I had a chance to complete the routing of the rear cavity.
I also started reshaping the heel of the neck.
Hopefully, I’ll have the neck completed by this weekend. It’s coming together quickly.
I had a chance to complete the routing of the rear cavity.
I also started reshaping the heel of the neck.
Hopefully, I’ll have the neck completed by this weekend. It’s coming together quickly.
@Moonshine have you ever done a neck with an oil and wax rub?
I have used a variety of oil and or wax combinations over the years. There’s a company called General Finishes that makes an oil/urethane (I think) mix sealer and topcoat, both Tobias nand Greg Curbow used this in the 90’s. I’ve tried various oils, True Oil is popular, but I have always had issues with it, but I’m pretty sure that I am the problem. I’ve rubbed necks down with Johnsons Paste Wax, it makes for a really smooth neck.
My current favorite is Watco’s Danish Oil.
https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/watco/danish-oil
How does the final product differ between the True Oil, Paste Wax, and Danish oil?
The oil finishes end up pretty much the same, True Oil is used as a finish for gunstocks. As a whole, they are pretty durable and they can be built up to a very smooth and shiny finish. Paste wax feels realy good and fast, but not what I would call durable, it can be cleaned off and reapplied.
I installed the 5 way switch and the two toggel switches, the cavity is small but everything fit.
The body is ready to continue with finishing. I have to shape the heel of the neck and paint the headstock. I’m making progress.
Well…
I used our new spray booth to finish the bass body, I had sprayed a few other pieces in it previously and had experienced a bit of blushing (moisture in the finish), but nothing horrible.
This time though, the temperature had increased and we have been experiencing more rain as we move into spring/summer.
To make a long story short, between the humidity and my unwillingness to give up on the theory of “If I spray more coats on it, it’ll get better”, I screwed it up. It ended up being a somewhat maroon color. Pretty bad. I think what did me in was the color that I came up with on the headstock, it came out with more of a blue/purple shade and I tried to make the body match.
The humidity situation left the finsihes under the surface undried. The only thing I can do now is strip the body.
We are installing an evironmental control system in the spray booth/final assembly area. We’re learning as we go.
Had time to work on the body.
The finish was soft underneath the topcoat, so I used a scraper to remove the majority of the finish, then I let it hang for a few days to harden what was left. Next I used both, a spindle sander and a oscilating hand sander to level everything out. The pics show just how unlevel this body was.
Since I had to strip it, I decided to mix it up. I first sprayed several coats of white nitro lacquer.
I decide to spray a vintage custom color as a basecoat, afterwhich I will add several coats of clear nitro lacquer.
I’m going for the look of a rare custom color bass that someone oversprayed a finish that would of belonged on a hot rod, early in life I planned on being a custom car painter (I was always a graphic artist, I had no interest in woodworking until I started this journey). I decided to go with shell pink for the custom color.
Next, I will spray several coats of clear nitro, then after curing for a few days, I will start to apply the next finish, starting with a black basecoat. I won’t make the mistake of rushing it this time.
Could be the outdoor setting with smoker in background, but I feel like you missed a trick here…you could have just clearcoated at this point, and given it a name like ‘one of a kind flesh and bone finish’ and sold for $$$
You just made my day! Being in the rural south, I call my BBQ/Bass shop the Bombshelter!
I joked about clear coating it…
is that a failed fried turducken?
No failure involved.
Just right.
Hahahaha awesome.
For those abroad who don’t know what we are talking about, one thing you should understand about America is that we have turned cooking into a danger sport, because Freedom.
I am mostly just admiring the flaming deep fryer balanced on two lengthwise cinderblocks sitting on the mud. This is legit backwoods engineering.
The second thing I noticed was wondering what was in the smoker, and got envious.
Table saw and what looks like a lathe back there - that’s just common sense.
If this was from the area I was a kid in, it would also be right up against the property line and the bus would be the neighbors. Not the neighbors’ bus, I mean it would literally be the neighbors.
Human remains?
see now that would just be a waste of good hickory
are they cooking turkey with gasoline ?