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Kubicki Refins

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Bass & Guitar

These are coming along very well. The base layer of Krylon satin polyurethane is sanded down. Each one got a full can. I am waiting for another warm day to apply the final coats.

Krylon is my new favorite rattle-can poly. You can get it at Hobby Lobby for just five bucks a can, with a 40%-off coupon. All the spray paints were 30% off last week, and I bought out the store.

Krylon has the thinnest formulation and goes on very smooth. Varathane is very thick and seems to be pre-loaded with dust nits and lumps. It makes a good grain-filler, but that's all. Minwax was my previous favorite, but since Lowes bought up Minwax, they raised the prices. Krylon is not only the best but also the cheapest!


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It really helps to make full-sized drawings before you start a guitar project. But finding guitar-size paper can be a problem. My Home Depot has big rolls of brown wrapping paper outside that are a good size, I tore off a few yards. Below, I've drawn a plan on a nice big piece of cardboard I saved that was the backing for something. But how do you transfer these plans to wood? I don't want to cut up my master, I need some extra-large tracing paper. So I went to Staples, but the closest thing they had was still too small, and $20. So I went to the supermarket next door, and found this baking paper.