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I am basically a hobbyist. I have completed 7 steel string acoustics. My first ones were finished with Truoil or rattle cans. I got a Fuji HVLP system and used EM6000 on my last one. I don't have a buffing arbor - yet. I buffed the finish on the last one with Harbour Frieght foam attachments on my hand drill. I found that if I clamped the hand drill onto my bench vise, I could control the buffing better by moving the guitar on the buffer rather that moving the hand drill around the guitar. I think it came out quite nice...

Okay - I am finishing up the EM6000 on 2 guitars; one is a L-00 and the other is a tele. I am looking for suggestions on the buffing the inside of the cutaway on the tele (but this could also apply to a cutaway acoustic). Stew-Mac's foam buffer attachments seem pretty pricey to me... I know they have a cone-shaped one that could work pretty well. But shezzz, $12 is kinda steep, especially since in wouldn't last that long...

Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions?

Thanks,
Steve

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

Make a paddle from a piece of high density (gray) foam pipe insulation glued to scrap wood to back a terry-cloth rag with paste compound. Might want a couple of different sizes. Flat ones come in handy too. Goes real quick and the rag is into the wash instead of fighting to clean the drill thing.

What about this:
http://www.amazon.com/Mushroom-Cylinder-MANIFOLD-ALUMINUM-Stainless/dp/B005E1QEFU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1375982267&sr=8-2&keywords=foam+polishing+cone



Or this:
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Buffing-Ball-High-Speed-Polisher/dp/B003VLAFVY/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1375982360&sr=8-9&keywords=mothers+polishing+ball


Would those work?

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