They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results. That's bad news for me since I'm now on my FOURTH attempt to paint this bass!
In one of my last posts I mentioned I needed to repaint a section. I never could get it to blend in with the rest of the body. It was always very obviously a little darker. I tried to sand and repaint the transition a few times, had to buy more paint, and the last can I got was defective.
I don't know if it was a bad nozzle or a bad batch of paint, but about 10 times the normal amount came out when I sprayed it. Instant drips. Worse, it added so much solvent that in places it destroyed the paint underneath.
The light patch in the first photo is where I had some masking tape. I pulled up the tape a few hours after spraying, and all the paint and primer came with it in that spot. That's bare wood.
So that's the bad news. The good news is I won't give up and paint job #4 is looking good! I went with silver this time. I think it'll look great with the black hardware.
I've put some clear on it already but I think it needs a little more before I start polishing. I'm really looking forward to finally getting past this step.
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