Halford's Special Re-finish

[Spoombung]

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='924020' date='Aug 13 2010, 03:23 PM']Ah thanks,
Dumb question, but did you have a good way of avoiding/dealing with dust in the clearcoats? Without a proper workshop to do this in I'm having trouble despite trying to keep the spray area tidy and clear.[/quote]

Not really. If I look closely there is some variation in surface texture on some of the areas and I didn't have anything to buff up the finish with - but it just didn't bother me too much. It's [i]fairly[/i] smooth but definitely far from perfect.

[Machines]

That looks pretty damned good. I'm sanding my Yamaha down after a failed respray attempt (lacquer crazed) and am looking for inspiration. A burst type finish like this would look pretty snazzy.

[ahpook]

superb work mr. s.

/doffs hat/

[bumnote]

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='924020' date='Aug 13 2010, 03:23 PM']Ah thanks,
Dumb question, but did you have a good way of avoiding/dealing with dust in the clearcoats? Without a proper workshop to do this in I'm having trouble despite trying to keep the spray area tidy and clear.[/quote]


when i did mine in the garage, i hung a bit of plastic the sort you can get in b & q as a dustsheet as a false ceiling, that helped quite a lot. I also had 3 sides of a square draped down tp prevent overspray, and i think that will have reduced floating dust a bit.

If you wet and dry down the colour before clear coat, and make sure the surface is good you can polish out a lot of marks in the clear coat.

[7string]

That's a great result.

Many congrats on a job well done

[LawrenceH]

[quote name='bumnote' post='925716' date='Aug 15 2010, 05:39 PM']when i did mine in the garage, i hung a bit of plastic the sort you can get in b & q as a dustsheet as a false ceiling, that helped quite a lot. I also had 3 sides of a square draped down tp prevent overspray, and i think that will have reduced floating dust a bit.

If you wet and dry down the colour before clear coat, and make sure the surface is good you can polish out a lot of marks in the clear coat.[/quote]

Thanks - I've gone down a similar route actually and bought one of those little plastic 'greenhouse' type things for growing tomatoes in! The reason I asked was because I'd coloured a headstock, carefully put the logo decal on, then the first sodding clearcoat was full of dust and weird tiny little black hairs that look like wool fibres. Maddening! Especially since I sanded those out only to find they'd slightly sunk into the colour coat (though they weren't there when I sanded the colour flat), and going through those messed up the colour. 3 days and two spray attempts later I'm nearly back to the point where I can clearcoat again. Sigh! Keep thinking I'll post a build diary of my own but I want to actually finish the damn thing before I do.

This build diary has reassured me I'm on the right track though!

[bumnote]

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='925886' date='Aug 15 2010, 09:43 PM']Thanks - I've gone down a similar route actually and bought one of those little plastic 'greenhouse' type things for growing tomatoes in! The reason I asked was because I'd coloured a headstock, carefully put the logo decal on, then the first sodding clearcoat was full of dust and weird tiny little black hairs that look like wool fibres. Maddening! Especially since I sanded those out only to find they'd slightly sunk into the colour coat (though they weren't there when I sanded the colour flat), and going through those messed up the colour. 3 days and two spray attempts later I'm nearly back to the point where I can clearcoat again. Sigh! Keep thinking I'll post a build diary of my own but I want to actually finish the damn thing before I do.

This build diary has reassured me I'm on the right track though![/quote]

The other thing I got if you didnt use them was tag rags from Halfords which are sticky pads you wipe over which removes surface dust before you spray. Then if you start off with a dust free, you have only got the drying time to attaract dust. Sods law of course is that you will.

There were many times with mine when it nearly went out the window in temper.

Good luck

[LawrenceH]

[quote name='bumnote' post='925942' date='Aug 15 2010, 10:36 PM']The other thing I got if you didnt use them was tag rags from Halfords which are sticky pads you wipe over which removes surface dust before you spray. Then if you start off with a dust free, you have only got the drying time to attaract dust. Sods law of course is that you will.

There were many times with mine when it nearly went out the window in temper.

Good luck[/quote]
Will be on the lookout for those, thanks! Just noticed another tiny black wool fragment in the fresh patch of headstock colour coat. Bah! It had better sand out without problems, it's hard to spray patches when the decal is in place. Curse you, dust!!

[Brave Sir Robin]

Impressive result, but...

It's lacking Goth stickers.

[Gareth Hughes]

Hi folks - apologies for a slight hi-jack here but I figure you guys will know the answer to this -

I have a 10 year old Fender Precision in Olympic White that has just had a bad reaction to a gig bag. It was in the case for a few days after a gig. Took it out the other day and there's some noticeable brown staining on the arm rest/belly cut. It seems to be less darker than it was now that it's been out of the case for a few days. I'll get some pictures up if that helps. So my question is - can this discolouration by buffed out, can anything be done with it?

Again, sorry for the derail - and fair play with the blueburst finish, I've been following this for a while now.

[bumnote]

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='926242' date='Aug 16 2010, 10:47 AM']Hi folks - apologies for a slight hi-jack here but I figure you guys will know the answer to this -

I have a 10 year old Fender Precision in Olympic White that has just had a bad reaction to a gig bag. It was in the case for a few days after a gig. Took it out the other day and there's some noticeable brown staining on the arm rest/belly cut. It seems to be less darker than it was now that it's been out of the case for a few days. I'll get some pictures up if that helps. So my question is - can this discolouration by buffed out, can anything be done with it?

Again, sorry for the derail - and fair play with the blueburst finish, I've been following this for a while now.[/quote]

i have no specialist knoweledge but you could try t cut perhaps

[7string]

I'd keep the bass out of a case for a few days and see if it clears up or changes in anyway.

Might be able to wipe it off with a bit of luck.

[Gareth Hughes]

Thanks guys. I'll let it sit for a week or so and then see where I'm at. It's not hideous but it's not pretty either. T-Cut might be the way forward too. Thanks again. g