Phroz STA-1M, ST-M, TL-1

[phrozin]

hey girls and boys this finally finished after waiting ages for parts has come out pretty good has new 22 fret neck upgraded pots and pick guard and trem cover and its final polish and all set up and plays excellent looks a lot better in life as my ph camera sucks i'll be keeping this one pretty happy with it, now on to the next one

[wokkaboy]

nice one Phrozin love the yellow and black hardware. You said it was hard to find the yellow pearl guard and trem cover ?

Looks top notch, you better enter Rocktober GOTM !

whats ontop of the tremelo ? can't work it out

[phrozin]

nah i don't do the GOTM Wokk before my accident i was a prof auto spray painter, the GOTM is for guys and girls who are not professionals it takes away what Gotm represents. don't know what you meant its just a plain strat trem yeh yellow pearl guard was a pain to find the trem cover was ok green pearl ones are the same did a green strat and couldn't find one so change direction with it. The other strat i'm doing is going to be red so going to use a hsh or hh red pearl guard which ill order soon pbg have them

[Andy40]

Yellowy goodness

[phrozin]

Hi guys here's my latest strat i cut down the body a bit on horns and slimmed down the center as well as pick guard sprayed by rattle can whole job its just a plain white with clear over it and silver, not much more to add except i'm pleased with it here's some pic's of it

[wokkaboy]

looks great Phrozin, nice job

[Joe3334]

What did you use for the clearcoat?

[phrozin]

cheers Wokk

@joe3334 when i am slack and couldnt be bothered pulling out my spray guns and want to use a rattle can i always use SCA clear its good stuff

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/Pro...nuFrom=1021778

[Joe3334]

@phrozin would that stuff be compatible with rustoleum flat primer and Dulux metallic blue paint? I was going to use Dulux 2k clear https://www.bunnings.com.au/dulux-du...paint_p1400741 but after seeing your work and recommendations I may just use sca acrylic clear. I didn't think sca acrylic clear was suitable for wood?

EDIT: Dulux 2k clear is $26 for 125g and SCA acrylic clear is $12.59 for 400g <-------- better value.

[phrozin]

@phrozin would that stuff be compatible with rustoleum flat primer and Dulux metallic blue paint? I was going to use Dulux 2k clear https://www.bunnings.com.au/dulux-du...paint_p1400741 but after seeing your work and recommendations I may just use sca acrylic clear. I didn't think sca acrylic clear was suitable for wood?

EDIT: Dulux 2k clear is $26 for 125g and SCA acrylic clear is $12.59 for 400g <-------- better value.

The Dulux Duramax metallic blue is a Enamel base paint the SCA Acrylic clear lacquer isn't suitable to go over Enamel, the 2k clear is 125g which isn't much paint you really should stick to the same range of paint for the primer, color and clear for the best results. I haven't used Duramax so not 100% sure about it. I think you should go with lacquer they have a lot more choice of color and and can look killer. I have sprayed SCA clear lacquer over straight basswood and over stain on Ash wood.

i use automotive paints provided you use the correct primer they give a great look. if i went 2k it wouldn't be enamel 2k i would go with a acrylic 2k. You can use anything to paint guitars, guys use tru-oil, wipe on poly and so one i personally don't like that look i am more traditional when it comes to painting guitars using acrylic or nitro all though nitro has pretty much gone now as its soft when it hot and shrinks when its cold and eventually cracks i have done about 30 guitars and have great results most guitars you buy use nitro, acrylic or 2k any way i am digressing

if you haven't purchased your paints go with lacquer

here is a SCA clear over straight basswood and over stain on ash wood and over dye

dye


bare basswood


stain Ash wood