Comments on: Guitar painting: part 9 (conclusion)

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:40:34 +0000

I liked your blog. “Time to finish this bitch” haah. Yeah sanding takes a lot of focus and work, but it’s amazing what can be done. If you ever feel like doing this again, you can get a nice even finish on corners and tight spots like the horn cut aways with 0000 steel wool. I picked this tip up from the internet and I’ve been using it on a guitar project with good results. Rock on.

By: Ricardo Romero Ruvalcaba

Ricardo Romero Ruvalcaba — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:08:38 +0000

Hello friend. ItÂ´s been useful for me your instructions. I hope IÂ´ll not fall in terrible mistakes like you said jejeje because of you I decided to paint one Fender Squire I traded some time ago. Red one but with a terrible paint job from the factory I guess. And with some horrible scratches the first owner did to it.
The reason for writting you itÂ´s because I have some doubts. Maybe you could answer them. The first one is that you donÂ´t mention the dry time of the sealer, primer paint and clear. Do I have to paint it all in one day? Or I have to wait first to let the sealer dries, then the primer, etc? The drying time thatÂ´s something I donÂ´t know. Perhaps you could tell me. So far IÂ´ve stripped almost all the paint from the guitar. In order to keep the shape of the guitar IÂ´ve been using Paint Remover that says in the label itÂ´s not aggressive with the wood. Little by little the paintins is getting off. The other question is: Can I sand it more in the scratch areas I mentioned before to make it flat so I can apply the sealer? If so I have to sand much more. How many primer coats do I have to apply before the sealer? Which sanders do I have to use now that IÂ´m almost stripping the paint? Which ones for sanding the primer, which for the paint and which for the clear ones? Many shapes and sizes are in the market. Do I have to sand between each coat of color paint?
I hope you could answer me all my questions cause, see, itÂ´s not a great guitar, but IÂ´m planning to rewind the pickups, buy new hardware for the tunners and the paint job so I want to see a good job and work for a couple of months maybe but finish it with a great satisfaction just like you said in your experience. I always wanted a Fender. Now that I have one, I would like to be more a Fender and not a Squier one jojojo. I think I could transform it into a powerful and better guitar.
Thanx for this tutorial,
Ricardo Romero Ruvalcaba from Mexico City.

By: Matt G

Matt G — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:16:29 +0000

I got a Lyon Limited Edition and i was wondering if i have to use the sanding sealer?

By: paul

paul — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:59:18 +0000

hi ive just stripped down an old p bass sanded it all down and ready for paint the only problem is i cant get krylon paint ive decided to use the blue you have used my design is that of eddie van halen but in blue with a mirrored scratch plate `cool` is that the paint rof this job or will any paint do . good job on the gibby nice one …………paul

By: DJ

DJ — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:11:19 +0000

ya I started doing that sort of thing to my guitar but I’m also plugging up holes…

I actually started writing to tell you that you didn’t have to go to the extreme you went to with the first sanding all you had to do really was take the shine out of the finish.

atleast thats what I did and it looks fine and I’m at the primer stage.

By: SargentPeppers

SargentPeppers — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:15:01 +0000

Well Frig Dude it looks Great! Work of love some say. I bought a kit so I could build my nephew his first for Christmas this year (2008) and crap I don’t know whats up, every time I get to the point of clear (3rd time) the clear seems to pull the paint? I wanted to believe it was orange peel but it seems way to intense? I did try and light sand and I took off the High Points to the wood? I’ll keep trucking but vrap Christmas is in 25 days!!!!

By: dillon

dillon — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:18:56 +0000

umm with the painting the best way to get the orange peel off and bring the shine out is to sand it with a very light grit sand paper like 2000 or 1000 use water as he said. all the water does is was th fine dust so it doesnt clog the fine sandpaper after that buff it with polish compound then finally use g3 or something like that to really bring out a glassy finish. that what i would do anyway. god job man its freakin hektic 5 stars

By: Kaybe (Scotland)

Kaybe (Scotland) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:50:17 +0000

Very neat job, and I am sure an inspiration to others to have a go.
Just out of interest what wax did use to get the final finish?

By: BOB RASSIAS

BOB RASSIAS — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:44:47 +0000

SAY MAN I CAN REALLY IDENTIFY WITH ALL YOUR HEARTACKS.IM JUST ABOUT TO FINISH MY PAUL REED SMITH AX…IT WAS SUNBURST, I STRIPPED IT. TO PAINT IT JET :HIGH: GLOSS BLACK.NEEDLESS TO SAY I SCREWED UP NOT ONCE BUT TWICE… I HAD TO STRIP IT TWICE. I WANTED TO WISH IT AWAY..
MAN .I HAVE TO SAY ITS SURE A FREEKIN LEARNING CURVE.BUT ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL
BOB…….PS. LAFF WHEN YOU READ THIS.

By: Ballysdad

Ballysdad — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:59:52 +0000

Nice guitar.. I read through your step by step.. If your body is made of Mahogany you need to put grain filler on the bare wood then apply sand sealer. If there is no grain filler over time the paint will settle into the grain of the wood. Check out reranch.com then go to there message boards excellent stuff..Doing my SG now..