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I will let it harden properly overnight and give it another smoothing off.
So far:
Yeah - they look ok...
I’m impressed with the oil finish - did you need to use grain filler or just straight onto the wood?
No grain filling - straight on to the wood. I bought some proper decent cloths and decanted the oil into a plastic tub for easy application. If you have applied an oil to anything before then it's as simple as it gets - otherwise, just go easy and build up coats slowly - it really is about the most simple finish you can do.
I used the wet sand slurry technique - basically sanding with wet and dry paper (600 then 1200 grit) with oil to lubricate rather than water - nice smooth motions up and down the grain. It's left it really smooth back and front - sides will always be less so without grain filler but they are fine. All up it's taken a day and a half to do the finish - and I have put Tru Oil on the neck in the meantime during drying.
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Pics in shade and one in direct sunlight so you can see the colour depth:
I started this project hoping for an adequate finish that wouldn’t look rubbish and would be passable for a gigging bass. I’ve ended up with probably the best natural finish I’ve ever done.
Two coats of wax and a good buffing later (took an hour tops) and it’s taken on a lovely satin sheen.. it’s silky smooth and feels lovely to the touch. Well pleased.
I got some “licenced by” tuners rather than the expensive Hipshot ones.
Don’t seem too bad inside the box:
Cue up a good hour of cursing swearing and plier action. Sheesh. And I had to find another screw...
Usual job of masking tape, and soap on the screws..