Posted by: @rocknroller912 I’m planning a 3 colour sunburst body sometime probably after the winter unless I can find a good way of heating my garage up to temperature, so I might need to pick your b...

@tv101 Thanks T, appreciate it. The finishing section you mention (3 months) is partly due to life getting in the way and the dry/curing times of products I used. Another part of the problem is that ...

@tv101 I think you have got the timelines fairly accurate. Woodwork is not that difficult but finishing is. I follow some professional restorers in the violin world and it often takes several attempts...

I’ve just binge-watched / read this thread as part of my catch-up. When I re-started reading, on page 4, I wondered how the thread had managed to get to 12 pages long. Things were looking good on p...

@boo I’m planning a 3 colour sunburst body sometime probably after the winter unless I can find a good way of heating my garage up to temperature, so I might need to pick your brains. I have yellow an...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Your impact is very positive for sure. I had never heard of isolator paint before, although I’ve done a lot of wood finishing. @rocknroller912 Thanks. I guess isolator is ...

@boo Your impact is very positive for sure. I had never heard of isolator paint before, although I’ve done a lot of wood finishing.

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Thanks for sharing this, it’s giving us all a free masterclass in painting @rocknroller912 No probs. Painting is like voodoo black magic sometimes and it’s just finding th...

@boo Thanks for sharing this, it’s giving us all a free masterclass in painting

Unmasked and left to dry. There is a little splatter of primer from the gun left on the surface, that will just sand flat when it’s dry. Attachment : 7F184A13-F73D-45B2-9AA7-41F3D80931B0.jpeg ...

Couple more coats and it’s looking much better. I’ll let it settle for a couple of days and sand it, again. Then I’ll check to see if it needs even more primer. Attachment : 23061B53-EF88-4486-AA...

Time for the nitro primer. 1st coat is very light to check for reactions, you can still see the shadow of the isolator paint bleeding through. That will disappear when opacity is gained with a couple ...

Okay, I ditched the “amateur” rattle cans (nearly) @robin 😂 I did use more of the isolator (rattle can), let it dry and sanded it back, ready to take some nitro primer. Attachment : 7C07B...

Posted by: @tej have you found anywhere that sells frog tape at a good price, I’m nearly out but it seems to have gotten a lot more expensive of late? @tej Not really, it’s just quite expensive thes...

Attachment : 55BE2049-AC9C-4B8C-B4ED-06AA89B7CFB5.jpeg I went with rosewood for the truss rod cover in the end, the others just looked bad, thanks to @mattbeels (I think!) for promoting wood!

Hey @mattbeels - where’ve you been? Apart from the curtains shop? 😉

So the edit button works?!? Awesome, now where’s that @tv101?

Tej Glad you are sorted now

Getting some work done. Plans are important to a quality finished product! Attachment : Body Neck Pickups.png

Posted by: @tej @rocknroller912 thanks, I’ve also found a different set, still from hosco but sizes 010"/.026", .013"/.036", .017"/.046" which are probably a better selection! I’m presuming here that...