New Woody

[belwar]

My woodies have round overs along the edges

This is not the time or place for this kind of discussion.

[LtKojak]

This is not the time or place for this kind of discussion.

I was wondering why it didn't come up sooner...

[David King]

I take back my "rub" comment.

[automan]

giggedy

[David Schwab]

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

If anyone says anything about "hot output", I think I'll be sick........

[flyneye]

Diamondkote varathane by rustoleum, meant for floors,water based urethane, dries quick, tough enough I use it on fretless fingerboards for near 0 wear in a decade. It sprays nicely through an airbrush, builds pretty well and I can do 4 coats an evening after work with wetsanding in between.
Miracle paint as far as I'm concerned.

[David Schwab]

I used Varathane urethane on a maple fretless fingerboard back in the 80's. It showed no wear after a few years of playing with roundwounds and using a Kahler bass wammy bar. Good stuff.

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

Kahler bass whammy on a fretless? Where's my rolled up newspaper? No, bad... don't do that again.

[David Schwab]

Kahler bass whammy on a fretless?

The story behind that was I had been playing Rickenbacker basses, and did this thing where I would hit some harmonics, reach over to the headstock with my left hand, and bend the neck!

I couldn't do that with the P bass style neck so.... the wammy bar! It was great for doing dive bombs on the open E string too.

[automan]

I used Varathane urethane on a maple fretless fingerboard back in the 80's. It showed no wear after a few years of playing with roundwounds and using a Kahler bass wammy bar. Good stuff.

Did you have a problem with raising grain using a water based finish? I know I can dampen / sand / dampen / sand etc until I get no more grain raising, but at that point, I might as well continue like I am.

[David Schwab]

Did you have a problem with raising grain using a water based finish? I know I can dampen / sand / dampen / sand etc until I get no more grain raising, but at that point, I might as well continue like I am.

It wasn't water based. I don't use water based finishes. I tried some once and didn't like them. Also it was a maple fingerboard.

[David King]

I put some diamond coat Varathane waterborne finish on my floors and it didn't hold up too well but it was the cheapest by far at $44/gallon. I don't suppose it's that stuff you're talking about. I re-did everything in Scanvar 2000 which was better but I've heard that Bonakemi Traffic is the absolute toughest of the wb finishes. It's jam packed with mineral so looks a bit milky.

[David Schwab]

New Woody

Since no one's done it yet...

I got a new Woody... a TALKING Woody.