Custom HotRod Strat Build.

[DrNomis_44]

Hey Doc, I like the colour, looks like you didn't grain fill the body before the primer ?
I'd say you will still see the grain after a few coats like your gold strat.

What if I try spraying a second coat on the body and see how it looks after that?, if there's no change I can always sand it back and then do the grain filling, still have some Maple Timbermate left, on the spray can it says to wait 30 minutes before spraying another coat, I've had another look at the body and I'm really liking the colour too, it's very similar to Lake Placid Blue, maybe a shade darker though, not 100% sure.


I think I know why the paint looks a bit patchy, from the looks of it, the patchyness appears to be due to the silver particles in the paint showing through due to me spraying a bit too lightly in places, on the can it says to hold it from 15 to 25 cm away from the surface that's being painted, I also gave the can a good shake for three minutes before I started spraying.

[DrNomis_44]

Update:


I decided to try spraying a second coat of Metallic Blue on the Hot Rod Strat body and it is definitely looking a lot better now, so, the patchyness seems to have been due to me spraying too lightly resulting in an uneven coat of paint in a few places, I'll let the body dry for another hour before I take some pics so you can see the result I'm getting, the paint seems a bit sensitive to how heavy or light you spray, or maybe that's just my imagination, I'm thinking that maybe a third coat might be enough, we'll see.


And here's what it's looking like after I sprayed the second coat of paint on it, it's not looking as patchy as it was before:







One thing I've noticed is that the Metallic Blue paint I'm using seems to be drying pretty quickly.

[DrNomis_44]

Update:


Just finished spraying another coat of Metallic Blue on the HotRod Strat body and I have to say that it is looking even better than before, the colour looks a lot more even now, I'll post a couple more pics shortly, stay tuned.


So that's the third coat of paint now.

[wokkaboy]

Hey Doc no need to rush the coats. After 3rd coat the colour should look more even. Should be fine though they look like light coats you are applying

[DrNomis_44]

Hey Doc no need to rush the coats. After 3rd coat the colour should look more even. Should be fine though they look like light coats you are applying

I think that third coat looks like it's enough I'll stop applying more coats, I'm really liking the results I'm getting now, so I won't do anything more with it, I just took a couple more pics of the body with the third coat of paint on it, here's the result I got:







That Metallic Blue colour really has become more vibrant, hasn't it?, I think it contrasts pretty well with the dark colour of the Rosewood fretboard on the neck.


So that's all the work I'm going to do on it for today, I'm going to leave it to dry thoroughly till next Tuesday, and I'll take it from there.

[wokkaboy]

looks much better Doc. good call to give it time to fully cure. I would still recommend a wet said and more blue coats if you want to get it nice and flat and a consistent colour.

[DrNomis_44]

looks much better Doc. good call to give it time to fully cure. I would still recommend a wet said and more blue coats if you want to get it nice and flat and a consistent colour.

No worries mate, and you're right, that's what I'll plan on doing next cause I want the surface to be nice and flat to get a similar result as I'm after with the Gold Strat, I think it's nice to have made some more progress on this build, been so long since I first received the body in the post from Adam.


I think it's going to look really good with a White Pearloid Scratchplate, what do you reckon Wokka?


Now here's something else I could probably do before I get to the stage where I'm ready to do the clear-coating, I have a can of Matt Black spray paint, what if I were to mask off around the bridge-route with some 3M tape so that no paint gets on the body finish, and spray the inside of the bridge route Matt Black?, or should I just leave it Metallic Blue like the rest of the body?

[wazkelly]

Hey Doc, you seem to be keen on taking on more work than is necessary.

Your axe but I wouldn't bother fussing about in areas that won't necessarily be on show.

Much better spending that time, effort & money on what people will see.

[DrNomis_44]

Hey Doc, you seem to be keen on taking on more work than is necessary.

Your axe but I wouldn't bother fussing about in areas that won't necessarily be on show.

Much better spending that time, effort & money on what people will see.

I suppose, but my main motivation for thinking about spray painting the Bridge route matt black was so that the Metallic Blue paint under the Bridge wouldn't show once the Bridge had been installed, my White Ibanez guitar has some black foam glued in place under it's bridge.

[wokkaboy]

Hey Doc. I reckon a black bridge route Will look cool. Go for it!