Stans LP build

[wokkaboy]

ah cool so you going to reveal this plan Stan (nice ryhme !) or we have to wait for it to be revealed ?

[gavinturner]

Looking awesome Stan. You've done a great job with the paint job and the binding. This is going to look superb when it's all done & dusted. I'm intruiged with your headstock plan. We need details!! Please put us all out of our misery...!

cheers,
Gav.

[stan]

I like the squared off look, and it will have a raised centre section with the logo applied - it will look a bit deco.
Couldnt find a google images example, so you will have to wait...

As soon as the talented Andyport has done my logos, then it will move forward.

Just finished some tests with satin clear, so that will be the weekend job, and start on the top.

Paint must need more curing, I find that even after a couple of days if I grip the guitar, I leave a faint indented fingerprint...

[wokkaboy]

sounds interesting Stan,
sounds like the paint needs more curing, don't want fingerprints of any kind left in the surface, has the weather been cool ?

[stan]

yes great overlord, cool weather, I think the paint is just a bit soft and needs to cure more... might be a cool new signature gimmick - builder's fingerprint on body - LP DNA Edition

[wokkaboy]

haha good one Stan, your right, you will be able to match your finger prints CSI style. As long as the fingerprints are on the back of the body and not the front !
This is the part you have to be really patient. So satin clears to come ?
Thanks for the overlord naming haha

[stan]

Yes Wokka, then satin clear. Might put it in the sun (what little there is of it) during the day and let it absorb a bit of sunny uv goodness and hopefully cure a little better.

[bargeloobs]

/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from stan on May 9, 2014, 11:32
yes great overlord, cool weather, I think the paint is just a bit soft and needs to cure more... might be a cool new signature gimmick - builder's fingerprint on body - LP DNA Edition

Ahhh the beauty of enamels! I swear my last build took literally 2 months to cure completely and it's got more fingerprints than a sack full of hands.
Good times!

[stan]

if only, this is an acrylic!

[jarrod]

Actually Stan , sunlight and UV is the worst thing you can do for a new paint . What it needs is heat not UV , You could hold a heat gun to it (not to close you will burn it) for say 15minute interval's to help its curing but in cold weather the chemical reaction will slow down. Direct sunlight will hurt your paint job down the line and until fully cured ( 3 months ) you need to avoid it. So patience is the key here sir! If you put your clear on now what you will get is none release of solvents from the paint underneath hence many light coats is better then fewer heavy coats. The reason we keep the coats light is so the solvents can release a lot quicker in between coats , hence the whole cure period becomes shorter. For Acrylics rule of thumb is light coats and flash off time for 15-20 minutes per coat. Hope this helps