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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Feb 21, 2008 22:31:41 GMT -6
Per the Builder's Gallery, we normally prime with BINS. It is shellac-based, and just about everything will stick to it. Get it in spray cans at Lowes or Home Depot. It comes out white.
What color are you going to spray?
John
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Post by andymack on Feb 23, 2008 11:09:31 GMT -6
guys I learned a couple of lessons the hard way over the last few days.
Lesson 1: I should have found a way to hang the guitar so that it doesn't touch anything when I paint it. In some of my previous posts showing the priming / painting you might have noticed that the guitar was laying down in the Saga box. This is how I was painting it - I would put the body on top of a small cardboard box and put it in the Saga box, then I painted / primed one side. After a few days I would turn it over and paint / prime the other side. Well, at some point some of the silver paint on the body stuck to the cardboard box and messed up the body in a spot about the size of dime. I have since rigged up a way to hang the body from the ceiling of my garage while painting it, so this can't happen again.
Lesson 2: DON'T EVER TOUCH THE WET PAINT. while fixing the problem from lesson 1, I screwed up and touched some of the wet paint, and I ended up pulling off some of the paint with my hand accidentally. So then I had 2 problem areas to fix.
Both of these mistakes were because of my being lazy and not hanging the guitar properly. If you're reading this and have NOT painted a guitar body yet, don't make the same mistakes as me.
anyway, I'm going to finish putting the clear on today. So next week I'll get to see her shine.
Andy
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Post by st on Feb 25, 2008 15:28:12 GMT -6
Nice to see someone building the same kit as me!
Im just about done painting mine, Im just doing a basic black paint job, wetsanding in between and Ive got about 2.5 cans of paint on her. Hopefully will start clear coat as soon as it drys. Does anyone know when to clearcoat? Does the paint have to be dry for 5 days or can it just be dry to the touch and do I have to wetsand?
what kind of clearcoat are you using ?
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Post by cknowles on Feb 25, 2008 18:06:28 GMT -6
Before clearcoating I generally wait until the paint smell is mostly gone. Then I'm pretty sure that the curing process is pretty well done.
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Post by andymack on Mar 23, 2008 15:47:51 GMT -6
it's been a while, but I finally found the time to work on the headstock. I was trying to arrange with my neighbor to use his scroll saw, but that wasn't working out. So I fired up my router and I cut it successfully. Here's the result. I will now see if I can finish it off this week. Andy
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Post by kcjewel on Mar 23, 2008 23:03:28 GMT -6
Now that looks better. Are we getting close to play day? ;D John and the crew
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Post by andymack on Mar 24, 2008 8:35:26 GMT -6
yes John. I hope so. I put some clear on the headstock last night. So in a few days, I'll polish it up (and the body as well since I haven't done that yet), and put it together. So at my pace I think by this coming weekend I'll be able to play it.
Andy
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Post by andymack on Mar 25, 2008 15:45:50 GMT -6
ok, last night I wetsanded it and man it looks horrible. I hope this will get better after buffing and polishing. I'm going to do that tonight and if it looks bad, I'll post a pic to see about getting some advice on what went wrong.
Wish me luck.
Andy
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Post by kcjewel on Mar 25, 2008 18:28:10 GMT -6
Andy, no worries as flat paint finishes are coming on strong. Win, Win either way. ;D John and the crew
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Post by andymack on Mar 27, 2008 7:38:45 GMT -6
Ok, I'm almost finished. I just need to install the tuners and put strings on. Sweet. The wiring was not clear - the instructions said there should be blue, white and black wires to connect together. But I had 2 black wires (1 from the input jack and 1 from the trem claw). I think I worked it out. I'll see tonight.
And if it ends up looking bad, I'll call myself a punk rocker and bang the crap out of it and say I meant for it to look bad.
Thanks for all the help so far.
Andy
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Mar 27, 2008 10:18:16 GMT -6
Andy...that is called making it a "relic". BTW -- you can charge somebody extra for your mistakes!
John
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Post by andymack on Mar 28, 2008 7:15:03 GMT -6
<<deleted my double post>>
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Post by andymack on Mar 28, 2008 7:15:54 GMT -6
<<ok I guess it was a triple post somehow....deleted now>>
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Post by andymack on Mar 28, 2008 7:16:50 GMT -6
ok.. here................... it............................................ is....................................... finally................................................... this pic doesn't look too bad..... in this pic, you can see that part that I'm not happy about - the paint ended up having some darker spots in some areas.....I'm guessing that this is because I painted when it was too cold outside. Maybe someone else has an opinion on what exactly went wrong. Anyway, I tuned it up (and boy do those stock tuners stink) and it sounded pretty decent while it stayed in tune. At some point, I will probably tear it apart and try to get the body color right. Would I need to sand off what I've already done? Or can I just keep putting more coats on top of what I've done? Thanks for all your help guys. Andy
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Post by shattered on Mar 28, 2008 11:32:49 GMT -6
Low temperature will cause the paint to spit out of the can unless you keep it in a tub of warm water, but it would not cause the problem you have. I think what happened is that you just have uneven coverage with the color coat. Stay 12-18" away from the body when you spray, and alternate direction with each pass (i.e. spray up and down, then left to right). This will help even out the color. You could just respray over what you have, or if you used lacquer, you could wipe it down with lacquer thinner and start over.
Good luck, and nice color choice!
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