Applying a Tru-Oil Finish (Ep 23 - Acoustic Guitar Build)
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2018
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In this video I show the process for applying a tru-oil finish. Here is Eric Schafer's explanation of this process: goo.gl/4Ekv8e
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Beautiful finish and big effort 🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍
Thanks Adam I'm getting ready to start my 1st guitar build and your instructions make me feel so much better and EXCITED to get started.
That's awesome! Good luck with it!
Congrats on finishing #2!
that's great good work! eager to hear the sound of this guitar.
Once again, very nicely done Adam! Agreed about having a luthier set up the guitar. BTW, I did essentially the same type of finish but I used Shellac & did the French Polish technique, which seemed to take forever. I feel that both techniques make for a better playable guitar because they are more natural finishes rather than blasting the guitar with a hard Polyurethane or whatever. Great work & can't wait to hear how it plays.................... :)
It looks awesome man! Love your vids!
And I would love to see video of the nut and saddle! Even if you can't do it yourself it's part of the process
detijno4 thanks! Yeah I think Steve is going to film himself doing it (reluctantly)
Really beautiful work as usual, Adam. The patience you have to take your time and do it correctly inspires me just as it did with your canoe. Do you have anything in mind for your next series? Whatever it is, I will be watching.
I haven't really announced it yet but I bought a 31' old airstream trailer and the plan is to renovate it. Should be starting this summer!
HEY!!! are you going to make any more videos??!!! your such a great teacher and i love your videos!!!! PLEASE post more!!!!!
this is amazing
Would love to see how this held up several years later!
Adam, I love your patience working on your projects. You take the time to make a quality product. I wonder how much this guitar would cost if someone was to buy it, probably quite a bit and it would be worth it.
a French polish technique with thinned tru oil. In that type of application you would have to thin, because tru oil tacks up and drags within minutes. Never had any good outcomes with Aquacoat. I threw it away after several projects of bad results. I now use Crystalac grain filler. Question?, what do you have sanded to?. 220,320,400,600?. And what do you sand it back down to. Yes, you have sand it back to bare wood, but not where pores are open again. Getting the wood 100 % scratch free is key, you will see wood scratches with the tru oil, it can magnify them....if it’s not shinny am enough, more thin coats. 5-6 plus should be enough for nice gloss....
Great work
Plenty helpful
I can build nuts and saddles all day. They're easy. But building and finishing a whole guitar looks a bit intimidating to me.
Thank you adam for sharing your guitar building process, its really inspire me more to build one of mine in the future, though i have no experience in wood crafting but since even before e really dreaming of to make one for me, its really expensive to take a course that's your video really help me a lot, is it possible to make one without taking that course by following your video only?
I wish I had know abt that sealer you used prior to finishing the uke I built. Was ziricote also and couldn't agree more abt the open grain character of ziricote. Was a lot of work & did not turn out nearly as nice as ur guitar. I used TruOil as well, just not as many coats. Great job 👏
I’m wondering if you’ve ever sanded in boiled linseed oil. It fills the pores but I’m wondering if it would have any negative effect on the wood.
Great video! If you can build that guitar, you can make a nut and a saddle. Might just take a few tries.
Never clicked like so fast
Wow You inspired me
Most peoples 1st and 2nd guitar are not good. You amaze me you used great wood and your guitar looks and sounds like a high end boutique guitar. You dis a great job I hope you are watching drift wood guitars on youTube he is amazing and you will learn even from him. He shows it all and has made so many tool to make his guitars great. He now uses laminates just for his sides for a better sound . His bas price is 10k but I am sure most go for much more and he has a 2 year waiting list. Please watch him he is a super smart guy with a willingness to help other.
How funny. I'm watching this right now. Fixing up a old acoustic. In Medford, Oregon. Heard you mention Ashland Luthier.
How did the guitar hold up? Deal with any transferring to skin/clothing after playing awhile? Would be great to know if you're still happy having taken the route you did.
Thanks for the vid!
