a faux-bound fretboard and I need to buy a fretnipper or something like that. Or if someone has any good advice, feel free to let me know. I am also in the progress of getting some nut files etc. and last but not least a reamer !! Money money money. But no winning on the lottery hmm.

So to the question. lets see what you think. I have put on 3 coats of finish so far . Can you guess what kind ?? :D :D

Lars.
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Author:  Mike OMelia [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:58 pm ]
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Water based?
Author:  Joe Sabin [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:42 pm ]
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EmTech 6000
Author:  Lillian F-W [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:48 pm ]
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Tru-oil?
Author:  Jeremy Douglas [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:11 pm ]
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Lillian F-W wrote:
Tru-oil?


+1
Author:  SteveSmith [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:14 pm ]
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Joe Sabin wrote:
EmTech 6000

+1
Author:  Bill Hodge [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:20 pm ]
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Joe Sabin wrote:
EmTech 6000


+2 Eat Drink
Author:  StevenWheeler [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:25 pm ]
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Looking good so far Lars.
I'm going to guess Tru-Oil also.
On the frets, clip the tang as close as you can with the tool you are using to cut the fret wire to length and then use a three corner file to remove the rest. It takes some time but works well.

Steve
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:17 pm ]
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Lard?

JJ
Author:  Zach Ehley [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:34 pm ]
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Tru-oil. Your were trying to find it in Sweden a few days ago! duh Found it at a gun shop...or I should say veapons. :lol:

viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=21739

Looks good.
Author:  Lars Stahl [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:26 am ]
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HAHAHA Thanks Zach !! laughing6-hehe laughing6-hehe . Yes True-oil it is. I really love it. easy to put on and no hazzle. Allthough I only have FP to compare with hahaha. But it look great so far, it does not have the same "Shine" on the top though , hmm. but looks great. Will put on the last coat tonight I think. If anyone has any good pointers or trick for true-oil then let me know. 3 coat s so far, should I put on 4 ? or is 3 enough.

Steve, Great tip ! thanks, will try it right away.

Lars.
Author:  walnut47 [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:18 am ]
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Lars,
Did you put shellac down under ther Tru-oil?
Walter
Author:  Lars Stahl [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:55 am ]
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Yes I did, allthough, I put a bit to much At first so I sanded some off and then put on the true-oil.
Author:  Jamie Burgess [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:53 pm ]
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Hey Lars,
That looks awesome. What was your finishing schedule? How did you apply the true oil? Did you buff this out?
Again, it looks great.
Jamie
Author:  Frei [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:44 pm ]
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Lars, hope you didn't leave the speaders in the box! I just got some nice handplanes, so dont complain about the $$ (LN small scraper plane, ECE toothed plane_) Great for taking down wood, without killing your hands too much_)...I saw something on Stewie mac, about a peghead drill bit, so you dont use a reamer, but you have to size it to your tuners....
Author:  Lars Stahl [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:30 pm ]
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Lars, hope you didn't leave the speaders in the box!
I DID !!!! duh Allthough, I had made the soundhole a little larger than normal and was able to get em out hahaha. hmm. But as I realized it I was totally Freakt out hahahaha.

Thanks Jamie. No buffing yet. I put down 3 coats. 1st coat - waited over night. 2nd coat then waited about 3 houers until it felt about dry "enough" same for 3rd. Between all coats I used 0000 steel wool with light strokes to take off any wrongs. Now I will let in hang for a few weeks and then see what it feels and looks like and then polish it.
I aplied the oil with cotton rags.

Lars.
Author:  Frei [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:41 pm ]
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I be working on some "easy remove" (back glue-on )spreaders for this type of emergency! So you can still brace again th mold..! pizza
Author:  Matthew Jenkins [ Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:12 am ]
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Lars,
3 coats of Tru Oil seems quite minimal. I think you would need at least 9.
I put about 12 coats of tru-oil on the B&S of this guitar. One in the morning and one before bed, repeat. I gently levelled every day with 0000 wire wool, buffed out with micro mesh and finished with meguiars polish.
Cheers
Mat
Author:  Lars Stahl [ Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:47 am ]
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WOW, thanks for the tip. Will put a few more on then... [:Y:] [:Y:]

Lars
Author:  Grant Taylor [ Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:31 pm ]
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Looks good so far Lars,
I love tru-oil also. Although it marks easily so I'm always very careful with the instrument..but its a good sounding finish.
I used 2 coats of z-poxy as a sealer on the whole instrument (and I wonder in hindsight whether the face needed any sealing at all as the tru-oil doesn't seem to penetrate much)
Anyway what I wanted to say is I put down about 15 coats of oil sanding in-between and looking at it now I really could have put down another 5 or 10.
Beauty of it is its ease of use but very time consuming finish with the waiting time.
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Author:  jmpbuffalo [ Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:20 pm ]
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Hi, not to hijack this topic, but what solvent do you all use when rubbing out tru-oil with micromesh? And, how long do you let it wait before polishing?

BTW, I tried searching on "tru-oil" and got no matches at all. Don't know if the search feature is working properly.

Thanks,

Joe
Author:  Lars Stahl [ Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:00 pm ]
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Search "trueoil" also some olive oil on wet/dry micromesh i think.
http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/TruOil.htm

Lars
Author:  Frei [ Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:22 pm ]
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Isnt trueoil supposed to be a week between coats? C'mon, good enough....string that baby up Lars....!! :x

Spit coat, then the strings on mine, same day, promise!
:D
Author:  jmpbuffalo [ Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:10 am ]
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Thanks, Lars.

Joe
Author:  Lars Stahl [ Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:16 am ]
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I am soon there Frei HAHAHA laughing6-hehe . I am waiting for some tools duh . All is going so well, so I dont want to do something to fast now as then if I screw up I will for sure find me the highest building and do a swan dive hahahaha.

Lars
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