Looking to have a group of guys build a simple cbg in a hour or two in one sitting. No real questions about building but looking for ideas on quick to apply (and dry) finishes for the neck. Ideas?
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Ok I surrender, Shellac it is! About how many necks would a rattle can do?
Ha ha, how's longs a piece of string?
Taff
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I love shellac...........
Hi again, I should have mentioned that I also use "True Oil" gun stock finish. Easy to apply with a pad, its a blend of linseed and natural oils. Rub on, steel wool and buff up. dries quick but may need too long between coats. It gives a great slick, non grabby fast neck. I use it on regular guitars.
Because it dries quick I continue on with other work and do another coat next day.
Taff
Superglue finishing is pretty damn quick.
Water based poly is quick but the drying time between coats and the grain lift after the first coat can be problematic.
Listen to Taffy. Shellac is an amazing under rated finish material. And, you don't even need a brush. Just put a cotton ball in a piece of tee shirt to make a rubber. Drip some shellac on the rubber then rub it into the wood. It will dry in about 30 seconds and you can polish it to a beautiful sheen. A quart of shellac from HD should do about 200 guitars.If the rubber starts to get sticky, just put a small dab of olive oil on it and you are back in business
It's the only finish I use any more. Never worry about a run.
Shellac is probably the one thing I never tried. So literally you can handle it in under a minute after applying? How long to wipe down a neck would you think?
I have been using Truoil and just rubbing it on, it works great but even under good conditions it is dry in 15-20 minutes but better left for 30 minutes or so. Thick coats and/or humid conditions and dry time goes up quick.
Kigar, to shellac wipe a neck takes, probably a couple of minutes if you don't apply it too heavy, and by the time you do one side or face, the previous one can be handled, like both Tom and Taff have warned, if you get your pad too wet, it will puddle and run, which isn't itself a major problem as you can just rub it out further if you are quick enough, when I use shellac, I often have a spare, just barely damp pad, just in case I do get a run and I can rub it out without adding more liquid from my working pad, BTW, I recommend using using rubber gloves, or your hands might look like a certain presidents face.
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