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swarfrat
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So I'm sitting aroud waiting on somebody to sneak into work at Warmoth and pick my neck out of the pile to randomly ship out. And i'm watching youtube videos on fretless necks. And I'm like - there's no way I'm going to ever break open that much superglue at once again. I put it on a body and that was a never do again. And I'm not thrilled with epoxy either. I thought about a wipe on acrylic, but then what about good ole shellac.
Shellac has a ton going for it for a DIY finish. Yeah, it's not bulletproof but it dries quickly, is infinitely repairable, if you change your mind anything goes over it. But what about the fingerboard? I've got an ebony board coming, and while ebony is hard enough for flats, I'm thinking I'd like the wet look of a finish on that grain. Can I just shellac the whole neck? Will it bump the contrast on the figuring and give it the wet look? I know it can buff. How I've found examples of people using shellac on maple boards, but nothing else so far. Not having to worry about bleed from the neck to the fingerboard or vice versa is attractive.
Shellac has a ton going for it for a DIY finish. Yeah, it's not bulletproof but it dries quickly, is infinitely repairable, if you change your mind anything goes over it. But what about the fingerboard? I've got an ebony board coming, and while ebony is hard enough for flats, I'm thinking I'd like the wet look of a finish on that grain. Can I just shellac the whole neck? Will it bump the contrast on the figuring and give it the wet look? I know it can buff. How I've found examples of people using shellac on maple boards, but nothing else so far. Not having to worry about bleed from the neck to the fingerboard or vice versa is attractive.
