ae3 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hey guys, got me a a neck thru roades with QlD maple body sides and a hard maple centre, what I want to know is: Do I have to fill the grain on the QLD maple to aceive a gloss finish. In other words, is it a pourus wood? Thnx in advance for any and all replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesy Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Hey guys, got me a a neck thru roades with QlD maple body sides and a hard maple centre, what I want to know is: Do I have to fill the grain on the QLD maple to aceive a gloss finish. In other words, is it a pourus wood? Thnx in advance for any and all replies. My QLD maple neck blanks will be arriving soon I hope, so I am interested in this as well. Maton probably know, because they use it in their guitars. From their website "Queensland Maple has become the backbone of the Maton sound", but I guess we may need to experiment on a test piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 no maple besides burled maple will require filling. there is no grain holes to fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz tradie Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 no maple besides burled maple will require filling. there is no grain holes to fill. WRONG!!!! This is the case with 'true' Maple. Qld. Maple is a Maple only by name, not in any way related by species. Flindersia Brayleyana Qld Maple follow Characteristics closer to Mahogany in many respects including workability, less porous grain and to limited amounts sonic qualities also. I use predomiinantly Pre-cat Nitro with these and I've refinished in a variety of ways. One way I've had success with is to spray a coat of Amber shellac all over, then once dry I'll mix up a slurry of Timbermate grainfill and grainfill with this. Once I'm happy with this I'll then seal off with another coat of Amber Shellac before starting my Nitro coats. The second way which I rely on just as much is to Spray thinned coats of nitro first to sink into the grain and then subsequent coats to fill the grain with Nitro. This increases your refinish schedule exponentially as you've got more coats, more rub-back and more time to allow for shrink-back. I've got one I'm doing now which is getting this treatment. The body and Outer Neck is Qld Maple. cheers, Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 ....and to cover off another alternative I'm trying black epoxy on a Qld maple top this weekend..... Lots of work since this pic - and stained black!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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