Geo Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Hi. I may be building an electric guitar for my brother soon. He wants an ebony headplate (it will be a scarf joint neck). I am a beginner, and I use oil varnish because it doesn't require special equipment. On the guitar I'm working on now, I inlaid a few pieces of cocobolo into the headplate. The oil varnish is still sticky over the pieces of cocobolo (put on more than a month ago). I understand that cocobolo is an "oily" wood, and that this is why the varnish won't dry if applied directly. So far, I have not needed to put anything on the wood before I apply the varnish. I am not looking for a perfectly smooth finish. My question: does anyone have experience with putting oil varnish on ebony? Will it dry? Should I put some other chemical on first? Should I thin the varnish with turpentine? Thanks. This forum is cool. Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Tru Oil will. But not over cocobolo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted January 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Thanks for the reply. This is not Tru Oil. It's a generic instrument varnish from International Luthiers Supply. Come to think of it, I have a piece of ebony from a failed project. I'll just test it. Thanks. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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