bond163 Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 (edited) Hey all I'm going to refinish my Ibanez S540 in natural The other guitar I refinished I sanded back, however due to the fact that this is really contoured body, and its a rather thick polyester finish, I feel I'll try using my heat gun on this one. I've been reading a fair bit about tung-oil and alot seem to write about trying to achieve a really glossy finish, I'm really trying to attempt to get a finish like on of the other S540's below. http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1396/s540ve1.jpg http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2192/s5403hd8.jpg The bodies are mahogany, I'm unsure of which tung-oil variant to use? trying to achieve really more matte finish cheers guys Edited November 18, 2006 by bond163 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Obviously you need to be very carefull with the heat gun if you want a natural finish at the end - any scorching will be hard to get rid of! I would also be open to the idea that the wood may not be aestheically great under all that paint so a natural finish may not be the best option. Use something like tru-oil for the finish and you can have it as glossy or matte as you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bond163 Posted November 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 well the heatgun worked fine, much faster than sanding. http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6222/img4177oa5.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5830/img4179ba1.jpg however although the 540S' are three piece, you can see the bottom piece of mine is incredibly poorly matched. Is there any point in attempting to light stain it darker, and then apply danish/tru-oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 (edited) I wouldn't bother as that's just the way the wood is. Same with my Edwards/ESP Explorer. In actuality, the difference in colouration isn't that great, but the photo makes it look that much more drastic. Edited November 18, 2006 by Prostheta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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