OK, I’ve been progressing on my french polishing work. Each coat doesn’t take very long or really much work at all. The problem is it needs a zillion coats (ok, maybe closer to 12-18) and you have to wait a few hours between each coat. I’ve progressed up to 7 coats. My approach has me doing simple coats and then after about 14 coats, I do a little sanding. Follow the sanding with a few more coats with a little oil so that I can rub out swirl marks. I hope to be to the point of the last few coats with the oil on Thursday. This will allow me to glue the bridge on Saturday and be ready for my class on Sunday. I’ve been really pleased with the results so far.
The color of the sound board is not as even as I wanted but this is primarily due to my pore filling technique so hopefully this improves as I move through my guitars. Notice in the picture of the neck that I have a cover next to it. This cover is for the truss rod adjustment access. I am super pleased at the feel of the nec too. It is nice and smooth and feels much like the best guitars I’ve gotten to play.
