2/3 of the way to being a rock star...

Here’s a progress report on the Great Kay Refinishing Pageant. All the StupidBurst paint was easily removed, as it was a rather thin coat. Took me about 45 minutes total of sanding. I then hand-sanded the body to within an inch of its life, which took another three or four hours. After that, I stained the back and sides with a deep walnut color. Today, I sprayed the body with about 6 coats total of polyurethane.

It is actually looking like a Real Guitar now. After I wet-sand the final coat of poly, we’ll see where we’re sitting, but I think it is pretty much done. It’s funny how good the spruce/birch/whatever plywood really popped out once I started laying poly on it. You can’t tell in the picture at all, but there’s so many little knurls in it, it almost looks like bird’s-eye maple. In any case, this guitar looks so much better now, and all it took was a little elbow grease.