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Stop throwing away used sandpaper rolls. Clean them!
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Stop throwing away used sandpaper rolls. Clean them!
Aerosol Guitar Finishing Course
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Aerosol Guitar Finishing Course
Paint Your Own Frankenstrat
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Paint Your Own Frankenstrat
DIY: The Right Way To Fix Your Guitar's Lacquer Finish!
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DIY: The Right Way To Fix Your Guitar's Lacquer Finish!
ColorTone Wipe-On Poly Finishing Set Instructions
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ColorTone Wipe-On Poly Finishing Set Instructions
Tips for spraying guitars with aerosol cans
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Tips for spraying guitars with aerosol cans
ColorTone Aerosol Finishing Set Instructions
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ColorTone Aerosol Finishing Set Instructions
Using ColorTone Powdered Grain Filler
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Using ColorTone Powdered Grain Filler
How to stain a Fender maple fretboard
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How to stain a Fender maple fretboard
Don't mix buffing compound
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Don't mix buffing compound
ColorTone Liquid Pigments for Waterbase Lacquer
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ColorTone Liquid Pigments for Waterbase Lacquer
ColorTone Liquid Pigments for Lacquer
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ColorTone Liquid Pigments for Lacquer
Waterslide decal to repair a guitar finish!
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Waterslide decal to repair a guitar finish!
How to finish an acoustic guitar bridge
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How to finish an acoustic guitar bridge
Using a flash coat for guitar finish touchups
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Using a flash coat for guitar finish touchups
Glossy finish using foam polishing pads
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Glossy finish using foam polishing pads
ColorTone Clear Grain Filler Instructions
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ColorTone Clear Grain Filler Instructions
Coloring new binding to match the old stuff
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Coloring new binding to match the old stuff
Visiting Frank Ford, the King of Shop Tips!
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Visiting Frank Ford, the King of Shop Tips!
Mamie Minch on guitar oxidation: instant aging
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Mamie Minch on guitar oxidation: instant aging
Michi Matsuda's gunpowder scorched guitar
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Michi Matsuda's gunpowder scorched guitar
Scraping for sharp looking binding: here's how it's done!
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Scraping for sharp looking binding: here's how it's done!
How to notch the saddles on your Les Paul
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How to notch the saddles on your Les Paul
Rare black Dan Armstrong bass: fretboard repair
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Rare black Dan Armstrong bass: fretboard repair
A shrinking pickguard cracks the guitar top!
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A shrinking pickguard cracks the guitar top!
Fixing a small chip in your guitar's finish
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Fixing a small chip in your guitar's finish
Hiding an "evil smile" peghead break with the Razor Blade Trick
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Hiding an "evil smile" peghead break with the Razor Blade Trick
Dan Erlewine's low-tech "spray booth" for a small shop
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Dan Erlewine's low-tech "spray booth" for a small shop
How to strip a modern poly guitar finish
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How to strip a modern poly guitar finish
Target Waterbase Spraying Lacquer Instructions
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Target Waterbase Spraying Lacquer Instructions
Waterbase Finishing Schedule
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Waterbase Finishing Schedule
ColorTone Aerosol Finishing Kit Instructions
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ColorTone Aerosol Finishing Kit Instructions
How Boogie Fever led to a Neck Transplant
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How Boogie Fever led to a Neck Transplant
How to match color on vintage binding repairs
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How to match color on vintage binding repairs
Using fret polishing wheels on a flex shaft
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Using fret polishing wheels on a flex shaft
Fixing a badly worn neck: super glue as both fill and finish
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Fixing a badly worn neck: super glue as both fill and finish
How to French polish for a fast finish without spraying
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How to French polish for a fast finish without spraying
Simple inlay repair on a Les Paul Triumph bass
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Simple inlay repair on a Les Paul Triumph bass
Which sandpaper to use for instrument work?
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Which sandpaper to use for instrument work?
Relic finish: faking age cracks on a 1956 Strat
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Relic finish: faking age cracks on a 1956 Strat
How to clean a guitar that REALLY needs it!
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How to clean a guitar that REALLY needs it!
Whoops! How to hide a scratch in your big brother's guitar
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Whoops! How to hide a scratch in your big brother's guitar
Making custom-colored patching filler baking soda
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Making custom-colored patching filler baking soda
Using a foam buffer in a hand drill on Junior Brown Guit-Steels®
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Using a foam buffer in a hand drill on Junior Brown Guit-Steels®
Adding color to hide glue for an invisible repair
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Adding color to hide glue for an invisible repair
How to spray a sunburst using aerosol cans
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How to spray a sunburst using aerosol cans
Polishing papers: flexible, reusable abrasives
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Polishing papers: flexible, reusable abrasives
For ebony streaks, use black fingerboard stain
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For ebony streaks, use black fingerboard stain
ColorTone Tinted Aerosol Guitar Lacquers
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ColorTone Tinted Aerosol Guitar Lacquers
Lacquer drop fill: hiding a scratch on a customer's Les Paul
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Lacquer drop fill: hiding a scratch on a customer's Les Paul
Which super glue to use: thin, medium or thick?
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Which super glue to use: thin, medium or thick?
Mixing red epoxy for cherry-finish repairs
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Mixing red epoxy for cherry-finish repairs
Give your buffer a haircut, and store it on the wall
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Give your buffer a haircut, and store it on the wall
Making new bridge pins look old on a vintage Gibson
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Making new bridge pins look old on a vintage Gibson
Super glue drop-fill: quick fix for finish chips
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Super glue drop-fill: quick fix for finish chips
StewMac Guitar Buffer
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StewMac Guitar Buffer
Nitrocellulose Finishing Schedule
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Nitrocellulose Finishing Schedule
How to Hold a Spray Gun
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How to Hold a Spray Gun
How and why to mix fresh shellac
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How and why to mix fresh shellac
Spray Guns: Getting Started
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Spray Guns: Getting Started
Finishing a Blue Guitar, PRS-style binding
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Finishing a Blue Guitar, PRS-style binding
Finishing a Blue Guitar, Sealer and scuff-sand
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Finishing a Blue Guitar, Sealer and scuff-sand
Wet-sand before buffing
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Wet-sand before buffing
ColorTone Polishing Compound Instructions
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ColorTone Polishing Compound Instructions
ColorTone Waterbase Sanding Sealer Instructions
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ColorTone Waterbase Sanding Sealer Instructions
ColorTone Waterbase Retarder Instructions
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ColorTone Waterbase Retarder Instructions
ColorTone Liquid Stain Instructions
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ColorTone Liquid Stain Instructions
ColorTone Waterbase Lacquer Instructions
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ColorTone Waterbase Lacquer Instructions
Buffer Base Plan
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Buffer Base Plan
ColorTone Aerosol Guitar Lacquers
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ColorTone Aerosol Guitar Lacquers
Finishing a Blue Guitar, Topcoats and touchup
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Finishing a Blue Guitar, Topcoats and touchup
Finishing a Blue Guitar
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Finishing a Blue Guitar
ColorTone Fretboard Finishing Oil Instructions
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ColorTone Fretboard Finishing Oil Instructions
Finishing a Blue Guitar, Wood preparation
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Finishing a Blue Guitar, Wood preparation
Finishing a Blue Guitar, Final sanding and rubbing out
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Finishing a Blue Guitar, Final sanding and rubbing out
Finishing a Blue Guitar, Staining the guitar
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Finishing a Blue Guitar, Staining the guitar
Micro Finishing Papers
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Micro Finishing Papers