ibanez_crazy Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Im planning on building a chambered body with a paduk/ quilted maple top, and I was told to be careful when sanding because the dust from the paduk can embedd into the maple, and discolor it. First off..is that true, and if so, how do I go about sanding the top then? The malpe wil run the center 4 inches. I have never heard of that before now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 I don't know about paduak,but I never worried about discoloration on my maple before.I just clean thouroughly with denatured alcohol after I finish sanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another doug Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 When I made the guitar in my avatar (from top to back: padauk, maple lam, bloodwood lam, maple core, bloodwood lam, maple lam, padauk), I found that my maple did turn a bit pink when sanding. However, I don't know if the padauk or the bloodwood was the culprit (or if it was both). I ended up sanding the sides along the plane of the laminates (if that makes sense), so that the red dust didn't get on the maple. I also carefully sanded the maple core being careful not to cross into the colored woods. The maple laminations are still a bit pink, but I think I could have avoided this by going over it with a scraper. Maybe wes' denatured alcohol suggestion would have worked too, but my instinct tells me that this would have embedded the color deeper (but my instinct has been wrong before, so I'm probably wrong on that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmarlin Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 The one I am working on the padauk dust got in the poplar grain so now it is a little reddish but I havent tried cleaning it up yet because I still have some work to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibanez_crazy Posted April 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 I did a laminated neck with purpleheart and maple, and didnt notice any issues, but with this one I want to know for sure....my budget dosent allow another piece of wood like this for a while, and its going on the face of the guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 I had a problem keeping the oils from the padauk from being lifted by cloths soaked with acetone. I think sealing the maple off with shellac was recommended to me although this will sand straight off in your case! Perhaps masking off the maple when you get to higher grit sanding, and using a foam sanding pad instead, so you don't remove the tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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