I have an Ash body and want to lacquer it but I'm not sure if I need to coat it before lacquering? I have sanding sealer but it has a yellow tinge to it which made the body look like some 70's pine furniture so I stripped it again. I just want a plain ash finish with no colour alteration.
it's tough to find out here too. try looking for a woodworking store, that's the only place i've been able to find it. those idiots at home depot didn't even know what i was talking about.
if it comes to it, you can try diluting regular wood filler with lacquer thinner, but i've only ever had mixed results with this. and it makes a nasty mess and smells bad.
Malik wrote:You don't mean that Tele I sent you do you? Because that's basswood.
For some reason I thought it was Ash
Shit.
I originally got that basswood body (at least, that's what I asked for!). It was an ash body that Rob sent out to replace it. Not that I know my body woods very well, but maybe it needs a different treatment?
TheBurbz wrote:I thought that you had ordered them both ash, my mistake. Never mind, at least I don't have to look for grain sealer now
You think I could finish it blonde even though it's basswood?
Yeah, as far as I remember the wood looked nice, and well, it had you fooled right? Haha.
Might as well break with tradition, and show the basswood haters a thing or two too. I chose basswood because I actually like the sound of my Jag-Stang, the ash replacement was a bonus as RobO had it available. So yeah, go for it.
