@tv101 Is the photo the piece with the split ? I can’t see anything

I might get the chestnut nitro sanding sealer as sanding sealer is recommended for underneath the top coat to stop the wood from absorbing to much top coat.

@kevin-turvey This is a good sanding sealer that will work and is available easily on the internet at not too much cost. Danish oil does work under nitro but is a lot of hard work as a grain filler. ...

According to the Liberon website: Please Note: Liberon Spirit Sanding Sealer is only recommended for use with wax finishes. It is not compatible with wood oils, paints or varnishes. So thank you for w...

@kevin-turvey I think it will work. I’ve used sanding sealer over Danish oil, but from what you describe using oil as a filler probably isn’t necessary. From memory Liberon sanding sealer is quite th...

Attachment : image.png Where's my virtual friend @Marcel? Or Mr @Deej I presume "the authorities" finally caught up with @Boo again - out in 5 years? Is @MattBeels still working on his soft furn...

.. if I post it here, then I'll have to finish it! I've been swamped with work over the past few months, just no time for doing anything else. But hopefully I'm through the worst of that now, and I ...

Possibly not a lot of guitar work on this ...

@jozefbehr This is a great community, Jozef...any question can be addressed with good advice, because we're all on this amazing journey together..most of these guys are already experienced builders. ...

Thanks Mark...much appreciated... moving along...like a herd 'a turtles This project is helping me adjust to retirement, so even the small frustration is good,,, <>< Poco7

My intention was to cover the filled surface with 1 coat of LIBERON sanding sealer, sand then stain followed by several coats of sanding sealer sanding in between, then spray with tinted nitro followe...

@kevin-turvey I should have explained better. After a few coats of oil I wet sand with oil and abrasive paper along the grain and let it dry. Then I wet sand with water making sure to keep the water ...

What sort of finish are you aiming for? I'm *guessing* that grain filling using an oil wouldn't work too well if you were then going to stain the guitar for example.

😊🎸 - no emoticon for a sunburst Les Paul, sorry.

here's my soundcloud link, it's mainly classical guitar music but there is some original music in the pipeline. cheers.

Works for me - and blue is a cooler colour than red 😉

I'll just add my welcome to the queue! And I'm always impressed by people who build acoustics. To my mind, that's *proper* craftsmanship. 👍

I've been listening to a lot of Iron&Wine recently