Very, very nice Doc.
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Very, very nice Doc.
Dayam Doc, this is going to be worth the wait!
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Originally Posted by Andy40
I'll say.....the rainy weather seems to have eased off a bit so depending on how the weather is tomorrow, I might go ahead and spray a new coat of paint on the body.
The weather seems to have dried up a bit today, so I might just give the body another 24 hours of drying time and see if the weather is still dry tomorrow, if so, then I'll go ahead with the application of a new coat of Gold paint on the body.
That gold has come up a treat Doc.
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Originally Posted by vh2580
Cheers, I'm not actually sure what I did this time round, but whatever I did it seems to have been the right thing to do, maybe I simply gave the paint the time it needed to dry out properly....my theory anyway, I have tried to be a lot more patient with it though.
Love your work Doc this is looking great. As I've discovered a good spray paint job comes from prep, time, patience, more time, patience and so on ad infinitum. And, I've never paid so much attention to humidity levels lol
Update:
Okay, I've just gone and sprayed the second-last coat of Gold paint on the body of the guitar, I can't see any paint-runs or any other obvious issues so all I need to do now is just leave it alone and let it dry, now that I'm this close to the finishing-line I really don't want to stuff things up and have to start all over again, in the meantime, I can order the new pickups and bridge, etc so that I have everything I need when it comes to the final assembly of the guitar, might also do something about getting the headstock decal sorted too while I'm at it.
There's not really much point in me taking pics of the guitar body as it is cause it practically looks the same as per the previous two pics, but, I may post a couple later on anyway, will definitely post pics of the guitar after it's final assembly, setup, and tune-up though.
Update:
I changed my mind and decided to take a couple of pics of the body after letting the paint dry for some time, so here we go:
The front:
Attachment 18776
And the back:
Attachment 18777
I'm thinking that it only needs one more coat of Gold paint and then it's ready for clear coating, I'm not going to worry about sanding it smooth because the paint has a texture on it that I quite like, it almost looks like the body was made by pouring molten gold into a sand mould.
At least there aren't any pesky paint runs this time round.
I'm thinking of going ahead with spraying the final coat of Gold paint on the Gold Strat body today, after it has had enough time to dry I will be starting the spraying of clear coats.
I'm going to be taking a trip to my local Big Green Shed today to buy some 8mm Oak Doweling to plug up an 8mm hole in the back of the neck heel of the maple neck I'm going to be using for this build project, I had to drill out the hole oversized because the 6mm plug I had glued in it before came out, it's a bit of a long story so I won't go into it here though.
I'm also going to go ahead and order the new pickups, and a few other things from Realtone Music today, I'm getting very close to the finishing line with this build project.
Update:
Finally got the new pickups and some bits of hardware ordered from Realtone Music, they didn't have any Gold scratchplate screws in stock so I've ordered 30 of them from Stewmac, hopefully they'll arrive within a fortnight's time.
Update:
Just got back from visiting the Big Green Shed about an hour ago, they happened to have some 8mm Oak Dowelling in stock so I bought a 1.2M length of it along with a set of needle files, some new Stanley-Knife blades, a Craft Exacto Knife, and a new 1M Steel Ruler, I also popped into Jaycar Electronics across the road to buy myself a new soldering stand with a Led illuminated magnifier.
The new 1M steel ruler is going to come in handy for checking the alignment of the maple Strat neck with the body, and also for roughing-in the individual string-intonation, I've got two other steel rulers, one is 300mm long and the other one is 600mm long.
Update 2:
Just finished spraying the final coat of Gold paint on the Gold Strat body, all I need to do now is wait till it has dried and then it'll be ready for clear-coating.
Now you can measure the length of the 600mm ruler with the 1m ruler. ;)
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Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Hahahaha....but then that would confuse me, and we all know very well how easily confused I can be...lol.
Look, kittens! :D
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Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Hahahaha....*Looks frantically round the round room, expecting to find a corner, and is perplexed as to why there aren't any*....Where?...where?....I don't see no kittens....lol....*wonders why he just started calling corners "kittens"....and stops and thinks long and hard*....errrr....um.....ahhhhh....ehhhh....etc... etc...etc...
Look, puppies! :)
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Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Where?...where?....*looks around the room again*....don't see no puppies either, now I'm really confuselated...*chucks it in the "Too Hard" basket along with trying to work out whether he's a kid or not*....hahahaha.
Look, kittens and puppies! ;)
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Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Awwww....geez, not only am I confuselated I'm also discombobulated as well....is there hope for me yet?....hahahaha.
Hope your weekend's going well mate.
Now, on a more serious note, I'm going to do some experimenting today with the two different cans of clear coat that I have to see which one is going to give me the best results, this will involve spray painting a piece of scrap wood with the gold paint and then when it's dry enough, half of it will be clear coated with one can and the other half with the other can, whichever can gives me the best results will be the one I use on the body.
Update:
I've just started the experiment with the two cans of clear coat, the scrap piece of wood has been sprayed with Gold paint and I'm going to wait till it has dried before continuing on with the experiment.
Look, a gold guitar! :D
Remember that it's not the initial look that you should consider (unless you get a reaction and blisters), but the look when it's been flattened back and polished. Which to test properly is going to take a couple of weeks drying time.
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Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Actually it's a Dolg Ratiug...not sure what a Dolg Ratiug does, or what it's used for, but it must do something, maybe it's a Lacisum Tnemurtsni of some sort....*wonders why the computer keyboard went a bit weird*....*scratches head thoughtfully while looking at the monitor in disbelief*....now, not only am I confused, but my computer's getting confused too....lol.
