OK, I finished my spraying schedule tonight and everything looks great. Now I will let it cure for 6 days (about 150 hours) and complete the final assembly steps next weekend. SO...................
Now it's time to clean the gun.
MS D-18
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I'm interested in how you remove rt he tape.......do you somehow sand through the finish then pull the tape or what? Seems just pulling tape with finish still intact with finish on the body isn't a good idea.
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It's slightly under sized from the bridge footprint. I lift a corner with an exacto blade and carefully peel it off. Then I carefully scape where the bridge will go. Pics coming soon.
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OK, time to level sand the finish. First I remove the mask, then level sand with 3M Fre-cut Gold 800 grit and then the series of Micro Mesh soft pads before buffing out. The finish has had 2 weeks to cure a week longer than usual but I had some pretty intense repair jobs the last 2 weeks.
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Finished the wet sanding and buffing.
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And here's the body all shined up. Glue that neck on tomorrow.
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Since you are buffing before the bridge is on, I assume you're getting some compound on the bridge mounting area. How are you going to clean that area off, prior to gluing on the bridge?Ben-Had wrote:And here's the body all shined up. Glue that neck on tomorrow.
Are you going to use the vacuum press ideas from the other thread?
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A little, I scrape it lightly with a 1/2" chisel. Not going to vacuum press it, I have to build the caul first and won't get to it for a couple weeks.
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Which caul are you referring to?Ben-Had wrote:A little, I scrape it lightly with a 1/2" chisel. Not going to vacuum press it, I have to build the caul first and won't get to it for a couple weeks.
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I should have more properly refereed to it a a vacuum bridge clamp instead of a caul.rienk wrote:Which caul are you referring to?Ben-Had wrote:A little, I scrape it lightly with a 1/2" chisel. Not going to vacuum press it, I have to build the caul first and won't get to it for a couple weeks.
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