…Shinier than a shiny thing in shiny land (on a particularly shiny day)
Achieving a mirror like finish is not easy. It takes a lot of patience and practice. All our guitars are finished ‘in house’ by Billy who has spent years perfecting the art. If you want to have a go yourself, Stewmac have a great website with free infomation, I advise that you read this:
That is pretty much the way we do it here but with an acoustic guitar I like to finish the neck and body seperately before gluing them together. After that the bridge must be glued on and left overnight before the strings can be put on – but we are a while away from that yet.
I like to seal the guitar and then locate the bridge and neck to mask them off while spraying the top coats. After the guitar is sprayed and polished it is a relatively easy task to peel off the masking tape and clean off the sealer underneath to glue on the neck and bridge.
So the guitar was sealed and while it was drying I made the bridge. It is a pyramid style bridge often found on vintage guitars. It is smaller than a normal bridge so it suits these smaller guitars better. I think it looks classy!
The guitar is now hanging up in the back room after being sprayed. It will hang for about 3 weeks for the lacquer to fully harden before it can be polished.
You may be wondering about the other three….yes me too. Now I have three weeks while the ziricote guitar is hanging to finish the woodwork on the others…..