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Permalink Reply by Vern Hallett on January 16, 2020 at 9:43am

Yeah I'm kind of impatient when it comes to finish also. This method works for me and it only takes a couple days. Different woods will have different results. Poplar soaks it in and gives a nice soft shine so you may need more coats depending on how shiny you want it.while oak and other hard woods result in a harder shinier shine with less coats in my experiments. 

Good luck with it Sean. 

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 16, 2020 at 1:17pm

Hi Vern, this method is for the impatient builder.

See the photos, I applied a coat of Danish Wax finish and was playing this lap slide reso within half an hour.

Half done......

...and now the full job. Taff

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Permalink Reply by Vern Hallett on January 16, 2020 at 1:27pm

Looks good. There's no finish under the wax? 

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Permalink Reply by Gus K on January 18, 2020 at 7:27am

You got any of that gray wet/dry sandpaper?  Flip it over and use the paper side like you would the paper bag.  The poor man's micro-fine sandpaper.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 16, 2020 at 2:12pm

Hi Vern, as I explain in the first post on this thread.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by Vern Hallett on January 16, 2020 at 2:20pm

Nice but I'll stick with my method.

Vern

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Permalink Reply by Stew on January 16, 2020 at 3:14pm

Tru oil. It is a mix of tung and linseed oil. Apply with fingers 3 coats 3 hours apart. Scuff with 000 steel wool and run fridge magnet over it to remove any steel wool dust. Do another 3 coats and scuff again then do 1 light coat and leave over night.
Get tru oil from gun shop as it is used for oiling gun sticks.
I used it on 25 plus builds and love it.
You can do more coats if you need to fill the grain.

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Permalink Reply by Sean Murphy on January 17, 2020 at 2:15pm

I've been curious about the tru oil and will probably pick some up, give it a shot.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 16, 2020 at 5:01pm

Hi Stew, yes true oil gives a nice finish, I use it on electric guitar necks to give a smooth soft feel to the neck, after removing the lacquer if refinishing on a customers guitar. 

I was going to mention that I feel it is too expensive to do a whole instrument, compared to my Danish wax, the last one I bought was $15.00 for 3 f/oz from a gun shop. I just checked again and find that it is now available from guitar luthiers suppliers at $30.00 for 3 f/oz. 

Taff

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Permalink Reply by Gus K on January 17, 2020 at 11:27pm

https://bit.ly/30zFZVL

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Permalink Reply by Sean Murphy on January 17, 2020 at 2:17pm

So having used the Danish Oil on my latest build (though I need to read the can and see, apparently, what it REALLY is...) I have to say that I like how it dries faster, but the finish isn't as nice as the Tung Oil.

Also - is it usual that it has a kind of...fishy...smell?

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 18, 2020 at 6:11pm

Hi, here is a bunch of wood finishes, wax's and oils that I have also used, work really well.

I have  used the Hard shellac, the shellac flakes, The ultrashine wax and shellawax cream

http://ubeaut.com.au/ubhome.htm

Taff

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