Recent content by ice man

Alright, I'll get busy.  Thanks for all of the replies.  I'll keep ya posted.

So use the sealer instead of grain filling, or apply the sealer as stated after grain filling?  I'm almost ready to grain fill.

I did not grain fill, and thought the grain was sucking up the lacquer.  It was apparent after a good level sanding that they were indeed fisheyes, and something was repelling the lacquer.  I'm using Stew Mac nitro in a rattle can. The die I am using is also Stew Mac water based die.  I never...

Thanks for all of the replies. The picture of the headstock shows the eyes the best.  The other's aren't too good, but I think you can see what's going on. I'm actually not that upset for some reason, I guess it's better that this happened on the neck and not the body. I let each coat dry a...

I posted some time ago about my plans to refinish my tru-oiled mahogany neck with some stew-mac die and nitro laquer.  I applied the black die, sanded back a soft edged skunk stripe on the back of the neck, applied amber over everything, and began shooting laquer.  After a few coats, I noticed...

I thought what I would do is black dye, sand back, amber over everything, then tint the grain filler amber, then nitro.  If I can avoid the grain fill on the neck, and still get a smooth finish, then of course that's what I'll do.  So yes, I want to create a burst-like effect, having just the...

Hey James, Thanks for the info.  I'm going to start staining today, then I'll tint the grain filler and have at it.  I'll take some picks and post them of the progress.

Anybody??

Well, it's been about 6 months since I finished my iceman project, and I am going to refinish it.  The tru-oil looks great, but it is not durable enough and I want to do something a little more exciting.  So, I removed the neck (mahogany) and sanded it back. A few questions about what I am about...

I can look at the bright side - people pay big money for aged and distressed stuff.  I was able to achieve this in about a month!  :hello2:

My next one will come finished. My goal was to not have a bazillion coats of anything on it, I really wanted a thinner finish, hence the 8 thin coats on the body and 4 on the neck.  Maybe poly this time around....... So stain and then fill, or fill,sand then stain?  Also, which filler?  The stew...

No pissing match, but I wasn't looking for sarcasm, just good advise.  I already heard that crap from my wife after living in my basement working on this thing for the last 12 weeks.  I don't claim to be a finishing expert, and I did quite a bit of research before I even thought about touching...

Yes, it was Birchwood Casey Tru Oil, and yes, it was "properly" applied, thank you very much.  It is not durable.  I don't give a s**t what anyone says, it's soft.  I didn't touch the body for a month, the neck for 3 weeks, and with a mahogany body (soft wood) there are pick scratches...

My mahogany neck looks great tru oiled, I applied 4 coats, steel wooled in between.  I noticed it feeling a little rough, so I looked at it tonight and I have a grey "vintage use" stripe where my thumb slides on the back of the neck.  Plus, I didn't grain fill the neck and it feels rough, even...

Aha!  Yeah, I'll bet that bridge needs to be flatter.  My Ibanez seems to feel flatter, maybe the bridge on that is 14 or so.  I'll search for the thread here.  Cool vid of EJ, by the way.  25 1/2" scale fenders and me don't get along too well, you see. :dontknow: