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So, sanded a body today... Cort G254 guitar, got a neck and body cheap and liked the shape.
Plan was to sand off the paint to the sealer and primer/paint.
When I got the black paint off, I used some water on a cloth and wiped it down to see if I could see the wood grain, and looked promising. Could see grain and a nice reddish colour. There were a few chips that broke off the guitar, underneath was also reddish. Thought maybe was that Philippine Mahogany / Meranti wood, which some Cort's are made of. Also read that some are ash, alder, basswood... pretty hit/miss.
I was going to paint it a reddish bronze colour, and liked the red I saw so far so, decided to sand it down... took almost 2h with 40-grit on an orbital sander... got to wood and almost seemed that between the wood and poly (?) layer, was a think layer of reddish 'something'. Not paint, it came off fast. But took all that work to get the front done only. Only got the black off the back, nothing on the sides.
Anyways. very pale wood. Not sure if I should re-poly and go back to my original paint plan. In which case, where do you get poly that goes on that thick?
or... sand it all off and stain/oil it? I'm not sure how to get that reddish colour... never used stains or oils before but would like to, I liked wood grain and semi gloss finishes.
Any idea what the wood is? or what I would need to do to get that red mahogany colour back? Must be possible... it was red before sanded. Some of this same model originally came in a satin red woodgrain. I'd love to try something with a stain and maybe tung or danish oil.
Plan was to sand off the paint to the sealer and primer/paint.
When I got the black paint off, I used some water on a cloth and wiped it down to see if I could see the wood grain, and looked promising. Could see grain and a nice reddish colour. There were a few chips that broke off the guitar, underneath was also reddish. Thought maybe was that Philippine Mahogany / Meranti wood, which some Cort's are made of. Also read that some are ash, alder, basswood... pretty hit/miss.
I was going to paint it a reddish bronze colour, and liked the red I saw so far so, decided to sand it down... took almost 2h with 40-grit on an orbital sander... got to wood and almost seemed that between the wood and poly (?) layer, was a think layer of reddish 'something'. Not paint, it came off fast. But took all that work to get the front done only. Only got the black off the back, nothing on the sides.
Anyways. very pale wood. Not sure if I should re-poly and go back to my original paint plan. In which case, where do you get poly that goes on that thick?
or... sand it all off and stain/oil it? I'm not sure how to get that reddish colour... never used stains or oils before but would like to, I liked wood grain and semi gloss finishes.
Any idea what the wood is? or what I would need to do to get that red mahogany colour back? Must be possible... it was red before sanded. Some of this same model originally came in a satin red woodgrain. I'd love to try something with a stain and maybe tung or danish oil.

