Dad knows best . . .

I think I might be getting a head of me sel a bit. . .

The kit hasn't arrived yet but Ive already started to buy varnish, which I think I may have panic bought in error. I was at B+Q with me Da, we were looking for Bee's wax for his new doors and I saw the varnish section, which was the start of me downfall.

Ive thought a lot about how Im going to colour the body, which I'll post about later and hopefully come up with a plan of action. I saw some Ronseal varnish, medium oak, gloss finish. They had on display loads of strips of wood that had been coloured with the different varnishes and the medium oak was very similar to the butterscotch colour Im after. Me Da reckons it'll be fine to varnish it, after all it's just a piece of wood and should be treated like wood.

He's got some experience of making his own furniture (from scratch, not some lame kit) and he used some nice oak and waxed it and the finish looks mint.

So then I thought I'll just wax it and get the nice finish me Da got but I dont want that rubbery feel you get with wax. Then me Dad said to varnish it as you normally varnish wood and it looks good and you get a tough durable finish so as Dads know best I bought it, its not going to brake the bank like, but I should have waited. The excitement is starting to kick in, I hope I dont rush in and end up having to start again like some little child that cant wait to play with his new toy and ends up braking it.

Looking online at others guitar builds, every one has painted theirs differently, there's not a standard way of colouring a guitar body, people have used sanding sealers, primers, spray paint, polyurethane, rubbing compound and lacquer. . .

. . . no mention of varnish.