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newmenco
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Hello. Newbie here with a few questions. I'm learning how to do some basics of guitar repair. I have an old solid cedar top guitar that was finished in polyurethane. It's a cheap guitar, and the top had taken some pretty good abuse. It's got a great rosewood body, though, so I thought I would refinish the top. I've got the old finish stripped off, and now it's time to refinish. This is the first time I've done this, so I'm thinking shellacking and french polishing are probably not best for first attempts. Anybody ever use spray lacquer, such as sold from StewMac? I don't have a shop, or compressor or gun. Also, does sealer need to be applied? Or just hit the bare wood with lacquer? And, to make things more difficult, I would really like to stain the top first with some sort of black stain. I have a bottle of black stain for fretboards...wondering what would happen if I used that... Ideally, I want a black, satin finish when I'm through. I bought some high tech finishing sanding sheets, the type that goes to to 12,000 grit. As I understand it, I can sand the new finish and stop at around 8,000 grit to achieve a satin effect. Thanks.
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Date Nov. 3 2009 15:07:23
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newmenco
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RE: Top of guitar stripped bare, wha... (in reply to keith)
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No offense taken. This string has provided a wealth of information. I'm not new at finishing wood, per se. When I was a child, my mother finished interior trim of new homes, and I started learning with her, using various stains and polyurethanes. Later, as an adult, I bought unfinished furniture and finished it myself. I have done small repairs with lacquer. But, I've never tackled a full instrument. That's why I'm starting small with a cheap guitar, and just doing the top. I did look up Liberon Easy French Polish, and I think I'm going to try that. I started with Google, but I could find very little with regards finishing a cedar top guitar. I wanted to get direct feedback on successes and not-so successes, and this string has provided that. Thanks.
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Date Nov. 8 2009 20:46:11
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