Posted by seth (164.86.99.3) on June 12, 2003 at 19:46:46:
I am finishing a new solid maple tele body.because of the beautiful grain pattern(I plan to make a butterscotch blonde w/nautral binding)I am not willing to exchange it for another piece from the luthier. I was told that there was going to be "a little final sanding" to do before finishing. there are a few bad spots that came out with 220 paper, but on the inside curve of "the horn", there is a spot that looks like waves in the wood.(possibly when the inside of the horn was cut out, the saw checked up on the cut) they are not terribly deep, and the 220 paper did some good. I am concerned about going to a coarser grain sandpaper because of scratching and low spots after final sanding. also, I am going blonde on this project, so wood filler may stick out like a sore thumb. my question is will the nitrocellulose sand and sealer take care of this problem? or is there another trick.....