Warmoth Explorer Neck - Flying V Style Home made Body

[Bullets]

Hi everyone,

Few months ago i begin my first Guitar Build, to be sure of the Result i buy Unfinished Warmoth explorer Neck.

Specs :

Warmoth Explorer Full maple Neck
Figured Alder Body + Flame maple top
Tru oil Finish for the moment.

I'm Happy of Tru oil Feeling and Rendering but it's a little fragile, After 3 Weeks drying it's still prompt to scratch easily.

My question how i can harden the finish ? Spray Nitro over TO ? ...

If you have any advice...

Thanks in advance

 

[Cagey]

Shellac will stick to Tru-Oil and harden a little better. Lacquer or polyurethane will stick to shellac, and harden better still.

 

[Bullets]

Ok thanks for the process, how many coat of shellac did you recommand before lacquer?

 

[Cagey]

I don't know. I suppose as long as the coating is thorough, you're done. It's just a barrier, not build coats. I'm going to have to do it soon, and I'm figuring two or three coats so I have enough build to sand on in preparation for the follow-up finish.

 

[Bullets]

Ok will give it a try next week. Just find shellac and nitro can provider near my job, will post the result. Thanks for all, can stop loop my mind on this now.

 

[ihavenothingprofoundtosay]

I know from firsthand experience about the sticky TruOil thing. :sad1:

The trick with TruOil is to use VERY thin coats & let them cure at least 24 hours between coats (I believe the recomendation on the bottle is only 8 hours).  You'll probably also want to sand on every few coats, not on every coat.  A cool tip I learned on here is to get a small rag wet with the oil, then place it inside a coffee filter and wipe on with that.

I don't know how the shellac would do to cover that (I'd certainly defer to Cagey's wisdom on that), but if I were in your shoes, I'd stick the body in a sunny window for a few days on each side, then sand back the TruOil, and build it up several coats at a time. 

But then, I'm probably way more likely to mess up a finish than you.  :icon_biggrin:

BTW - that body is gorgeous!  Home made you say?  Very well done!  Will that be the Gotoh 510 Wraparound or the Hipshot Baby Grand?

 

[Bullets]

Hi ihnpts,

The Tru oil have cured, not sticky at all, and for sure the rule is thin coat and longer time within coat.

Thanks for the compliments on the body only a router and few mills, no band saw for the moment, my future buy for sure. The bridge is Wilkinson Wraparound for this one, and a Gotoh 510 for the future one.

A picture in sun rising mode where the truoil shows all its charm, every kind of light change the finish perception

 

[Bullets]

Details of Body back, Figured Alder with dark oak stains

 

[leo12.]

Nice work on the body there Bullets.