my latest project has been quite interesting to say the least.
trying to finish this one with tru-oil.
the body is a mahogany - rosewood - mahogany "sandwich"
i didn't want the rosewood color to bleed and tru-oil doesn't adhere to rosewood well, so after staining the mahogany top, i used a pre-val sprayer and sprayed 2 coats of 1lb cut shellac.
now the problems began. i sanded the dried shellac, before pore-filling, with 320 and sanding through the red AND other parts of the shellac. So i switched to scotch brite pad. you can see in the pic i did half the top and took a pic.
Applied timbermate water based grain filler (dyed black). Picture shows it drying.
Sanded the filler with 320 and sanded through in a bunch of areas, especially the edges on both the top AND the sides/back. Now these areas are discolored and much lighter than the rest.
Sprayed 2 more coats of 1lb cut shellac to seal everything. Look what happened on the edges.
After 5 thin coats of tru-oil, this is what i got. The edges look much different then the rest. (sigh)
Normally I have someone finish my bodies in nitro lacquer, but since this guitar is a gift, i didn't have the extra cash laying around. I wanted to have it done for Thanksgiving, so I can't start over.
But, can anyone tell me what I did wrong??? or right? i'm willing to bet i sanded to much.
I would much rather do the tru-oil sand/slurry method for filler next time, but again, worried about sanding through the shellac seal coat and colored top.
How would you guys have done this?????