Posted by aarts on 28-07-2012 23:56
#4
Yesterday I have disassembled the Energy 5, sanded it and refinished it ones
Before disassembling:
![home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/03.jpg](http://home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/03.jpg)
After disassembling you can see this project is no luxury.:
![home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish1.jpg](http://home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish1.jpg)
First I sanded it with sandpaper grid 80, then with 180, then with 400 en finally I polished it with extra fine steel wool.
![home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish2.jpg](http://home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish2.jpg)
Then I bought polyurethaan glue from Bison:
![www.bison.nl/static/resized/products/assets/asset_9235_4.gif.270x330_q95_autocrop.png](http://www.bison.nl/static/resized/products/assets/asset_9235_4.gif.270x330_q95_autocrop.png)
I rubbed the body with a polishing cloth firmly with this glue to achieve a matte finish. However its turned out darker than I wished I'm very pleased with the result:
![home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish3.jpg](http://home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish3.jpg)
Today I'm going to treat it again. This glue is a real brilliant idea I heart from a dutch bass builder and its very easy to process (first tried it on a loose piece of wood):
![home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish4.jpg](http://home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish4.jpg)
Treated the fingerboard with good ol' WD-40 (advice from the Status website). I use this stuff for lubricating and polish all kind of parts on my motorbike
![home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish5.jpg](http://home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish5.jpg)
Some shots of the Energy after reassembling:
![home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish7.jpg](http://home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish7.jpg)
a little close up:
![home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish8.jpg](http://home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish8.jpg)
a look at the backside:
![home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish9.jpg](http://home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish9.jpg)
And then finally with the logo wich was produced by 123sticker.nl :
![home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish11.jpg](http://home.solcon.nl/aart.saly/images/Energy/Finish11.jpg)
A good example of the ease of this type of finish: while assembling I made a 1.5 inch scratch on the front of the body. I sanded it with 180, 400 and steel wool and I rubbed it with the Bison glue partially. The next day I polished it partially with the steel wool and, voila no-one can tell where the scratch was located....
![Grin](images/smiley/grin.svg)
Edited by aarts on 06-08-2012 19:01