Adam thanks for this vid. I have a Martin Custom D Mahogany with a matte satin finish. I want to try the tru-oil but do I have to remove the satin finish or can I just rough it up with some lite sanding so the oil penetrates and sticks?
Really great job. Are you still happy with this finish?
Wonderful video, why have you mixed the tru oil with mineral spirits?
What is your take on sanding in boiled linseed oil? I’ve done it on to finish furniture but I’m wondering if it would have a negative effect on the guitar’s sound.
What inspired you to make your own guitar? I enjoy playing, but haven’t thought about making one. Great videos! I’ll have to go back and watch the first few. Looking forward to more!
DIY Dude thanks! I did a series on Canoe building then wanted to do something a little more complex. It’s a lot of work learning but it’s a really fun project
A Guy Doing Stuff yeah I saw the canoe videos too. Such a long project! I can only imagine how fulfilling that was
DIY Dude yeah the canoe isn’t that much more complicated than your table tray on your channel - it just takes a lot longer... you should give it a try if you have way too much time on your hands. Cool videos btw I subbed good luck w your channel!
Can you apply this over a waterslide headstock decal?
Would sanding around the soundhole strip off the inlay?
That looks great. That finish is a lot like French Polish?
Jesse Taylor yeah kinna just less mysterious and difficult maybe!
Very nice. I’m trying Tru oil and I am wondering if you make a new mouse every coat? Thx
Mike B. Yeah I did
How much your guitar cost? Mahagony body, spruce top and rosewood fret board?
Yes, great idea. Fret setting, leveling, crowning, dressing is so important. It determines the playability of the guitar. These guys have fret insert presses and levelers... Great action no buzz, or bad action...
I'm pretty sure if you hold the mineral spirits can sideways when you pour it will work better. I know that's the case for when the opening is offset from the middle, you hold the can sideways with the opening on the top half. It helps with the airflow I believe.
LimitDNE haha thank you! I was totally in a rush when I filmed that and didn’t want to do it over so I just went with it😅 I’ll try your idea next time!
Again not really sure if it works when the opening is in the middle but I spent way too long spilling everywhere before someone informed me it was designed to be poured differently.
@@limitdne Ha ha, I was going to offer the same advice, even though I know I'm late.
I will be using this technique on the classical I built 15 years ago but never finished.
So i am following you application process with tru oil and i cannot get
rid of the streaking. Any thoughts on what i might be doing wrong. Thx
for your input.. mixing 3 to 1 as your method
A little goes a long way. Maybe you used too much when applying.
You have to wait 10-14 days after finishing with tru oil before any polish compound is used
Supposedly you wait 2-3 weeks to cure, then buff. But that is where you can mess up. Fine white compound only....
What guitar is it??
It’s a “Guy Doing Stuff 000” concert style acoustic guitar.
Mate, why did you make a scarf joint in the headstock instead of in the neck?
As I know it's considered weaker as:
1) fretboard doesn't clamp it against the neck
2) tuning machine holes reduce strength of such joint
Lexonn I’ve seen it done this way most of the time. I think it’s actually a little stronger because the headplate reinforces the joint this way... but this is only my second guitar so I could be wrong... time will tell ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Well in the other way no only neck, but also the fretboard reinforces the joint.
Therefore not only we have the bigger glue area (I think), but we ALSO reinforce the joint in two directions.
We get /\V/\ joint instead of just /\V.
Even further, I think it might provide for addition resistance to neck twist/warp.
To be fair, scarf joint at the headstock might provide for a better sound, cause the glue barrier and change of the grain is almost absent between the nut and the saddle then.
It is present above the nut, but I'm sure it totally doesn't affect the sound as much.
truoil is 56% mineral spirits why add more?
To thin it more…?
Dude.... becareful how you beat your wood!!
If I'd done all that hard work I'd be damned if I handed if over to someone else to finish it!
Jesus christ is coming repent choose him today he loves you ..
What? Why? The hell did he do that he needs to repent? As a matter of fact he’s doing the UA-cam world a favor in providing guitar porn.