Recent content by leeman

And the Mahogany back:

Thanks to everyone on this board for all the helpfull info - especially Tonar's awesome finishing tutorials and midirose's awesome instructional site! :rock-on:

Curly Maple on African mahogany, SRV maple/rosewood neck with SS frets. I built the body from scratch since I already had a 8' X 15" X 2" plank of mahogany, a very nice piece of wood that alows me to make one-piece bodies. Definately a lot of work to do a carved top by hand, I can see the...

Thanks- Well, I did it and it worked fine- it really looks just like a lacquer finish now. Only complaint is the scratch marks left by the grey scotch-brite polishing pad are hard to get out. They should make a finer grit, something between grey and white.

I have the pores filled now, but what I mean is, has any one used mcguires swirl remover on tru oil, does that work, or will it damage the finish?

maple on mahogany. The mahogany is kind of open pore, its actually the maple that is a littly bumpy

Can tru oil be rubbed out with swirl remover like lacquer? after 10 coats, I have a bit of a bumpy finish!