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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:17 pm
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This guitar is going to be extremely cool, Kong. Nice work!

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I sanded back the grain filler. I learned a little lesson here too, I wish I was not so sloppy in the application of the grain filler. It made sanding much more difficult than it needed to be. I did not remember this from my Strat project, but I will definitely be cleaning the excess off on future projects. Anyway after grain filling I sanded with 220 and 320 grit sandpaper. The body feels nice and smooth.

I blew the dust off the body with my air compressor and cleaned it with a rag with just a small amount of mineral spirits. It is now ready for the sanding sealer. I'll do 2 coats over the whole guitar about 2 hours apart. Here it is with the first coat.

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I think grain on the body looks pretty nice and it is almost a shame I'm doing a solid color. Even the knot gives it some character.

I usually wait about 24 hours for sanding sealer to dry and then I'll sand it with 320 grit sandpaper. The goal will be to remove all the shiny spots. I'll probably repeat the whole sanding sealer process to get the body almost glass like. Then it will be time for the white primer.

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Looks great!

And I agree...I like the knot too.

Does the grain filler become harder than wood and so more work to sand ?

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tyronne wrote:
Looks great!

And I agree...I like the knot too.

Does the grain filler become harder than wood and so more work to sand ?

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T - The filler does not really get harder than the wood, it just really gunks up the sandpaper making it a harder job. It took much longer and used more sandpaper than if I had wiped some of the excess off while it was still wet. A good learning experience though.

Thanks to everyone for the nice comments so far ...

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Hey man, great job, she looks gorgeous!

I am reaching for the paper towels now. Drooling is a problem! ;-)


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Kong, Everything looks great. I like the way you are lifting the body of the table to apply the sealer. Seems with this method, you will use less sealer to get the job done. I suspect it may flow better over the woodgrain. Nice work.

This is going to be a sherwood green tele, correct? Any chance you might elect to make it a transparent green tele to show off that grain pattern? :D

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Kozy814 wrote:
Any chance you might elect to make it a transparent green tele to show off that grain pattern?

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Kong, Everything looks great. I like the way you are lifting the body of the table to apply the sealer. Seems with this method, you will use less sealer to get the job done. I suspect it may flow better over the woodgrain. Nice work.

This is going to be a sherwood green tele, correct? Any chance you might elect to make it a transparent green tele to show off that grain pattern? :D


I think I'm still going to stick with the metallic. I was looking at Ron Kirn's guitars online and I am inspired to do a natural finish. It will probably be my next project. I'm actually trying to source the right piece / pieces of wood.

As far as the sanding sealer, I'm using a brush-on application, and it lays on petty heavy, which I don't mind because I think I get the coverage I need in the fewest steps.

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Looking sweet kong :P

But the question is, what beer was consumed during the sanding and sealing process?

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Hi Kong!

Oooh, it does look nice naked! I can see why you were tempted to go natural on this. I agree though, a matching tele for your strat is going to be awesome!

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But the question is, what beer was consumed during the sanding and sealing process?

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I seem to remember that Kong has a good taste when it came to alcoholic beverages.

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I did say that I wouldn't post any pics of monkeys playing guitars but I reckon I can get away with posting pics of monkeys drinking beer!

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Impulse7 wrote:
Looking sweet kong :P

But the question is, what beer was consumed during the sanding and sealing process?


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Hi Kong!

Oooh, it does look nice naked! I can see why you were tempted to go natural on this. I agree though, a matching tele for your strat is going to be awesome!

I seem to remember that Kong has a good taste when it came to alcoholic beverages.

I did say that I wouldn't post any pics of monkeys playing guitars but I reckon I can get away with posting pics of monkeys drinking beer!

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Enjoy!

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Thanks Guys -

I'm taking a bit of a break from drinking at the moment, so sadly no quality beer has been drunk whilst sealing this here guitar. Thank goodness for the fumes from the sealer. I've been slacking off on this build. I haven't even sanded the 1st sealer coat yet. Hopefully by next weekend I'll have it sanded and primed so I can start shooting the Sherwood Green. I'm looking forward to finding out if the Strat was just beginners' luck or if I've got a knack for the metallics.

By the way Andy, I saw your jig for applying the finish to your Strat. I like it and it's given me an idea for something similar for my Tele. When I shot the finish on my strat I just had blocks in the pickup cavities and the trem cavity so I could just lay it flat on my table. No cavity on the back of the Tele had me scratching my head.

Also a question for all. When do you install the string ferrules? Is it wise to complete the entire finishing process before installing? I do not want to risk damaging the finish and I wonder what the pros around here do. Would an option be to install them before the clear coat and then tape over the ferrules? Anyone with experience or info please chime in. At this point my guess is that they go on after final sanding / polishing, but I'm never afraid to ask a question.

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Kong, I remember watching a YouTube vid of someone installing them on his tele build. He did it last, right at the end, after the lacquer was sanded and finished. Then he put a soldering iron into each ferrule for 10 secs, lifted it up with needle nose pliers (soldering iron still in the middle) then positioned it over the whole and pushed down with the soldering iron.

Supposedly it melts the lacquer slightly and then bonds the ferrule to the body as it cools.

I'll see if I can find the bid somewhere.

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Progress screeched to a halt after the sanding sealer dried. I'm really having a hard time deciding on going with the green or keeping it natural. I tried to take a few pics that show the grain in the body's current state. I never sanded after I applied the sanding sealer. My wife thinks I should go with a natural finish and get a different body to paint green. I'm definitely struggling with covering over what I think is some nice grain. If I do decide to keep it natural, I need to do a better job sanding off some of the grain filler that you can still see under the sanding sealer. I would definitely like to hear some opinions on this matter. I really want to get going on this again so I can finish the thing and start playing her!!!

Here are a few pics I took today:

Here are some shots where you can see the grain filler left under the sanding sealer:

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Here are a couple of shots that I think show the grain nicely:

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I'm definately leaning towards the natural look Kong, you're doing a great job bud. She's looking great so far :D


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I'm voting natural. With the white cover on the pick-up and a white pick guard you've got yourself a winner.

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