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THE FINISH BEGINS & A BEGINNING BEGINS

4/21/2020

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First the finish.  It began with pore filling using Zpoxy and a very neat little scale I found on Amazon
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It is critical that it be mixed exactly 50/50 I learned in a previous use.  This time I had the solution, an amazing little scale that measures in grams.
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First it weighed the empty cup, by touching" Tare' it returned to zero,  I poured in resin  until it read 298. then hardener until the scale read 600. got the perfect mix.  This scale cost only $11.00.  How is it possible.  Works great. called a TOP-100 digital scale  
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The mixed epoxy spreads very thinly over the wood, filling the tiny pores.  this much covered the entire back.
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 AARP keeps sending me unasked for cards.  They work fine for spreading epoxy
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It hardens over night and sands off quite easily.  Once sanded smooth it is time to apply the French Polish.  so that's the beginning of the Finish- 
and here is the beginning of a new build of three tenors, for Randy and Jack in California and Olga in Calgary Alberta.  They will be #s 135, 136 & 137.  all three, East Indian Rosewood bodies and NYC water tank Redwood tops.  This picture shows the assembled wood and the first of the Redwood tops about to be joined.


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