Old Rocker

Either I'm not a good wiper or the weather's too extreme as the coats did not go very smoothly. Did a lot of sanding in between to level 'em but after the 3rd coat I got the gloss so I stopped.

I can always redo it in the future but right now I put the guitar together and set it up. Wow, it sounds sweet and the neck is very smooth playing. My hand felt right at home with the 10" radius fretboard so that's what I needed. My other two guitars are 12" radiuses (Gibson SG and Buck Dharma Signature).

I didn't get any tru-oil so I got wipe on poly. Seems I needed some filler because the poly coats are not going on even. There's sone areas that's either soaking up the poly or staying dry. I sanded it and cleaned it with mineral spirits before I started the wipe.

Even did wet sanding between coats to level it except for the last coat (3rd). I got the gloss though.

I went ahead and started putting the guitar together and all I got left was to put the strings on and do a setup.

I wanna play the guitar!

In the future I can redo the body. I coated the neck 2 times and lightly wet sanded the back of the neck. It's nice and smooth.

You can even get Tru Oil at Wally Mart. Look where the sporting goods / guns are. Or check out a gun store.

I was at walmart and got all my stuff there. I was going to do poly at first before I read about tru-oil. They had poly there so I grabbed it.

Thanks Old Rocker ... Looking forward to seeing your build

Look in the build forum, I started a thread with a couple of pics.

I couldn't find tru-oil at my local shop so I got some clear gloss poly instead. Also got foam brushes, painter's tape, sandpapers in 5 grits, gloves, and mineral spirits.

How'd I do there? Am I set?

Looking pretty good.

I'm going to use tru-oil on the body and the neck but first, gotta get the stuff.

EDIT: can't find tru-oil so I got clear gloss poly instead.

Very impressive piece of work. Tru-oil does bring out the beauty of the dark walnut and that's what my guitar body is.

Today I'm waiting for the UPS guy to show up.

Can't wait to see it but I'll have to wait for the package to cool off before opening.

Man, that's simply gorgeous there. Tru-oil it is.

Tremendous help there.

I've been looking up about tru-oil and seen some pics so I think I'm going to do the body and the neck with it.

I'm where I don't have a shop or an area except my room or backyard so my options are pretty limited there.

Tru-oil a good bet there?

Hi gang, glad I found this forum, lots of good reading in here.

I got a Carvin bolt kit coming in Wed and the body is black walnut. I've already decided to tung oil the maple neck and as to the walnut body I'm undecided.

I still want the natural wood to show so I'd like a clear gloss finish on it. I did a lot of readings here and there and still can't decided what will give me the shiniest gloss.

Since I'm doing it at home so I figured on wipe-on poly or high gloss tung oil like Formby's (guess I could do the neck with this too).

Any tips on what I need to prep one guitar?