DrNomis_44's Gold Standard STA-1M Build.

[HockeyPop29]

Basically, I had it hanging up by a piece of coathanger wire, on a long piece of 12mm Dowelling I had pushed into the gap at the top of the cupboard in my loungeroom, one afternoon I decided to spray some more gold paint on the body, and hang it up to dry, after hanging it up, I walked back into my bedroom and then heard a loud banging noise coming from my Loungeroom, I went to see what caused the noise and found the body lying on the floor, I saw the damage and some colourful-language came out of my mouth when I realized what had happened, it was mostly my own fault for not making sure the body wouldn't fall off like it did, the gouge actually is not as worse as it looks, it's only about a milimetre deep.

I guess that'll teach me to be a bit more careful next time.


I'm going to try sanding the scrapes with some 320 or 400 grit sandpaper and see if I can smooth them out, my Soldering Iron isn't working at the moment, cause the Iron needs replacing, so I'm not able to try the hot iron and wet cloth method on the gouge, I'll have to wait til I buy a replacement Soldering Iron.


Some good did come of it though, it made me take some time off working on the guitar to allow the gold paint time to properly dry, I am really surprised how long paint takes to dry with Darwin's climate, it seems to take something like a good few months or so before the paint is truly dry, see, that's my impatience getting the better of me again.

Sorry to read of your misfortune in the fall. I've had the same happen to me, and decided to convince my wife that, in winter, I can hang the drying parts on the shower curtain rod (fixed rod, screwed in, not a pressure mount removable rod) in the restroom with the exhaust fan on. I only have to time it so that nobody will be showering in the next 12 hours. I've not had a mishap since.

Sent from my KIW-L24 using Tapatalk

[DrNomis_44]

Sorry to read of your misfortune in the fall. I've had the same happen to me, and decided to convince my wife that, in winter, I can hang the drying parts on the shower curtain rod (fixed rod, screwed in, not a pressure mount removable rod) in the restroom with the exhaust fan on. I only have to time it so that nobody will be showering in the next 12 hours. I've not had a mishap since.

Sent from my KIW-L24 using Tapatalk

The good news is that I reckon with a bit of sanding and some judicious use of some super glue to fill in the worst of the divots, I think I can salvage it to the point where I can finish the body off, the other good thing is that the worst of the divots is virtually un-noticeable when looking at the guitar from the front, the last few coats of gold paint have had plenty of time to dry now, so, soon as Darwin's weather dries up I'll continue working on the guitar.