Jeff Jewitt Jewitt Guitars/Homestead Finishing
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New Video here on making your own binding. Please subscribe to the channel if you can. Thanks
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You can work with that. Under string tension the neck will come up a bit anyways. I used to build with the straightedge just grazing the top of the bridge like a lot of folks show you to do, but taller saddles are preferred by most of my dealers.
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I use Ilva Hi-Solids 2K topcoat. Product # TP-60 with their isocyanate hardener and thinner. Its around 50% solids. I use it over their polyester sealer which I’m sure is similar to Simtech. I like the Ilva sealer the best. Use my name if you want.
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As an addendum to the previous post, when you go to the auto store, tell them you want to spray a color coat and then clear urethane. That way they will sell you a basecoat/clearcoat color. The terminology used in auto finishing is different as they have basecoat, primer-coat, single-stage, etc.
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Your best bet is an automotive color. Most cities have PPG or similar automotive color paint stores that can help. I would use an isolante sealer first or get the pores/grain filled. For grain filler you can use just about any product, but I would lay a coat of isolante over that first before the color.
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Dark Vintage Maple in TransTint is just a stronger version (more concentrated) of ColorTone “Straw”. I don’t like amber or Vintage Amber for the center color. I find a better center color with 1 part Vintage Amber to 1 part Golden Brown works best. Alternatively Dark Vintage Maple is pretty close.
To me – to match the Martin, Id start with one of those approaches for the center color and then do your outside perimeter in Tobacco brown (Dark Mission Brown Transtint). Then come back and do the transition color with Reddish Brown Transtint with maybe a bit of Medium Brown in it.
The Following is a Cross Reference Chart for ColorTone to TransTint
ColorTone – TransTint
Vintage Amber – Honey Amber
Red Mahogany – Reddish Brown
Tobacco Brown – Dark Mission Brown
Cherry Red – Bright Red
Bright Green – Green
Coral Reef Blue – Aqua
Electric Violet – Violet
All the others are named the same in both ColorTone and TransTint
