I'm getting close to the end now ... at this rate I'm afraid lutherie as a 2nd career isn't in the cards ... completing one instrument every two years or so probably wouldn't pay the bills ...
The following photos are after the I applied 13-15 coats of Tru-Oil, allowed that to cure for 9 days and then spent a couple of hours rubbing the finish with Behlen's Deluxe compound and Ming #11 polish. What I believe this shows is that a Tru-Oil finish can definitely provide a very high gloss finish if that is what you are after. In this particular case I could have done better with the underlying wood finish but honestly when one of these things sits around the shop unfinished for over 18 months you get a few dings you simply fail to notice until it's pretty much too late. Oh well ... live and learn ...
One note here ... I should have done a step before applying dye to enhance the grain in the quilted maple ... truth be told I simply forgot until it was way too late. So ... the quilted maple grain SHOULD be a little more defined than it is ... a fault of my skipping that step not the Tru-Oil finish.
So ... the story so far ...
... and the BACK STORY ...
Next is to install the hardware, do the set-up and see what kind of voice it has ...
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