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Weather worth spraying in...

Post by J.F. Custom » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:13 pm

Well, I've waited probably a month now to lay down some finish on these two instruments.

Finally some consecutive days of weather worth spraying in - time to get busy!!

So off to the "spray booth" and here I am, busy at work with some light reading between coats... :wink:



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And some rather poor photos of the instruments in question on this occasion - both Tenor Ukulele's. Any other southerners take advantage of the weather?
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Better photos in the weeks to come post completion.

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Post by kiwigeo » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:19 pm

Light reading ...yeah right.

Im not going to ask why you do your spraying on the roof of your shed...Im sure there's a perfectly logical explanation.
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Post by needsmorecowbel » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:28 pm

Cool!

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Post by needsmorecowbel » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:34 pm

I've been doing some French Polishing/ Tru Oilin in this fine fine weather.

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Post by simso » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:17 pm

Thats funny.
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Post by charangohabsburg » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:21 pm

J.F. Custom wrote: [...] light reading between coats... :wink:
Got stuck in the foreword or in the introduction? :lol:

These are two beautiful ukes, and great photos. What's the neck wood of the dark one?

I like your spray booth. Best ventilation guaranteed. Mother Nature at it's best. ;)
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Re: Weather worth spraying in...

Post by stopper » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:50 pm

Put a lazy susan on the on the step ladder and you could spray them from the bean bag. When your finished with some minor modifications it could double as a weather cock. :lol:

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Re: Weather worth spraying in...

Post by Clancy » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:04 pm

Hate to tell you this Jeremy, but the weather is like that every day here.
Im not going to ask why you do your spraying on the roof of your shed...Im sure there's a perfectly logical explanation.
It's to do with the altitude. :wink:
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Re: Weather worth spraying in...

Post by J.F. Custom » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:19 pm

kiwigeo wrote:...Im not going to ask why you do your spraying on the "roof of your shed"...
You mean in my "spray booth" ?? :D Why, the view of course! :lol: Takes my breath away Martin... and the overspray, fumes and the like. 8) It's called thinking laterally within very limited space - not my head; the yard! Really ought to build some stairs to it though - feel a bit like a mountain goat getting up and down. :roll:
needsmorecowbel wrote:I've been doing some French Polishing...
Nice Stu, gotta be on the ball for when if fines up down here.
simso wrote:Thats funny.
:mrgreen: Erm, good funny right? :? I'll have you know that's a very sophisticated spray booth right there; albeit, just a tad weather dependent. :D
charangohabsburg wrote:Got stuck in the foreword or in the introduction? :lol:
Contents Markus, just the contents. And the signatures - still trying to make them out; there may be an equation further on that helps. :wink:
charangohabsburg wrote:What's the neck wood of the dark one?
So that one is - Ziricote Back and Sides, fingerboard and peghead overlays; Rock Maple Purfling and inlay; Honduran Mahogany Neck; Sitka Spruce Soundboard; Amboyna Burl rosette; Brazilian Rosewood Bridge. The other is - Birdseye/Figured Maple Back, Sides and Neck laminated with Ziricote; Ziricote Bindings, Fretboard, Peghead Overlays and Bridge; Spruce Soundboard and Maple/Ziricote rosette and purflings.
charangohabsburg wrote:I like your spray booth. Best ventilation guaranteed. Mother Nature at it's best. ;)
Thanks - built it myself. :mrgreen:
stopper wrote:Put a lazy susan on the on the step ladder and you could spray them from the bean bag... Steve
Heyyyy... Nice thinking. :D

Oooh :idea: I'll exchange the ladder for my hills hoist! :cl

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Post by simso » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:23 pm

Definetly good funny.
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Re: Weather worth spraying in...

Post by kiwigeo » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:45 pm

What guns and nozzle sizes are you using Jeremy?
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Post by J.F. Custom » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:22 pm

kiwigeo wrote:What guns and nozzle sizes are you using Jeremy?
I've got two Porter Cable gravity fed guns Martin. One is the model PSH1 - HVLP gun with a 1.5mm nozzle. The other is a smaller model, the PSH2 detail gun with a 0.8mm nozzle. Not really sure what these are like quality wise compared with other brands but I've managed to get them to work for me. I believe the PC guns to be made in Taiwan.

I was considering one of these though -
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But don't know a lot about it aside from it getting pretty good reviews in the US. The only reason to contemplate it at all is that I dislike using the compressor - big, heavy, cumbersome and noisy thing that it is. This unit uses a turbine system which is more quiet, lighter and smaller so would pack away or move about more easily. I did have the chance to buy a very expensive ($1500+) US made Turbine system some years back for $500 unused... :roll: Unfortunately, was pipped at the post by a 1/2 day. Sold. :evil:

We'll see; sometimes if it aint broke, don't fix it.

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Re: Weather worth spraying in...

Post by Mark McLean » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:58 pm

Jeremy, it looks as if life could not be more perfect!

Lovely ukes. Please show us some more of them once the finish is dry and they are strung up

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Re: Weather worth spraying in...

Post by Kim » Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:08 am

Lovely day for a spray Jeremy and very nice looking work it is to. You seem to have really embraced the relaxation aspect of the craft and that laid back cool vibe shines out in your instruments.

Thanks for the discrete yet persuasive reminder that we should breath it all in. 8)

Cheers

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Re: Weather worth spraying in...

Post by J.F. Custom » Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:51 pm

Mark :

Yep agreed :D It doesn't get much better - was a great day.
Will post to the gallery when finished, but that's still a little way off.

Kim :

Thanks for the kind words mate 8) ...and your perceptiveness. :wink:

Jeremy.

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