
ML electric guitar DIY Kit
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3Assembling
3 Assembling
3.1 Sand the body and neck
3.1.2 Fillup the grain
Thebody of the BCguitar is madeof Solid mahogan,
and theneck is made of solid maple. Open grained woods
need to be filled before finishing in order to achieve a flat
surface.
WesuggestusingourNeutral Color Tonegrainfiller
following the instructions on the label. Three applications
are recommended to get a nice flat surface to build finish
coats over.The grainfiller can also be used to fill any gaps,
chips,or other imperfections in the wood.
Asa general rule, you should fillup the grainuseNeutral
Color Tone grainfiller until you can't seethe poresofthe
wood with the nakedeyes. Then we can start for the
precess below.
3.1.3 Paint your favorite color
Use a damp cloth for dip with your favorite color and
wipe on the body and neck as you like. Not only one
time may can not reach the exactly what you espected,
so sand with 320-grit and wipe again and again until
got your lovely color. Here we take the natural color as
example.
3.1.1 Sand the body and neck
It is a very thin maple veneer glue on the top of the
body. Using 320 or higher grade-gritsandpaper on a
foam sanding block, lightly sand the entire body working
only in the direction ofthe grain.
Aftera complete sanding,wipe the body with adamp
cloth to raise the grain,to reveal fibers that need more
sanding. Let thedampnessdry,then sandthe raisedgrain
againusing 320 or higher-gritsandpaper. Sand the
neckwith 220-grit followedby320-grit.