Hi stan, Good question. As it was my first build I botched the nitro job. I love the colour but disliked the finish. It was bumpy, weak (as nitro is) and not very glossy.
I had good results of tru oil on my LP-1SS and used the layers to smooth out the bumpiness of the spalted maple and gave it a flat smooth glossy finish.
Don't get me wrong, it took the better part of 4 - 5 months.
Though i could replicate that here.
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Pabs was right...Tru oil...no good...botched it up
I tried to fix it with poly.....stuffed that too...
Ended up burning right through into the nitro colour....
Damn, oh well time to sand down and a re-paint (going acrylic this time using Phrozin's suggestion from supercheap)
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oh man, nothing hurts like having to refinish - i know your pain
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Thanks Stan. I was really quite sad, especially how much i shelled out for the nitro (wont be doing that again).Originally Posted by stan
but then I started to get really excited about the new colour!
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bummer Andy. I'm glad you can see a bright side about the new colour.
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bummer Andy, been there done that many times. Oh well a lesson learnt the hard way. New auto paints should come up nice
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Hey Andy,
What kind of acrylic paints did you get from Supercheap?
I guess white is the primer, blue the colour, and then a clear top coat. What kind of primer did you get?
They don't really mention spraying on wood on their product description! :-)
Cheers
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Pabs was right...Tru oil...no good...botched it up
I tried to fix it with poly.....stuffed that too...
Ended up burning right through into the nitro colour....
Damn, oh well time to sand down and a re-paint (going acrylic this time using Phrozin's suggestion from supercheap)
If it's any consolation, I'm going to be doing some re-finishing work on my Gold Standard Strat this fortnight cause the finish I had on it can be easily scratched-off with a fingernail, I'm going with my original plan of spray-painting the body a solid gold colour, then clear-coat it with White Knight Clear Gloss Lacquer, feel free to check out the updates I posted in the thread mate.
In the words of Elton John (almost)...I'm still sandin' yeah yeah yeah!
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