Doing Things Wrong

COVID-19 Update

It's been a while since I did any loothering, let alone posting, but here is an update in the middle of this terrible pandemic.

Bass

I shot a coat of poly over the Factor bass body and hung it up for what is now about two months, so it should be good and hard for final polishing.

Guitar

I did the same on the guitar about a month ago.

Ooohh shiny !

Today I put a final polish on the Mosrite body, hand-rubbed with Meguiar's. The initial polish was with my cloth wheel setup. Very shiny now, and ready for final assembly.

Here's a hint: dump your Meguiar's (or anything else) in a wide-mouthed jar and daub it out with a rag when you use it. Slit the bottle lengthwise and scoop out everything that would otherwise go to waste.

The worst packaging I have ever seen is Loctite Go2 Glue. You can get only about 10% of the glue out of the bottle, then the rest is just stuck. Not dried-up, but impossible to squeeze out. It's a pity, because it is actually pretty good stuff, just horrible packaging.


I finished the shaping with a big metal file and 80-grit. Then finish-sanded 100-150 and cleaned out the fret slots. 150 is good enough for now. For final finishing, I'll take it up to 320, which is smooth but leaves plenty of 'tooth' for the finish to grab onto. I wouldn't go any higher - the surface becomes too smooth.

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