Recent content by dano1957

hey hey,,,thanx so much for the info,,,ive been using all of it..... i think the wipe on poly will do nicely,,,,it will probably be gloss,,,,,,right now im at the last stage of getting the grain filled stained body to be equal in color..next will be the final stain,,,,then on to the...

well its 1/3 done i followed KEYSERS recommendation on the stain slurry and it was a little harder to get up enough to use but after careful attn, its almost done just a little tlc is all thats left, i chose a RED CHESNUT STAIN from MINWAX,,,,had to stay on top of it though do to the nature of...

ok i got the procedure down after some research and your help,,,,the thing that was eluding me was how you make the slurry,,,,got  no problem,,,,im going to use tung oil, for the whole project....do they make a tung oil the shade of a medium walnut????  thats where i want to go with this body,,,

well its heeeeerrreeee!!!,,,alot lighter in color than i expected and it does appear to be nicely sanded with some grain that needs to be filled,,,,i saw on the web just now a grain filler thats economical and easy to use, i guess being a newbie i was afraid to do this step,,im over that...

hey keyser,,,i know what you mean now, ive seen an axe on here that wasnt grain filled well and thats not the look i want..im off to the hardware to get some new stain and some type of grain filler product....i would like this to be as 'stock' looking as possible...this is my first guitar body...

hey keyser, thanx again for your help,,,,i used my original technique of wetting ,and drying with a heat gun to raise the grain on 2 gun stocks,,all i used after that was BLO and did the steel wool thing ,,,and both were very nice.....since the body is only a few hours away i must try and act...

ok i heard that,,,so lets see a little different plan,, sand to lets say 400, then oil base stain,,,some light wet sanding with 400, then linseed and wool? it was merely a suggestion on the danish thing,,,,thanx for the input..

see if this technique sounds ok,,,,body due in tomorrow sand to 220,,,,use damp cloth let sit 1 min, use heat gun to raise grain, resand to 220, repeat 2x more,,,,stain with olympic oil base pecan stain to desired color,,,,,hit with 0000 steel wool,,,3 coats boiled linseed oil,,,3x with 0000...