TL-1 By Nitroburner1000

[McCreed]

A resand of the headstock to eliminate small crossgrain scratches and a primer undercoat paint reaction that will need resanding on the body.

It's always something with these things!

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It's always something with these things!

Tell me about it, but 9 times out of 10 it can be fixed, and the other one the guys on here help with.

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So scratches all sanded, not worried about the stain and clear as it will act as a sealer.

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SECOND PROBLEM....... looking closely at the neck i noticed a dent in it... bummer.

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TWO SOLUTIONS.... wet cloth and steam iron or wood dust and glue. It was easier as i had sanded the stain and clear off.
I had to use both, steamed it first then used a mixture of stained wood dust and wood glue, a light sand and a restain, worked a treat, whew, thank goodness.

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So just went and checked the body, its had about 3 coats of primer a fine fill body filler and 3 coats of undercoat, thats when i had a paint reaction, problem is i didnt know if it was from the filler or undercoat although i had my suspicions.



The reaction on the timber hanger i think, was from heavy buildup.
So sprayed another mist coat of grey undercoat on the reacted area, it crinkled up straight away. Well there goes the idea of multiple mist coats.
I scraped some off and a lot of filler came with it so i sealed the rest with white primer. That was ok, no reaction.

So grey reacts to white not the other way round. Will change the undercoat me thinks.

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So fixed the crackle problem, incompatible spray bases. I used a high build acrylic primer and no probs this time. Will now build up the coats.

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Next the tedious task of building up coats of wipe on poly to the neck and fretboard, between 20 and thirty i hope. Only 6 so far and 1 on the fretboard.

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Twelve coats on the neck, 5 on the fretboard. Sanding with 400 between every 3 coats now.
Body had 3 mysterious dents in it, funny how they appear out of thin air. Another fill and sand, then re undercoat.

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So ordered chrome tuners with white pearl tuning pegs. WHITE... I DONT THINK SO!
Tell me guys do they look white to you?



Oh yea, i wrote back to the guy saying he sent me grey, he replied.....

Dear Mitchell,
We are sorry to hear that the color of the item you received is not as described. However, please note that the actual item may look a little bit different from the picture due to lighting effects, monitor's brightness or contrast settings. Considering that the color does not affect the function, we would like to partial refund 3 USD to you as compensation (instead of asking you to return it for exchange or full refund), hence we can resolve the problem quickly and more efficiently. Please let us know if this will be ok with you.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused