Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm......... That looks sweet there Woks!
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm......... That looks sweet there Woks!
got about 5th coat of clear, the photos don't really show the gloss although it isn't as glossy as I'd like so couple more coats should be enough, then a nice polish
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looks ice cold...
Hopefully the last clear coat and a few days curing will give it a polish
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Looks awesome Wokka. How's the edge around the stars? Were you able to completely cover the boundary between additional paint coats in clear for that ultra-flat mirror finish?
cheers,
Gavin.
Hi Gav,
I had a bit of a blowout on the weekend, applied a clear coat when the body was too hot (was 33 degrees ambient and probably hotter in the workshop) and the clear bubbled/cracked in parts. I was hoping this was going to be the last coat of clear. Sanded it down wet and dry for about 2 hours and there's still more sanding to get the cracked clear out. I'll have another crack at it soon, but my LP-1 kit arrived yesterday so I'll probably start that !
The clear was fairly smooth and was getting flat around the white stars.
Hey Wokka, What kind of clear are you using? I use Polyurethane clears all the time and even 40 degrees wouldn't crack the surface but, too much clear would. For auto painting a thick coat of anything would not be ideal as it is too brittle and has no flex. For what I paint (and guitars wouldn't be vastly different) I never go above 3 coats of clear in one session and then, next day or two, sand smooth and give it 1 or 2 more coats (depending on how glass like the first coat is).
Hey Johnny, thanks for your advice, I sprayed about 6 or 7 light coats of automotive acrylic clear (at least 24 hours between coats) but I gave the body light steel wool coats in between. In hindsight I should have wet and dry'd in between coats. I ran out of the automotive clear so put 2 coats of a cheaper poly spray can (can't remember the brand or details) and the 1st coat went on fine but the second coat cracked. Any ideas ?
oooo.. I think that is most likely the failure right there. Some kind of reaction when mixing formulas; using two different companies paint system (one was acrylic and the other poly) has had BAD results more than enough times to warrant taking a chance on it. One system has rapidly shrunk the other causing it to split.
Totally agree Johnny...using 2 differing paint types (acrylic then poly), 2 different drying rates = problems.