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Update: DVD arrived in the mail this morning. Now that's nice and fast delivery. I'll have to spend some time this weekend watching it.

Hi Marshall,

I definitly plan on taking your FP class. Right now I'm just down the road in West Lafayette. I don't think I'll be able to make the March class (this Ph.D. thing really gobbles up time), however I should have plenty of time in the summer if the course is still available. I should also have 1 or 2 guitars ready by then.

Cheers!

John

I received my copy 2 days ago and that evening I watched it. I have done a lot of gunstock finishing using tru-oil type varnishes with a "sanding in" technique for filling. I wanted to find a process that was similar, filling pores with homogenous dust and Robbie's tutorial has sold me on the french polish for my first try. I was ready to do a modified Haselbacher "Rockhard" regimen with sanding dust.I had already spent some mindless time making walnut dust along with ebony and maple for my "oops factor." I confess though that Robbie might be making it look too easy. I have been hoping my guitars will have full but kind of dark acoustic tone and I will be finishing to suggest that same darkness in visual tone. I suppose if I'm playin' the blues and spill my whisky on it the fix would be easier or if left alone could be thought of as an honorable blues war wound. Oh, and the muneca material suggestion will give an excuse not to cut some of my old racing "T" shirts that are definitely lint free after hundreds of washings from rolling around in dirt track pits desperately trying to fix crash damage etc. Great lessons.

Mike a word of caution on the t-shirt material. Even well worn t-shirt material if cut with a straight blade sissors or torn to shape will drop stiches off the ends and inevatably fall on your work piece or wet end of the muneca. If you use t-shirt material cut the muneca squares with pinking shears. this will help avoid the drop thread lint. It also helps to sear the edges to avod this issue.

DVD arrived for me today as well...

Thanks!