Slight Waves In My Veneer

[Musicman_1968]

I have recently decided to do a quilted maple veneer on my Ibanez Rg470. This is my first attempt at it. So far the hardest part is being without a guitar LOL. After I got the veneer on, I noticed the next day I had a few small waves in the veneer(roughly where your forearm would rest behind the bridge) It's really not notciable unless your looking for it (I tend to go through everything with a fine pick comb) I have 4 coats of sanding sealer on it. And I've block sanded in between coats. It is almost level now, but not quite. My question is, since sanding sealer cures so hard, should I continue with the sanding sealer (6 coats would make it level my guess). Or should I not worry too much about it since I still have clear coats ahead of me? Thanks in advance for your help

[Prostheta]

Is the veneer glued tight to the body or is it bubbling? Are the bubbles visual, or can you feel them?

Edited May 31, 2008 by Prostheta

[Musicman_1968]

Bubbled I guess you would say. It's both visual and can feel it. I read where you can use an iron and try to get it to lay down. I did that and it did help some, but still slighty raised in a few spots as if the veneer got too wet from the glue and bubbled.

[verhoevenc]

If I remember correctly, sanding sealer doesn't dry "so hard" but in fact not nearly as hard as normal lacquer. That's why you DON'T want a bunch of it... I believe it's lacquer with soap, which aids in the way it sands.

Chris

[Prostheta]

I've always found that veneering is very difficult to do well, and rarely turns out as well as you would hope unless you have a vacuum bag to apply strong even pressure.