Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Look, puppies!
Where?...where?....*looks around the room again*....don't see no puppies either, now I'm really confuselated...*chucks it in the "Too Hard" basket along with trying to work out whether he's a kid or not*....hahahaha.
Look, kittens and puppies!
Awwww....geez, not only am I confuselated I'm also discombobulated as well....is there hope for me yet?....hahahaha.
Hope your weekend's going well mate.
Now, on a more serious note, I'm going to do some experimenting today with the two different cans of clear coat that I have to see which one is going to give me the best results, this will involve spray painting a piece of scrap wood with the gold paint and then when it's dry enough, half of it will be clear coated with one can and the other half with the other can, whichever can gives me the best results will be the one I use on the body.
Last edited by DrNomis_44; 23-04-2017 at 06:43 AM.
Update:
I've just started the experiment with the two cans of clear coat, the scrap piece of wood has been sprayed with Gold paint and I'm going to wait till it has dried before continuing on with the experiment.
Look, a gold guitar!
Actually it's a Dolg Ratiug...not sure what a Dolg Ratiug does, or what it's used for, but it must do something, maybe it's a Lacisum Tnemurtsni of some sort....*wonders why the computer keyboard went a bit weird*....*scratches head thoughtfully while looking at the monitor in disbelief*....now, not only am I confused, but my computer's getting confused too....lol.
Remember that it's not the initial look that you should consider (unless you get a reaction and blisters), but the look when it's been flattened back and polished. Which to test properly is going to take a couple of weeks drying time.
Good point, I was mostly interested in seeing if any of the two cans of clear coat would react with the gold paint,I haven't sprayed any clear coat on the scrap piece of wood yet, so I'm going to let the scrap piece of wood dry overnight and continue the experiment in the morning.
I've got a Gordon-Smith hardtail Strat-style body I need to touch up some knocks on, and will probably spray the edges dark brown to help cover up a mixture of damage and a really bad factory spray job. There were big blobs of sunburst paint on teh edged that hadn't been smoothed down under the clear coat and you could see visible lumps! Rubbing back worked in some areas but in others the blobs came away revealing the under-finish. So plan to use a darker solid colour scray to cover them up with - plus it will increase the sunburst effect, which is a bit weak as it stands.
But I need to find out what it was finished with. It could be nitro as the finish isn't that hard. So will be testing for any reaction with nitro paint a bit later with the paint in the control cavity. If it does, then it's probably polyurethane, so will have to try and find some suitable sprays.
Sounds like an interesting project, I seem to remember hearing some good things about those Gordon-Smith Strats, I think Fender used Nitro finishes on some of the Strats they built in their factory, but I could be wrong.
Can't wait to hear what my Gold strat will sound like with the new white Kent Armstrong Dual-Blade pickups, particularly the Bridge position sound, I know that they do sound good in the neck and middle positions.
Last edited by DrNomis_44; 23-04-2017 at 06:48 PM.
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