Dream Catcher LP

pics please Brian

Hi all,

Here are a quick couple pics I took of the body after the third light spray of clear. Sorry for the bad lighting but I have to get some new bulbs for my stand light.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...ear-coat-3.jpg
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...ear-coat-3.jpg

Well I might have messed up the finish a bit on the back. I found a bit of a run so I thought I would be smart. I let it dry then used some 800 grit wet paper and wet it down and tried to gently sand out the drip. Problem is now it's dry and the area is really noticeable now, not shiny at all. How do I fix it? Will it just buff out when I cut and polish the back? Should I put another light coat of clear on it? Will the scratches show through? Should I do both, polish the area then put some more clear on it? I'm kinda lost with this. I don't want to mess it up any more than I have.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...308_190620.jpg
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...308_190547.jpg
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...308_190523.jpg

I'll let the spray painting experts handle this one, but me thinks it has a lot to do with the paint not being cured that has produced the disaster. I'd be guessing that you may have to do a wet sand and/or steel wool application to get the surface nicely level again and then do another coat to get the colour consistency right throughout if you breached into the colour layers. Only then should you proceed to the clear coats.

I just took a close up look and it appears that I didn't penetrate the colour layers. I think it's just the top layer of clear. I think you may be right about the curing though.

A further light sand with 1500 should improve it, then the cut and polish should give you the shine. The thing I look out for is getting colour on the paper during wet sand. If you can see blue on the paper, you've gone through the clear coats.

My last spray job, I did get colour on the paper, but only a small tad so continued to the cut and polish and it came up fine and consistent shine (it did have quite a few layers of colour over the primer).

Cheers

Darren

Ok lets see what we can do.
If you have not penetrated the paint underneath then there is no problems. First before you apply another coat make sure you rub the whole back of guitar down lightly with say a 400 grit and then give it another coat of clear and all should be well. Nice colours by the way.

Thanks for the advice guys, I was getting worried that I mucked it up. I'm not real experienced with spray painting. I will keep you updated as to the fix.

Cheers,
Brian

Hi all,

Does anybody have some suggestions on clamping the neck down to cut the headstock design? I have been looking at it on and off all afternoon and can't come up with a way to do it without damaging the neck in some way.

Thanks,
Brian

Hi Brian,
I usually clamp to one end of a saw horse. Something that's not very wide is ideal as the headstock sits flat and the neck heel sits off the edge.

Cheers,
Gav