[sdiy] Wooden End Cheeks

[David J. Hughes]

Tony,

on 6/6/06 5:02 pm, Oakley Sound at tonyallgood at btinternet.com wrote:

> Personally, I am not a fan of varnish. I would say go with wax or a nice
> oil.

Any recommendations?
 
> The problem with varnish, once you dint it or scratch it, you need to
> recoat the whole lot to over the problem.

Not something I want to do again. The dust gets everywhere and so much
sanding has started to degrade the edges.
 
> With oil or wax, you can either leave it as it still looks nice, or pop
> a bit more oil or wax. Easy.

:)
 
> I have seen lots of attempts of making old synths look better. And a
> varnish finish very rarely makes the grade.

Groan... wish I'd known that before I started. :(

Anyway, as promised, here are some pics of my efforts. It looks okay
provided you don't look too closely. :)

http://www.infectionmusic.com/instruments/zeitdesktopproto.html

Best wishes
    David

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