Armando -> RE: Rosewood guitar... (Feb. 19 2009 11:43:28)
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Hi all By my own experience i have to be with Aaron. My Romanillos rosewood guitar from 2006 is still not ready because of the polishing. I have tried to do the job by myself and i quickly realized that french polishing a rosewood guitar is quite a hassle. The main problem i faced was the filling of the pores with pumice without messing up the maple purflings. To be honest, i messed it up. When i asked Liam Romanillos how he does the job he said he is using thixotropic filler. O.k, i tried to get that stuff but there's no way for me to get that, because the stuff is flamable and therefor prohibited to ship. So there is no other choice for me than using some strange unflamable grainfiller stuff which i'm not convinced of, or otherwise remain with the pumice. I desided to stay with the pumice, but how to avôid messing up the purflings? I've done some tests on testing material using superglue to cover the purflings before using pumice and it works. The superglue is not alcohol solvable and therefore protects the purflings during the pumicing process. To use superglue on the whole surface, didn't came to my mind due to the fact that it is toxic and it has heavy solvent agents which may affect the health. I'm almost sure it works as a sealer on the whole surface but i wouldn't use it as i find it to be to harmful. On top of that it is rather expencive. 10ml cost like 10 dollars or something. How much would be needed for a whole guitar? I don't find it to be necessary for the filling of the rosewood. For me, superglue is just a sealer for protecting the purflings. O.k. the Romanillos guitar is still not done, not because it doesn't work but because of lack of time. Regards Armando
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