Mary Kaye White for vikingred

[Tonar8352]

I get the pleasure of doing this guitar for vikingred in Mary Kaye White and I'll be finishing the neck with gloss lacquer on the headstock and the rest of the neck including the fret board will be getting what I call hand rubbed but what has become know around these parts as burnished.  Let me say that this neck is way beautiful and is going to be a pleasure to have a part in getting it finished.
Here is the headstock taped off and getting filled with neutral paste filler.

Here it after the filler is wiped off. I'll get some pictures of it with a few coats of clear posted tomorrow.

Paste filler on the body. I'll get more pictures of it up tomorrow since it has a few coats of clear on and is almost level.

 

[stratamania]

Thanks for posting, we all get to see the progress  :icon_thumright:

 

[Tonar8352]

Here the body is almost level. I'll shoot a couple more coats of clear today and give it one more level sanding and maybe get color on it next week. We'll see, it has to be perfect before color.

The headstock should be level after sanding today and then it can get its final coats. I'm loving the Canary.

 

[Great Ape]

YUMMMMM !!

 

[bbl4ck]

Gotta follow this one!  She's gonna be a real looker  :glasses9:

 

[dmraco]

Yep.  I need to learn the mary kay process.

 

[Glimmer]

And with the neck in question:

against the Mary Kaye finish, it's gonna be a pip!

 

[Cagey]

A pip? I'd say it's gonna be legend... wait for it... dary!

That's a gorgeous hunk of lumber, and against the Mary Kay it's gonna be perfect.

 

[Glimmer]

vikingred ought to invite us all over to his place – all expenses paid, of course – to fond..., I mean play it, when it's all ready. I figure it's the least he could do.  :glasses10:

 

[Cagey]

Inviting musicians to your house is sorta like feeding stray puppies. Very satisfying and rewarding at first, but inevitably a serious pain in the shorts over time  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Tonar8352]

The headstock is finished being lacquered and the tape is pulled showing the trademark Tonar V.

Now on to polishing the back. I go directly to Klingspour 2000 wet/dry and this has also spent some time on the polishing arbor. Next step is to hand rub it with boiled linseed oil and then it will get a final polish in a couple of weeks when I level sand and polish the headstock.

This is a unique neck in that I'm also polishing the fret board. It has also had the Klingspour treatment and spent some time on the arbor. It looks pretty killer.

 

[Glimmer]

Where's that f!@#ing drool icon? Oh yeah...

:drool!!!:

Looking great!

 

[Tonar8352]

Here's the trick with a Mary Kaye. You shoot the edge first like a burst and then the body.

Here it is with the color coat finished, it will change some with the clear coats but it is going to be a beauty.

 

[Cagey]

Tonar, I have to thank you. I always learn something from your posts, and I appreciate it. I would never have guessed you had to hit the edges first with that finish. Makes sense after you think about it, but it's not obvious that you'd have to do that. The results are beautiful!

 

[Great Ape]

Wow...just Wow...

 

[Tonar8352]

Here is how I final polish raw wood on necks.
It has been polished with 2000 wet/dry and the next step is to wipe it down with Naphtha.

Next mix the boiled linseed oil with equal parts of thinner. I use one small Dixie Cup of each.

I wipe the mixed solution on with my hands and then rub it in until my hand can no longer stand the heat of the friction.

Here it is after I have rubbed it in. There is no finish on the surface nor should there be. Once the oil stops soaking into the surface it will be ready to get its final buff on the polishing arbor. This is an exceptionally beautiful neck. 

 

[Surf n Music]

Looking good. Love the dog "Yup that's my dad doing his thing. Gotta check up on him every now and then."

 

[Tonar8352]

I had the body off the paint stick to level sand a few coats of clear and I shot a picture of the neck laying on it to see how they look together. I never press a neck into the pocket until it is ready to bolt on because I have chipped finish off of edges pulling it back out but this gives an idea of how they look together. I love it!

 

[Cagey]

That's gorgeous! It also exemplifies why I always say not to mix fancy necks and bodies together. One or the other, rather than both, almost always looks better.

 

[ChristopherG]

That's dead sexy.