DrNomis_44's Gold Standard STA-1M Build.

[DrNomis_44]

Darwin's wet weather seems to be insisting on staying around for a lot longer than it should, we're getting some more rain as I type this.

[wokkaboy]

bummer Doc, sounds like the only place in the country you can paint a guitar is WA, although we had a bit of rain yesterday but I got a clear coat on my end grain pine tele Monday its getting a nice gloss finish

[Hobastard]

Weather on the way into winter here is deteriorating rapidly too..... Looks like I'll have plenty of time to sand.....

[DrNomis_44]

bummer Doc, sounds like the only place in the country you can paint a guitar is WA, although we had a bit of rain yesterday but I got a clear coat on my end grain pine tele Monday its getting a nice gloss finish

The good news is that I did manage to spray a touch-up coat of Gold Paint on the body yesterday and didn't get any paint runs at all, it seems to be coming along pretty well now, I reckon two more coats of the Gold Paint and then once the last coat has dried it'll be ready for clear coating.

[wokkaboy]

sounds good Doc, any pics ? Sounds like you are getting better at the spray technique and when to stop !

[DrNomis_44]

sounds good Doc, any pics ? Sounds like you are getting better at the spray technique and when to stop !

To be honest, I don't know what I did right this time round, but whatever I did seems to have produced good enough results, unfortunately I still can't seem to locate my digital camera and my Galaxy Y phone doesn't really produce pics that are of good enough quality to see the results I'm getting, but I guess I could take some pics with it anyway, it'd be better than nothing at all, there are a couple of small indentations in the front of the body which are not far from the bridge route, I've decided not to worry about them.

I'll see if I can organize a couple of pics to post a bit later on.

[wokkaboy]

no hurry on pics Doc, I'd say your spraying technique has improved and you have learnt better to stop spraying before you get paint runs. I have found I am still improving my painting technique looking up and down the body at different angles to see how much paint has been applied and looking for areas light on and avoiding areas that are heavy

[DrNomis_44]

no hurry on pics Doc, I'd say your spraying technique has improved and you have learnt better to stop spraying before you get paint runs. I have found I am still improving my painting technique looking up and down the body at different angles to see how much paint has been applied and looking for areas light on and avoiding areas that are heavy

It's probably same like learning to ride a bicycle, or anything else, anyway, here's a couple of pics that I took of the body "as is" a few minutes ago with my Galaxy Y phone, not the best of quality, but it should be good enough to give you an idea what it looks like now, personally I'm happy enough with the results I got, I reckon just a couple more coats of paint and then onto the clear coating:


Here's what the front looks like, notice the two small close-together divots, I'm not going to worry about them, I'll call it custom relicing:




And here's what the back looks like:




The thing I've noticed most about the White Knight Super Gold paint that I've used is that it is quite prone to tarnishing if you so much as touch or wipe the surface with a finger, it must have copper in it, or a copper based additive or pigment, since copper tends to tarnish if you touch it with your fingers, that's something I'll have to be careful of till the surface gets clear-coated.

[DrNomis_44]

Update:


So the plan now is to just let the paint on the body dry for a couple of weeks before I even think of applying any more coats, it would be a shame to end up having to sand it all off and start again due to a paint run, since I'm this close to getting it to the point where it's ready for the clear coats, I've got enough things to keep me busy anyway.

[wokkaboy]

getting there Doc, if its humid and wet there probably a safe move to leave it cure for a while.