Beautiful. Hard to imagine it is the same guitar! Well done.
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Beautiful. Hard to imagine it is the same guitar! Well done.
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Nicely done. Talk about turning lemons into lemonade. She's looking beautiful.
So, it might just work?!?!
It is certainly not exactly the way I imagined it to look, but it's not too shabby. After all the sanding back etc I did manage to lose the black around the edges, but I am lucky to have managed what I have after the disaster of laying way too much dye in the first place.
The binding isn't great, as it ended up with red stain on it in parts. I might be able to fix some of it if i'm lucky?
https://i.imgur.com/yRzKKhI.jpg
The photo was taken today after the last coats laid about 24 hours before.
I now have a question for the experts out there......
I have lost count of how many clear nitro coats I have on the top. I have got to the stage where it is now nice and flat, smooth and a sheen. I have at least 6 medium passes on it and I have only sanded it back lightly twice. Also, I have quite a few dust layers of sanding sealer on there as well. I still have a few coats left in the can, but I am tempted to wait a week and start the wet sand and polish process. None of the coats I would consider as heavy coats. this last session was laid in two coats 40mins apart after a very light 400grit dry sand to flatten the surface and it worked.
How many clear coats would you normally expect to lay on a guitar?
Chris
Chris, I would PM Phrozin if no-one gets back to you on your Nitro question. I haven't used Nitro in ages
Thanks Andy.
I really love that color! Well done job sir :)
Andy have talk to Chris hes on the right track, will look pretty good when hes finished....Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy40
Thanks Phroz
Oh, man. Now you've got me scared. I'm about to start an MM1 build shortly (my first), and finish is what I've been most worried about. I've got some keda dyes that I plan to work with, and hadn't decided yet if I was going to do a Tru-Oil or rattle can clearcoat.
Glad it worked out, even if it wasn't exactly what you wanted. I've got a small pile of scrap wood to work with before I start in on the guitar, but I'm definitely taking some learnings from this.
Hey there Chris, I used Nitro on my GR-1SF, and from memory I did about 6-8 coats of clear. If you can wait longer for the final rub down you'll end up with a better finish. 1 week at a minimum. 28 days best.