Partscaster project: Updates / photos / advice

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robthemac wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:44 am Will probably go for top-loading bridge.

Also, as it's gonna take me ages to buy bridge, make pick-guard etc, I think I'll just bash on with painting and accept finish cracks will happen.
that's a nice easy way to go, saves drilling through the body for string ferrules.

Should be all good, you can mark lines etc on masking tape for setting out if need be. I'm a bit more paranoid having found out the hard way about bridge placement not quite being right! Who knew that there was a difference in the mounting screw location between a vintage and modern tele bridge, and when you're using a template for bridge screw locations but buy the wrong bridge..... oh well!

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So, first fuck-up. Had to happen eventually.

Raised grain and sanded. Cleaned off the wood dust, and everything looked awesome. Strongly considered not filling the grain. Decided to give it a go.

Mixed the putty-like grain filler with water at about a 2:1 ratio. Was almost certainly still too thick. Applied it to the top, scraped it all over with an old credit card. Everything looked choice. About to scrape the excess off, then someone knocks on the door, dog goes ballistic. I let them in, calm the dog, come back five minutes later to find the grain filler 90% dry and almost 1mm thick over much of the guitar. Fuck.

I let it dry for an hour, then attempt to sand it off. Obviously this doesn't work as it clogs the sandpaper up immediately. I then spend two hours trying to gently scrape off as much as the excess as possible. Reasonable success in doing so, but manage to get a fair few scratches on the wood in the process. So tomorrow, I'll be continuing that fun job, sanding everything down, then reapplying grain filler to the scratches I've made. Hopefully I don't repeat that mistake.

Grains are filled nicely though.
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That's a bugger man. Can you not try 're-hydrating' it a bit with a damp cloth and then scrape it off?
Disclaimer: that's not advice BTW, just pondering. :D

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I'm cautious about adding too much water to wood, but open to ideas!

It's not the end of the world to be honest. Will require more sanding, a bit more grain filler, but other than that I'll cope.
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Guitar building a.k.a. sanding, sanding, sanding......

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Lostininverness wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 6:03 pm Guitar building a.k.a. sanding, sanding, sanding......
this. Just go through the grits from 100 up to 800, no more scratches. 800 is even a bit over the top. Its wood not metal.
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Lostininverness wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 6:03 pm Guitar building a.k.a. sanding, sanding, sanding......
My first partscaster had about 16 hours of sanding, second one about 16 minutes :lol:
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jeremyb wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 7:12 pm
Lostininverness wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 6:03 pm Guitar building a.k.a. sanding, sanding, sanding......
My first partscaster had about 16 hours of sanding, second one about 16 minutes :lol:
So that was a relic finish :clap:
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3mm thick poly. Hides many sins.
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Slowy wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:08 pm 3mm thick poly. Hides many sins.
1mm nitro not so much.
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robthemac wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:18 pm
Slowy wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:08 pm 3mm thick poly. Hides many sins.
1mm nitro not so much.
No, that celebrates the sins.
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Slowy wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:20 pm
robthemac wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:18 pm
Slowy wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:08 pm 3mm thick poly. Hides many sins.
1mm nitro not so much.
No, that celebrates the sins.
And sinning is good :mental:
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jeremyb wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:43 am
Slowy wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:20 pm
robthemac wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:18 pm

1mm nitro not so much.
No, that celebrates the sins.
And sinning is good :mental:
I do get some sort of perverse sense of pleasure in watching the grain start to come out when you get to about the 240 grit point. Come on JB - perversion, wood, grain "pull" that one into something.......

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Ok, managed to gradually get everything smooth to 600 grit! The grain filler incident may have actually been a blessing in disguise. It identifies a few dents and pits that I wouldn't have otherwise seen.
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Two questions:
1) I've wiped everything down with a clean cloth, but should I do anything else before I start spraying the primer?
2) The wooden cover on the back is sanded and level. Am I better to leave it on the guitar and spray everything together, or should I spray it separately?


Cheers!
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