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Re: Finish for fretless acoustic bass fingerboard

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:50 pm
by Peter Wilcox
Followup on the fingerboard. 5 coats of alternating satin finish polyurethane (because that's what I had on the shelf) and sanding, then buffing with No.7 auto polishing compound gave a nice almost transparent finish. Time will tell regarding the durability. I've strung it with flatwound strings for the time being.

Thanks for all your help and suggestions.

Re: Finish for fretless acoustic bass fingerboard

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:04 am
by David King
Peter,
That looks great. I think most polyurethane takes about a month to fully harden up.