I love the way the gios turned out. the traditional rims just puts the iceing on the cake for me. i love the look and feel of traditional rims myself. I'm currently working on an old matador quinto and I'd like mine to turn out like yours if possible...I'm just thinking of keeping them the blonde wood color though.
So tell me...
1) How did you sand them down (what grit did you finally use and did you hand sand or use a orbital sander...)
2) What stain did you use and how many coats?
3) What varnish? -thats some nice gloss shine on those bad boys...
4) Did you buff them for that smooth furniture finish?