Resurrecting the green beast

[iceadj]

Hi all,

This is my introduction for now.

So, my partner bought a few second-hand guitar bodies from eBay - both impressively bright. See his,"Hello", post. http://www.pitbullguitars.com/commun...iewtopic&t=943

He began the massive task of sanding it off, but between other musical projects, just hasn't had the time to do anything major with it. So, I've taken over one of them. (Before pic on the link).

The first pic is sanded back as much as possible so as not to damage the veneer too much and with a coat of white timbermate applied and sanded - as you can see, the green was *VERY* hard to remove. A pity, it did have a lovely grain.

Second and third are with a coat of white primer. When this dried I sanded back the neck to 800 and gave it and the fretboard an oil (had to remove black spray paint and tool chatter from the neck).

[iceadj]

Wouldn't let me post them all at once :s

[iceadj]

Aaaaand giving a quick prime to the front (the f-hole in particular). Green just rises to the top though. :S So I'll concentrate on the fhole and give the rest a quick sand and re-coat.

[gavinturner]

Looking good Sophie! What colour finish are you planning? A solid colour?

cheers,
Gav.

[iceadj]

Fabric covered - like one of the original Jems.
It'll be a type of dark purple paisley.

[gavinturner]

Nice! I will be very interested in how you get there.

cheers,
Gav.

[stan]

it's looking better already. Fabric covering sounds interesting

[pablopepper]

Yes, that sounds cool as. Very interested to see how this goes.

[iceadj]

Hey guys!

Probably triple part update because I'm being too lazy to resize photos

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So I've primed/painted the back and sides. Here's a photo of it still wet. As it was drying this evening it started to have that piano black gloss. There'll maybe be one more coat after all the fabric and etc. for any touch ups.

[iceadj]

Pt 2.

And here's the fabric covering process. I've only done the neck today as I put that final layer of black on the body when I saw that the sides weren't quite as well covered as I'd like.

For those interested:

Glue: Aquadhere PVA wood glue (weather resistant)

1. White Timbermate + white primer, lightly sand.
2. Apply a fairly generous layer of glue and evenly cover surface.
3. Place fabric and gently pate down into the glue so that it soaks into the material.
4. Meticulously position the fabric so that the pattern is even and the weft and warp of the fabric are correct.
5. Apply more glue and spread evenly to ensure the fabric is fully soaked with glue
6. Again, position fabric because you forgot about having to do it again later.
7. Scrape excess glue with a popsicle stick.
8. Meticulously position the fabric again.
9. Get someone to check your fabric positioning
10. Touch fabric and change the positioning.
11. Reposition fabric.
12. Walk away.