Rev's MK-2 Build

[Rev]

Attempted fix didnt work. Well, time to sand the headstock and start over. Bleah

My wife suggested that I could do the wedge as a sticker instead, that way I could just design what was going to be a decal at the same time, print it off and then clearcoat it as normal.

[Rev]

Other option is to redo the wedge with larger points at a bigger angle, where the stencil had the most issue, and try again....

[billb]

If you are redoing the headstock anyway you'll get a better masking result by spraying the black first and then masking the black accent in one piece. Paint a layer of clear over that to help seal the masking edge and then the yellow - may be worthwhile painting alight undercoat first or the black may change the tone of the yellow.

[Rev]

oh, thats a good idea, using clear to seal off the edge of the mask.

[Rev]

Well, I had some more runs trying to fix it. Back in the closet it goes for another 24 hrs, it's made me mad enough for one day.

[Rev]

Still working on fixing the damn headstock. Sand, wipe, sand, wipe...

But Ive started clearcoating the body.

[Rev]

Argh, I posted a nice pic of the clearcoated body and managed to delete it later bc the mobile site is a bitch. Well, Ill show that to you guys when I get home, since the site doesnt let me post them from mobile.
Anyway, heres some of the things Ive done/encountered/learned:

- The yellow lacquer Ive been using is only available at a single store in my city, which is annoying. And they stock one small can maybe every week. But at least it ensures I work at a nice slow pace with curing time.
- Since I have cats, every now and then a single hair will fall off my clothes while Im painting and land in the fresh paint. Ive gotten pretty adept at preventing this (no, I do not spray lacquer in the nude) or at least fixing it when it happens and I dont catch it until its dried.
- Body's clearcoated on front and three edges. I have to do a little sanding on one edge where its a bit rough, but at least I got to test the clearcoat and make sure it looks right and buffs OK.
- Neck is coming along... I had to sand down a couple of rough spots along the back and then sand off the damned accent that I fucked up. Almost ready to try stenciling it again. Think I have a plan now to make it look better.
- I got some decal paper where I was going to put a logo/makers mark on the black accent, but when I tested it on scrap wood, the dried version looked terrible - dried with a whitish background. Printing the logo with a black background was slightly better, but still not right. What Ill probably do is discard the decal paper and print parts of the logo on adhesive paper, apply that to the accent before clear coating. I hate doing that (it wont be quite flat), but It seems the best option. The other idea is to make a stencil within a stencil when doing the accent, which (if it works) will look cleaner, but if I fuck up I have to do the whole process again.

Decisions, decisions!

[Simon Barden]

Just keep moving forwards slowly. You'll get there in the end and it will all be worth it.

[Rev]

Here is the body. All shiny and partially clearcoated. (The striping is actually shadows from my balcony, it was late in the day.) Just fixing that edge I mentioned...

[Simon Barden]

Looks great, Rev.