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I have been a Los Angeles City firefighter for 20 years. I work in the Glassell Park section of Los Angeles. In 1985-1986 I worked for Charvel/Jackson in Glendora, California. It was a great experience, regardless of it being just a $5.00 an hour job. I worked in the wood shop and did the inlaying and fretting. I did get to see Neal Schon, from Journey, in one of his videos use a guitar I worked on and fretted. That was over 23 years ago. I was watching MTV with my cousin when I saw the guitar. I said, "Jim, look, I made that guitar." "And how much did they pay you...?" he asked. "Five dollar an hour" I told him. "Five dollars?...that's it?" Then he changed the channel. Making only $5.00 per hour puts things into perspective. But it still was fun. Now, it's just simple tools and equipment. It ain't perfect, but it is fun.

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Sanding the epoxy.


I sanded the epoxy today. I like the way it dried and sanded. The low spots showed up as shiny spots. Easy to find. Instead of going further with the sanding, I will fill the low spots with more epoxy. I had some sand-throughs so it probably went on thinner than I thought. Those spots were on the neutral mahogany and not the stained maple. There were also spots where I did not get any epoxy on. I need to find a good cleaner for the dust. Denatured alcohol, although a good cleaner for tools after using the epoxy, made the finish foggy. I might try naptha for a cleaner. I will give it another coat of epoxy on the bare and low spots. I first sanded with a cork-backed block with 320. It cut nice, but was a bit fast. 400 paper was way too slow. I will use 320, but softly.

posted by Mike Perez | 7:36 PM

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