Sealer Coats on Backs and Sides

I have just got to the sealer coat stage which is a nice place to be.  It is the start of where you leave the roughness and rawness behind. There is still heaps to do mind you.  Just prior to sealing the timber is sanded or scraped or both, to pare all surfaces flush and smooth, removing edges and scratches that would show up badly under the final stages of finishing.  This is a good time to check over any spots that may get overlooked.

Sealer coat

The next couple of days look to be wet, so work on guitars will have to slow a little.  Below is a little of the paring work before sealer coat on another project showing the facing on two parts of an Icon box with a hand plane and scraper blade.  These are also the same types of tools used on guitars as the first stage of surface preparation.  Sometimes old fashioned tools are the best, and these types are great at providing a good level of control at very fine tolerances.  They are used where possible, for levelling and removing and cleaning up scratches from sandpaper and glue squeeze-out.

Planing flush

Scraper blade and shavings

Icon box made previously

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