Recent content by jwyse

I've sort of mentioned this in another thread, but I've run into another question that I thought deserved a new thread. I'm finishing a swamp ash body, using StewMac clear water-based grain filler, Minwax Wood Finish oil-based stain, and pure tung oil.  What's the proper order for the stain and...

Gee, thanks!  :-\ I've decided to sand it all down and start over.  Now I think I may run into problems because I'm using water-based grain filler and oil-based stain.  On my test pieces of oak, the stain isn't soaking into the grain-filled wood very well at all (no big surprise there).  I'll...

Well, I've got a total of 4 coats of tung oil on now (the first two were thinned 50/50 with mineral spirits), and it looks like the color is just slightly more amber than the original ash.  I know a lot of you said to expect this with tung oil (in this thread and many others), but I went ahead...

My body arrived the other day, and last night I got it sanded and built a rig to hold it horizontally while I'm working on it.  (I'm proud of my rig!  :))  Tonight will be the first application of grain filler (I'm expecting to do 2-3 applications total). While I was waiting for the Warmoth...

Yep, I'm planning on using one or two applications of waterbased grain filler (clear) first, according to the many great posts I've read here from ==CB==. As far as a "mirror" finish goes, I'm not going for a glossy/reflective finish, but I would like it to be pretty smooth.  Not sure whether...

I'm starting my first build, and I'm super excited about it. I've got an unfinished ash body from Warmoth. I already have a natural-finish Fender FSR Precision (mine's the same color as this image from Musician's Friend, but with a tortoise-shell pickguard), so I wanted this one to look a bit...