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Pros and cons og porefilling a guitar with egg white
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aarongreen
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RE: Pros and cons og porefilling a g... (in reply to Mike_Kinny)
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In terms of filler, the best I've found is pumice, although there are some very exciting developments in UV cured fillers going on. It involves a rather serious investment in a UV light and you need a spray booth as well but it is the only thing to come around that actually fills well and does it very, very quickly. It also is clear which is preferable to me. A friend of mine in town who is a well known steelstring builder is making the switch so I am eager to bring him a few guitars in the next batch for filling. If it works as well as he says, I suspect I'll be making the investment at some point in the next few years. When it comes to pumice and french polish though, it helps not to think of the filling and finishing as two separate processes. I fill my guitars a few times with pumice and then start in on building up finish. However I keep the pumice handy the whole time. When I find a pore that isn't filled, rather than keep laying on the shellac only to sand it off, I do another go around with the pumice, very lightly though as to not get pumice deposits. It is also really handy for leveling the finish, again rather than sanding. I use it on the top as well. Things go by much quicker this way than they did before, with better results.
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