The white guitar phase 2

Here's how I'm doing the grain fill. The first time I did this, I tried a different filler and it didn't go into the pores deep enough. It was too thick. This time, I'm just using white sandable primer. Spray the whole thing lightly and the thin primer oozes down into all the pores and sticks better than the filler did. The primer is fairly soft as well and it sands off easily, leaving the white behind in the grain.

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Check it out; some progress. The lower left corner is being stubborn. :embarrassed: On the far right side, you can see the darker yellow grain filler. That's with some orange shellac on it. I made fresh and thoroughly de-waxed it. :lol: I haven't decided yet if I like the white better or the amber. I'm leaning toward the amber and probably darker than you see here. I basically want a shellac finish on this and the orange shellac that I have is pretty dark and I'm not spending $40 for a pound of platina for a lighter color.

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Punchy said:
That darker finish looks amazeballs! :eek:
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It does, doesn't it? Should look good with my sunburst fingerboard. :lol:

You know, many of the world's leading internet guitar finishing experts say "Don't use shellac for a top coat. It's too soft." In the next thread, however, they'll advise someone to use Tru Oil, which is even softer. :rolleyes: When I was sanding that stuff off, thinking "Damn, this stuff is harder than I thought," that I realized people have used this stuff for millennia because it works.
Hell, 78 rpm records, for cryin out loud, were made from shellac resin! It's been used as a plastic for thousands of years in addition to being used as a finish. It's a good glue, also.
 
One of the guys that Foo jams with works in a cabinet shop. Rodney plays drums and they frequently practice at the shop.
Today, I brought along that piece of rosewood that I was planning to make into a bridge and do some shaping with the band saw and some sanders.
Here's what I came up with.

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The power tools made quick work of the rough shaping. I'm grateful, because working with this rosewood is a bitch. It's hard.
 
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