![]() Had to carve dowels and drill new holes in the neck, and enlarge the existing holes in the body. I spent a day wiring it up and setting the neck. It took a while, but the Thinline is finished. ![]() Although, I haven't tried it with mineral spirits as a lubricant. As messy as the steel wool is, it seems to work better for me than 2000 grit sandpaper which gums up after one or two strokes. Once I get a couple more coats of this mixture one, if it looks OK, I'll leave it for a week or so before a final leveling with the 0000 steel wool and mineral spirits. So tomorrow I'll even the top and sides with some steel wool and mineral spirits, remove all the bits of steel wool that seem to get everywhere, and hit it with a coat of Tru-oil and mineral spirits about a 50/50 ratio. I just did the back with this and it looks pretty good. But.today I bought some mineral spirits and mixed it with some Tru-oil and it is much easier to work with. The problem seems to be that the Tru-oil starts setting up too quickly, and wiping it after it starts doing this makes a mess. There has been a lot of applying, sanding, applying more India ink to try and even out the color texture. The next problem has been getting the Tru-oil applied evenly there are always streaks and uneven shades that don't look natural. I don't mind this too much because it resembles faux wood grain. The India ink has been very difficult to apply evenly over the grain filler. I haven't been posting the progress because it has been a VERY slow, forward and back experience. Well, it's coming up to two weeks since I started this build. I'll post more pics as the project evolves. This particular brand of ink, Speedball Super Black India Ink, has some shellac, So I'm really hoping that if I let it cure, the Tru-oil won't lift it. Here is the back with one coat of ink after levelling the grain filler, and a pic of the top, leveled, but without the reapplication of the ink. After that, it will be a couple weeks of topcoating with Tru-oil. I'll let it cure for a day or two before lightly sanding and applying a third, and hopefully, final coat. It's filled and leveled, and has two coats of ink. After a few tries I decided to fill and level it and then reapply the ink. the plan was to use India ink first, then grain filler, but every time I sanded the filler back, I went through the ink. So, I found a really nice roasted ash thinline body, nicely routed and sanded. I have a blank made from 100+ year old Douglas Fir, but can't get anyone locally to route it at the present time because of pandemic related issues. All the parts are here, including a Warmoth conversion neck made from roasted maple with a rosewood fingerboard.
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