DrNomis_44's Gold Standard STA-1M Build.

[andrewdosborne]

Yes good advise. I invested in a mask that can also take a filter for chemical vapour. Great investment. Something like this..

https://www.bunnings.com.au/protecto...rator_p5820146


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[FrankenWashie]

Yes good advise. I invested in a mask that can also take a filter for chemical vapour. Great investment. Something like this..

https://www.bunnings.com.au/protecto...rator_p5820146


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Yep thats the sort of thing, i have the dual filter version with P2 cartridges in it. Best part is I can get the cartridges through work for Nada.

[DrNomis_44]

Thing is, I should already know about using safety gear when working on stuff from my days as an apprentice Fitter and Machinist, and what they taught me at Tech.

[DrNomis_44]

Update:


I gave the Gold Strat body a decent sanding-down last night and managed to get the majority of the paint off it, there are still some traces of white undercoat on the body which I haven't been able to remove by sanding the body by hand, so, I think I'm definitely going to have to hit it with an Orbital Sander which I'll buy on Tuesday next week, I've left the body routes "as is" because once the Scratchplate and Trem-Spring Route-Cover are in place, you can't see into the Routes, so it doesn't really make sense to apply Timbermate to the insides of the Body Routes, I really only need to Timbermate the surface of the Gold Strat body where the grain-pattern is most visible, here's what the body looks like now:

[wokkaboy]

good effort to sand that off by hand Doc, you must have sore arms. Have a good look at the primer coat pics and you will see on the back below the neck plate the areas where grain is still visible. Try and grain fill all the open grain areas. Don't worry about anything under the pickguard

[DrNomis_44]

good effort to sand that off by hand Doc, you must have sore arms. Have a good look at the primer coat pics and you will see on the back below the neck plate the areas where grain is still visible. Try and grain fill all the open grain areas. Don't worry about anything under the pickguard

Hahahaha....yep, my right arm is still slightly sore from all the sanding I did last night, but hey as the saying goes no pain, no gain...lol, incidentally, I found out that those coarse steel-wool scouring-pads, that are used in washing dishes, make quite effective paint-removers, don't worry, using one of those didn't affect the surface of the body much, it just speeded-up the paint-removal, there's a good tip for those who want to finish guitar-bodies with spray cans, make sure you have a couple of coarse steel-wool dishwashing scouring-pads on hand, use them dry, and they will help to speed-up the paint removal process.


Cheers, will make sure I cover that area with the Timbermate, but I think I'll go the whole hog and also cover the rest of the body too, I can then sand it back flat, what grades of sandpaper do you reckon I should sand the Timbermate back to, to get a nice flat surface all over?, I have some 180 Grit, some 240 Grit, some 320 Grit, some 400 Grit, and some 800 Grit.

[wokkaboy]

Hey Doc I would sand the bulk of TM off with 240 grit then as most of it is off go to 320 grit and higher grits.
It's worth pre-sanding the body to 240 grit before the TM goes on otherwise you risk sanding it out.

[DrNomis_44]

Hey Doc I would sand the bulk of TM off with 240 grit then as most of it is off go to 320 grit and higher grits.
It's worth pre-sanding the body to 240 grit before the TM goes on otherwise you risk sanding it out.

Cheers mate, I'll do that then, hopefully that'll make the surface nice and smooth so that the grain doesn't show through the paint, this has all been a great learning-experience for me so far, and when get round to doing the finishing work on the HotRod Strat, I'll apply what I've learnt to it, but I'm going to wait till I've finished the Gold Strat off first so I can keep myself focused.


I can easily see this thread going for quite a few more pages, I may even be able to keep it going till I get to a double-ton.

[DrNomis_44]

Here's a pic of the scouring-pad I used on the body last night to speed-up the paint removal, it's same like the 0000-grade Steel Wool, only a lot coarser:

[wokkaboy]

best way to know how well it's sanded Doc is to slowly rub your bare fingers over the surfaces. You should be able to feel most high and low points and scratches. I wouldn't use a scouring pad again I'd say it will leave tiny grooves in the grain and create even more sanding. Once you get your orbital sander that will make life much easier