Oooooo – nice cabinet!Actually all your work looks amazing!If you look carefully at the back of my build you should discern the sweep of a cover plate along with its 4 screws – kinda influenced by stuff Crimson is doing….   Read more»

Well – I finally got round to this and here are the photos requested by Mark.I removed the frets and sanded a mm or so off the fingerboard. I re-fretted and quite heavily “rolled” the edges of the ‘board (I…   Read more»

Well, I got round to this and I learnt a lot BUT… it’s a fail.The neck, from a nylon string beginner’s guitar found in the woods, just can’t take even 2 steel strings. Project abandoned. I may re-visit and make…   Read more»

Unless I get alarms from you guys I think I’m going to fine sand and rub in a few coats of Renaissance Wax. That seems to retain a lighter colour in the wood, maximising the contrast of the grain and…   Read more»

I used an oil-based poly varnish from Toolstation and mixed it 50/50 with white spirit. Unfortunately wenge seems to darken considerably at the slightest sniff of solvent. Even the wax darkened it initially.

OK – I’ve tried a 50/50 poly/white spirit rub. Nice finish but still darkens the “Wenge” considerably.But…I think I may have found the answer…Sanding to > 320 grit and then Renaissance Wax. At first it darkened the wood and I…   Read more»

Great points Darren, thanks… oil-based it is then.I had already completed the guitar so the finish lightening project was an after thought – it’s not a big deal. What was a big deal was my homemade fingerboard was too thick so…   Read more»

good thinking but my wife might not agree… surprised she didn’t have a little word about gunky, resinous residue in our largest casserole pot… think I got away with it by swiftly squirting the Fairy liquid and the enthusiastic wielding…   Read more»

to my finishing expert friends…I have a mind to try the water-based Poly to avoid darkening the wood as much as possible. Is this a bad idea?If I dilute it more and do more coats will it soak in better…   Read more»