Number 13 - EIR\Sitka Drednought -Finished

[John Parchem]

She is all pore filled and prepped ready for spraying

[Dave Bagwill]

You're getting better and better. Stop it!!! :-)

Seriously, very fine work, John.

[John Parchem]

Thanks Dave,

I think I spent more time prepping for the finish than it took me to make the guitar. I have someone paying me for this one. So in the past where I might say good enough, now I leave the shop and fix it or finish it properly the next morning.

[Kevin in California]

How can you beat Indian Rosewood and curly maple....it is just always going to be a looker and this one is a beaut!

Kevin

[John Parchem]

I have the body sprayed. I still have another day with the neck. After the first day of spraying, I found a small but noticeable area that somehow I had left without zpoxy, a sand through, so it was lighter than it should be. I scraped all of the finish off and have been re-spraying it. Looks good now.

16 coats (leveling at 4, leveling and drop filling at 8 and 12 finished with 4 coats. All sprayed as close to 3-4 mills wet as I could spray.)

The top is 10 coats total (leveling at 4, leveling and drop filling at 8 finished with 2 coats.)

[Kevin in California]

Beaufiful John. Is it Nitro this time?

[John Parchem]

It is still Target EM6000. I have found with good control of each spray coat the color is great. The thickness of the individual coats seem to matter more than the number of coats when trying to avoid the WB blue tint.