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Old 01-10-2020, 09:14 PM
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I'd like to make a suggestion: on an acoustic guitar, I'd recommend that you at least seal the top with shellac before the oil. The reason for this is that PolyOil is thin and will penetrate a softwood like spruce or cedar and in doing so, can dampen its responsiveness. The shellac will prevent penetration.


Good idea. In my case I had a lot of grain filler on it that worked like shellac.
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Old 01-11-2020, 10:45 AM
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I'd like to make a suggestion: on an acoustic guitar, I'd recommend that you at least seal the top with shellac before the oil. The reason for this is that PolyOil is thin and will penetrate a softwood like spruce or cedar and in doing so, can dampen its responsiveness. The shellac will prevent penetration.
Wipe on poly is not an oil, it does not soak in any more than any other finish from my experience.
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Old 01-11-2020, 11:07 AM
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Good idea. In my case I had a lot of grain filler on it that worked like shellac.
You shouldn't need to fill closed-pore woods like spruce, cedar, redwood ... Rosettes, on the other hand...

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Wipe on poly is not an oil, it does not soak in any more than any other finish from my experience.
As you state, wipe on poly is a surface finish, rather than a penetrating one. The Minwax version does have a pretty strong smell that lingers as the solvents evaporate. Good ventilation is required.
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Old 01-11-2020, 01:55 PM
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You shouldn't need to fill closed-pore woods like spruce, cedar, redwood ... Rosettes, on the other hand...



As you state, wipe on poly is a surface finish, rather than a penetrating one. The Minwax version does have a pretty strong smell that lingers as the solvents evaporate. Good ventilation is required.
It’s a mahogany top.
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Old 01-11-2020, 02:00 PM
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It’s a mahogany top.
Ah, sorry. Short memory.
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Old 01-11-2020, 02:10 PM
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I still use zpoxy on maple tops. Makes the grain pop. This is a CS 356 I am making. I usually have 4-5 guitars going at one time, work on one then switch to another when I feel like it.
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