Three Guitars: One spray session
July 24, 2009
I’ve been distracted from getting into the spray booth because of Carl’s guitar. I can see a pattern here. What I really like doing is the preliminary stuff, and by the time I get to the finish and setup, I’m easily distracted. I had planned all along to start the spraying of 3 guitars ready for the booth since last Monday. It’s Friday, and I finally allowed myself to do a lacquer session. I got 3 guitars prepped for spraying, finally, by end of day yesterday: 901 – the Resonator which has already been sealed and grain pore filled; 902 – Carol’s parlor ready for sanding sealer; and 904 – Beth’s OM. Here they are waiting to be sprizted.
First the resonator, then the two koa’s. After each received one coat, I finished with two more coats on the resonator as it’s in the layer the lacquer phase. The sanding sealer for the two koa’s is the prep before the grain pore filler, which I will do tomorrow morning.
Carol’s parlor with the first coat……….
Now Beth’s OM……..
This is all just a precursor of how that koa is going to shimmer. I’m very happy.
Carl’s components arrived today, and I’ll balance the waiting for lacquer to dry with actual guitar construction.
Larry on 30 Jul 2009 at 3:43 pm #
I, for one, look forward to the finishing . . . been waiting for another update! Are you going to get the lacquer on before Carol comes home? You know me . . . I just want to play them . . .
admin on 30 Jul 2009 at 3:54 pm #
I must declare, this heat wave has set me back. As cool as it is down in my shop, it’s still not cool enough to take the next steps. I have been disabled. Dropping large globs of sweat on my guitars while I’m finish sanding them is not an appropriate activity. Sorry, but production has been suspended until further notice.