2 geets on the go

[yakka]

Building 2 Guitars both Engleman spruce tops (as well as some ukes)
1 EIR B/S
1 High Figure Blackwood B/S

[Jim]

Looking great Yakka. What's the second rosette?

[yakka]

its red gum burl, from Maleny I put it in upside down could not see the joins on the other side but got excited and put it in the wrong way. Once in couldnt get it out.
regards
chris

[Jim]

Actually didn't see them 'till I read the post..... I'm sure it'll end up looking great anyway.

[yakka]

well finally finished, except for set up a
nd am very happy with result

https://www.facebook.com/1076694905/vid ... 3687926468

https://www.facebook.com/1076694905/vid ... 3687966469
https://www.facebook.com/chris.clarke.5 ... 350653057/

[Mark McLean]

They are both looking very fine. Excellent finishing job. But you had better tell us what is going on with the bridge pins.

[johnparchem]

They both look great! Nice finishes.

[yakka]

They are both looking very fine. Excellent finishing job. But you had better tell us what is going on with the bridge pins.

could not find the pins I had bought so scavenged up some, found bought ones later, son liked black and white

They both look great! Nice finishes.

Thank you both for compliments, finish is "Hard Shellac" for body and headstock plate, rest of neck is"True Oil"
regards
Chris

[Bob_H]

They are both looking very fine. Excellent finishing job. But you had better tell us what is going on with the bridge pins.

could not find the pins I had bought so scavenged up some, found bought ones later, son liked black and white

They both look great! Nice finishes.

Thank you both for compliments, finish is "Hard Shellac" for body and headstock plate, rest of neck is"True Oil"
regards
Chris

Look lovely - how do you apply the Hard Shellac?

[yakka]

I use a wad of coton wool wrapped in old T shirt material, the shellac mix is in an old plastic chilli sauce bottle.
preing the timber very well is essential, smooth and LEVEL no high spots or you can easily sand through these when polishing/ sanding the finish
its a mistake to put to much shellac mix in the cotton wool, if you watch the insta link you will see I have 2 guitars next to each other I do one coat on the back then move to the next, by the time I have finished one coat on the back of the second one the first is ready for another coat.
every couple of coates I spin the guitar around, I think this helps to not miss or to not put enough shellac in spots.
I put about 10 coats on leave it for 1/2 hour and then another 10 leave it overnight or a day then carefully level the shellac with 800/1200, its a wet sand (I actually put no weight on the sanding block so its more like your polishing) with a tiny drop of dish washing liquid in the water or pure soap.

look carefully and in the light you will see dull and shiny areas/lines running in the direction you applied the shellac, dull is where you have started levelling the peaks and shiny are the valleys yet to be touched by the wet and dry, when the dull areas are a bit wider than the shiny, it is time to move to next higher grit. level is when no more/very few shiny bits, GO GENTLY
when level repeat the process
when you reckon you have done put enough shellac on stop.
I let the guitar sit for a few (as many as possible to let finish harden) days now and if there are other things to do do them ie Surf, drink beer etc

when ready to do final polish, finish by leveling the same way but keep going through the grits, REMEMBER your not sanding your polishing I go from 800 up to 5000 and even 7000, it does not take long the final gloss is from a polishing compound"Micro-Gloss" and old T shirt material.
this sounds involved but its not and when you have done a few its quicker than nearly every other technique. any other question please ask

In the G/G books White Volume pg 19-14 section 19.6

http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8161

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CORnpGiMiKP/

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[Bob_H]

Thanks Yakka - i've got the books, so I will have a read. Always nice to hear from someone who has successfully applied a technique that you are reading about, so thanks again!