Acoustic Guitar Construction

Hi Dave, I've been practicing on a scrap piece of mahogany, sanding with TO, and it's looking great. Will the slurry stain maple wood binding? How do you avoid that?
Thanks

Hi Jim - Yep, the slurry can stain the bindings, so sealing them with some shellac is a good idea, as well as masking them - the narrow pinstriping tape from an auto parts store works fine for that, but any tape you have will do the job.
I'm glad to hear the slurry is working for you.

I have used Sealcoat too but is it any different than regular shellac flakes dissolved in DA? I would like to mix small amounts instead of having the quart of Sealcoat go bad over time.
Thanks,
Jim

While SealCoat is primarily wax free shellac, I believe it contains added solids perhaps silica. Good question to ask the techs at Bull's Eye Zinser.

Here's a new (to me, anyway) application guide from Birchwood-Casey that covers such thing as how to get gloss or satin, pore filling and such. Useful.

https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/Manage/l ... -2013.aspx