Hi, a little finishing trick that I have used for some years to fill annoying cracks or faults in show surfaces is the get some mitremate superglue and spray activator. Apply the glue in the offending...

Loving that wood ?

I may end up just giving the whole thing a couple more coats in a couple of weeks or so. I will key the surface thoroughly and clean it to within an inch of it’s life before any more lacquer goes on. ...

I’m just going into the garage to have another look. I’ll report back soon.

Still looks stunning to me John...

I am definitely definitely definitely interested in doing a finishing course. Would you do an online or workshop course or both? Whatever form it takes, sign me up! I can understand all of the points...

Some thoughts... It's difficult for me to tell from here obviously, but some of that might be normal sinkage also - I never expect the first coat to look very good. Spalted is notorious as there are ...

Yeah, I may have overreacted a bit. It just looked really bad on the first coat. I thought I had cleaned the surface enough before applying lacquer but obviously not, I must have had something on my h...

Fisheye can be caused by contamination on the surface ( a bit of grease, silicon, or something). One of the ways of dealing with it is just to 'flood' it - effectively burying the offending particle. ...

I used 2k clearcoat again and I got some fisheye on the front. I’m not sure why but I managed to bury most of it on the second coat. It’s not a perfect finish by any means but I’ll see how it is in ab...

Failed again! Im just going out to buy some turnips! ????

Thanks Mark. Yes I can’t wait to get it in lacquer (again).

This is an awesome thread - THANKS for sharing - can't wait to see it with the finish on!

Thanks Herb, I’ve done a bit more today.

This is looking twangtastic - love the woods. Wow you're a tidy worker. Looking forward to watching your progress...

I have recently bought a new part for this build. It wasn’t in the design but I changed my mind. I wanted to have the strings go through the body from the back, through the bridge and up to the tuners...

I decided to finish the neck in a nice silky smooth Tru Oil gun stock finish so it got many coats. I treated the fretboard with Lemon Oil. Attachment : 713D192D-2366-4DF2-8FB8-A6630AFC7DA9.jpeg ...

Ok, back to the neck. Installation of the frets and preparing the nut slot. Attachment : 09851DCA-72B3-4709-894C-C60A7C350ACB.jpeg Attachment : 8A379F6B-FC81-4423-A720-5198AA165A1A.jpeg ...

I then gave the whole guitar body several coats of sanding sealer and left to fully cure. Attachment : 7587ECD4-C789-4295-9DD2-F9B82E74600D.jpeg

As Ash is an open grain wood, I wanted to use grain filler so I could achieve a high gloss finish with lacquer (I used auto clear coat actually). I applied the filler with a paint brush as I let down ...