How To Apply A Wipe On Polyurethane Finish On A Guitar, Part 2

[Shagratt]

Excellent video Chris, I'm not a guitar guy but your technique has helped in finishing furniture with wipe on poly, totally subscribed!.

[FellDestroyedMusic]

I'm glad you mentioned the fretboard at the end...Thank God

[rbsmd]

Thank you for a very helpful and clear demonstration and explanation. You demoed and described the areas left out by others. Appreciated.

[davidmcgahan]

I'm in the process of doing my guitar. Just the top and your video is so helpful. Thanks for the video the guitar is coming out great I'm almost ready to put the wipe on poly on waiting for last coat of sanding sealer to dry. God bless you.

[elanreally]

I made a mistake with a piece of Cedar by applying gunstock stain on it. It was awful. I decided to sand as much stain out as possible. This was exhausting and it took a lot of 320 sandpaper. When I was fed up with sanding the sanding, out of sheer luck I had the Wipe on Satin Polyurethane Finish. I just decided to wipe several coats on it. The wood color, the smoothness of grain is my best achievement in finishing. I like the wipe on finish because I don't like working with the gooey stuff. It's just too annoying. This method is clean.

[akawireguy]

You can see the natural colors in the wood pop using this material and technique. I've been looking for this. Thanks.

[danielhartin]

Excellent video. I have a brand new Mitchell M200, finished in satin. I'm planning on prepping and applying a high gloss poly to it. The only part I'm not looking forward to is the stripping of the hardware, especially the pickups. By the way, I'm impressed you play a seven string, I think that's more than I could bite off.

[UncleHan]

Really liked this. I'm currently working with the same minwax wipe on poly, so this video was perfect. Thanks.

[tonedover]

thank you for these 2 poly finish videos. i feel much more confident based on your explanations as to the reason for each of your steps. helps a very UN handy person like myself have more confidence - ill be stripping my tele body tomorrow and soon following your finish steps! be well!!

[JohnAdams-xcyk]

I use Mahogany for most of my guitar bodies, so my first step is mahogany grain filler, sand than brown Mahogany stain, let this dry for at least 2 weeks it is an oil base stain, than multiple coats of 1/3 poly, 1/3 linseed oil, 1/3 mineral spirts, this creates a beautiful finish

[SamDeeksRelovedGuitars]

Thanks for this - I've just bought some minwax gloss and am going to do exactly the same as you've shown. I was also pleased to see your 'wipe off' technique as I've just discovered that this is the secret to using Tru Oil to get the finish I want. It's more about the wiping off than the wiping on if you know what I mean!

[edcaffey]

Thank you so much. Your process of applying "Wipe On Poly" creates the finish that I want on one of my guitars. I'm building a buffing wheel set simular to your now...
You are a Great inspiration.

[friedmule]

Thanks a lot for these two parts, it's the best I have ewer found!!

[elecrocity]

Thank you so much for this video. It saved my project!

[dennisapplegate]

Actually not a bad finish, I've used on maple necks with great success. It last and if needed a very easy recoat.

[g.allengordon]

Great video, Chris! Thanks for sharing your personal techniques with everyone!

[petemusgrove]

Excellent videos, Chris - I'm really enjoying the level of detail and learning a lot :)
Re nitrocellulose on maple fretboards, what product do you use please?

[alexandercalder]

great video!

A question; you removed most of the 1st coat of poly. Then you applied 4 or 5 more coats of poly. Did you remove those coats as well? Or is the 1st coat the only one that gets removed?

[PeakyBlinder]

Great video. If you have quite a dark dye stain and use an oil based sanding sealer over it, have you got any tips on not sanding through to the actual stain?.

[DB-umij]

I like to use tack cloth for poly. Goes on real smooth with no particles.