you have not put on any sanding sealer or grain filler on the mahogany….
If I understood everything correct, then you want pretty much the standard kind of finish you seen on most guitars (high gloss) with painted back and sides. You can get PUR 2K (2 Komponont… Lack and Hardner that you have to mix) Lack that is tinted to many diffferent colors for the front. sounds like you need something in the area of "blonde" you just have to contact your local professional lack store/shop, they should be able to help you with ordering a specific color.
The sides should be painted a Tobacco brown? not a problem again there are PUR 2K lacks that do that too in just about every color you want, You just have to look at the catalogue and order it.
To prepare the surface, especially for high gloss you have to seal off the grain/pores, otherwise it looks horrible. That is not too difficult, you will need to use a clear PUR based filler. Again I recommend PUR because its easy to mix, (forgiving) and is quick to dry and produces a great result, its hard and durable finish.
its just a matter of spray on and sand down, (the filler) until the pores and grain of the mahogony is gone… with the maple its is already so fine prored and grained, I doubt it will even need much.
Obviously you just have to mask off the areas you do not want brown after the grain filling part is finished, and spray the brown lack on.
The high gloss is easy to spray on because you put on as much as you can before it starts to run! You just have to have the proper set up for keeping dust out! That is very important, because if you look across the object in the light you will see every tiny piece of lint or dust which settles before the lack has had time to cure. That is the Trick of it all really. that and you need the very fine sanding paper grits and eventually the very fine pastes as well, if you really want to do it properly.
Also keep in mind if you are putting a proper high gloss on it takes up to 4 to 5 days to let the lack cure and harden completly, sometimes longer.
I am writing all of this off the top of my head and I can get more specific instructions if you need them, but again that all depends on the brand and type of lack you are using….
hope I was a bit helpful,
Nicholas
If I understood everything correct, then you want pretty much the standard kind of finish you seen on most guitars (high gloss) with painted back and sides. You can get PUR 2K (2 Komponont… Lack and Hardner that you have to mix) Lack that is tinted to many diffferent colors for the front. sounds like you need something in the area of "blonde" you just have to contact your local professional lack store/shop, they should be able to help you with ordering a specific color.
The sides should be painted a Tobacco brown? not a problem again there are PUR 2K lacks that do that too in just about every color you want, You just have to look at the catalogue and order it.
To prepare the surface, especially for high gloss you have to seal off the grain/pores, otherwise it looks horrible. That is not too difficult, you will need to use a clear PUR based filler. Again I recommend PUR because its easy to mix, (forgiving) and is quick to dry and produces a great result, its hard and durable finish.
its just a matter of spray on and sand down, (the filler) until the pores and grain of the mahogony is gone… with the maple its is already so fine prored and grained, I doubt it will even need much.
Obviously you just have to mask off the areas you do not want brown after the grain filling part is finished, and spray the brown lack on.
The high gloss is easy to spray on because you put on as much as you can before it starts to run! You just have to have the proper set up for keeping dust out! That is very important, because if you look across the object in the light you will see every tiny piece of lint or dust which settles before the lack has had time to cure. That is the Trick of it all really. that and you need the very fine sanding paper grits and eventually the very fine pastes as well, if you really want to do it properly.
Also keep in mind if you are putting a proper high gloss on it takes up to 4 to 5 days to let the lack cure and harden completly, sometimes longer.
I am writing all of this off the top of my head and I can get more specific instructions if you need them, but again that all depends on the brand and type of lack you are using….
hope I was a bit helpful,
Nicholas
