It's been a month since I've posted? Crazy man. Time sure flies. Well I've put 2 more coats on the violin and looks like that may do it. I love the color. And it is more transparent than the Montagnana I made that is Venetian red (well he was from Venice!). Thank you Joe! If you're thinking of getting some violin varnish check him out first http://www.violinvarnish.com/. Speaking of varnish...I did cook some up today that I'm only going to use as a ground. I say that after recommending Joe? Well...I've had the stuff sitting there.....been cleaning things out....figured I'd cook some up and throw all the varnish junk away. The first part worked good. Poured more than half of it into a jar. Planned on thinning the rest out to use like thinned varnish.
Didn't work. The nice varnish turned into a gooey glob of gunk in turpentine. Should have just made it all thick. The varnish is very clear, like Joes. It's very thick, likes Joes. Dries in maybe a month, NOT LIKE Joes. His dries in one day of sunshine. Plus you can get Joe's in colors! I need to order the strings. Think I said that a month ago. And I still need to turn a button on the lathe. Besides putting the varnish on I have cleaned out a lot of junk out of my boxes downstairs. I want to get the stuff down so I only have one box of tools, one drawer of plans, and one cabinet of molds and patterns. Getting there. Now I can throw away the varnish paraphernalia.