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Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Good point, I was mostly interested in seeing if any of the two cans of clear coat would react with the gold paint,I haven't sprayed any clear coat on the scrap piece of wood yet, so I'm going to let the scrap piece of wood dry overnight and continue the experiment in the morning.
I've got a Gordon-Smith hardtail Strat-style body I need to touch up some knocks on, and will probably spray the edges dark brown to help cover up a mixture of damage and a really bad factory spray job. There were big blobs of sunburst paint on teh edged that hadn't been smoothed down under the clear coat and you could see visible lumps! Rubbing back worked in some areas but in others the blobs came away revealing the under-finish. So plan to use a darker solid colour scray to cover them up with - plus it will increase the sunburst effect, which is a bit weak as it stands.
But I need to find out what it was finished with. It could be nitro as the finish isn't that hard. So will be testing for any reaction with nitro paint a bit later with the paint in the control cavity. If it does, then it's probably polyurethane, so will have to try and find some suitable sprays.
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Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Sounds like an interesting project, I seem to remember hearing some good things about those Gordon-Smith Strats, I think Fender used Nitro finishes on some of the Strats they built in their factory, but I could be wrong.
Can't wait to hear what my Gold strat will sound like with the new white Kent Armstrong Dual-Blade pickups, particularly the Bridge position sound, I know that they do sound good in the neck and middle positions.
Update:
I've just finished doing the little experiment with the scrap piece of wood and the two cans of Clear Coat, I've only sprayed one coat from each can on there respective halves of the scrap piece of wood and got some interesting results, the actual differences are very slight, with the Clear Rust Guard half looking a bit shinier than the other half with Clear Acrylic on it, which looks slightly hazy, I didn't notice any adverse reactions to the Gold paint with either of the two Clear Coats, so, I'm going to go ahead and go with Wokka's recommendation of using White Knight Clear Rust Guard to Clear Coat the Gold Strat Body, furthermore, the Gold Paint on the body appears to have dried fully so I'm going to go ahead with Clear Coating the body today, will post pics after spraying the first coat so you can see what it looks like.
Will also post a pic of the scrap piece of wood too.....stay tuned.
Okay, here's a pic of the scrap of wood I used for the experiment, the left-half has Clear Acrylic on it, and the Right-half has the Rust Guard on it, hopefully you can see the slight differences:
Attachment 18910
Okay here are a couple of pics of the guitar body with it's first coat of clear coat on it, to my eyes the Clear Coating doesn't seem to have dulled the shine of the paint much, so I'm pretty happy with the result I got, the surface texture is far from being smooth but that's not really an issue because I'm not really aiming to create a mirror-smooth finish on the guitar body, it's going to end up with scratches and dings in it anyway, so I'm aiming for a more functional finish that's really only there to stop the wood from discolouring from dirt and sweat, etc, besides this guitar is meant to be played:
Anyway......here we go, first the front:
Attachment 18911
And the back:
Attachment 18912
Looking nice Doc, is that a ding or a run on the top side of the neck pup? I'm sure it will come out great
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Originally Posted by stan
It's probably because I wasn't able to sand it perfectly flat, but, as it's going to be hidden by the scratchplate, I'm really not going to worry about it, I just tried putting the scratchplate in it's place on the body and that imperfection near the neck pup route is virtually un-noticeable.
The good news is that, since there's a coat of Clear Coat on the body, I don't have to worry about the paint tarnishing from fingerprints anymore cause it's protected by the Clear Coat.
There's an interesting side-effect, caused by the paint not being flat, it has a sort-of "Orange-Peel" texture to it (from the individual paint-droplets), but, with the Clear Coating on it, it gives it a kind of speckled effect that I am actually liking a lot, so, rather than try to smooth it all out, I'm going to go with it, gives it some character in a weird way, I guess that's the essence of the Japanese philosophy of Wabi Sabi, seeing the beauty in imperfections.
Update:
Just sprayed a second coat of Clear Coat on the body, I'm going to leave it alone for the time being and maybe do another two coats tomorrow.
Hi Doc, loving that gold colour.
As you add more clear coats maybe they will flatten out some of the imperfections?
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Originally Posted by wazkelly
Cheers mate, I'm loving the Gold colour too, it probably will smooth out as I add more coats, if it does then that'll be a bonus, but I'm going to stay open-minded about it and just let it do what it wants to rather than try to control it.
Update:
I just sprayed a third coat of clear coat on the Gold Strat body, and have left it outside on my balcony where I've hung it up to dry-out on my clothesline, things are starting to really move along with this build project, I might do another three coats before I call it finished and ready for final assembly/setup/tune-up/playing.
Where's the photos Doc??!!!
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Originally Posted by Zandit75
Haha....give us a sec and I'll post a couple then mate:
Front:
Attachment 18963
And Back:
Attachment 18964
Well done! Now, every time you post an update, you must post a photo!!!
New rules!!:cool:
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Originally Posted by Zandit75
Hahahahaha.....I'm guessing that if I don't, then I earn myself another long spell in the naughty warehouse as punishment....hahahaha.
Nope, it's just another day that you have to spend in Tassie when you happen to visit!!
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Originally Posted by Zandit75
I see, that actually sounds like it would be a cool thing to do, I've never traveled anywhere outside of Australia.
I think you mean, you haven't left the mainland!! Tassie is still part of Australia you know!!!
As much as we keep saying, we're not related to you guys, we need the money!!
It's a lot further away from Australia than France is from the UK, yet that is very much 'abroad'.
Yeah. That's a weird case you have there. Different languages, soon to be different currency....again, different customs etc.
The quickest way to the mainland for us is by plane, which is normally about 45mins. Overnight on the Ferry if you have to take your car with you.
300+kms doesn't help things!