Rattle Can Refinish Club - Page 18

hernameisrio · #**341** 01-06-2013, 09:57 AM

That's a great color! What kind of primer did you use? BTW the paint I got is MTN Hardcore2 series. Should I just use their primer or is it okay to mix with a different brand? And then what kind of clear coat did you use?

Ninet1gt · #**342** 01-06-2013, 06:26 PM

For the blue I used dupli color color match paint from an autoparts store (where I work). I used the same brand primer and clear coat as well. For the silver I used krylon products all the way around, just stuff I picked up from wally world.

klejst · #**343** 01-06-2013, 06:53 PM

Great job OP, they turned out looking great and for the cheap. I really did that Satin Lime P bass.

M.R. Ogle · #**344** 01-06-2013, 07:15 PM

Love the ReRanch authentic stuff, but good ol' Dupli-Color automotive spray paint works GREAT! I've done several guitars with it , spray, clear coat , 800 sand, clear coat again, sand again (1200) and polishing compound it to finish.

SBsoundguy · #**345** 01-06-2013, 07:18 PM

I was thinking of Duratexing a body some time.

HillBillyWannaB · #**346** 01-07-2013, 07:15 AM

Duplicolor olympic white with nitrocellulose clear from home depot. WAY cheaper than Reranch (which I used for my Jazz).

jweber76 · #**347** 01-07-2013, 07:50 AM

Had no idea you could get nitro Clear from home depot. Is it in a rattle can?

Liam76 · #**348** 01-07-2013, 09:59 AM

Can't find any pics of it fully assembled, but here's a mock-up pic of a MIM j-bass I refinished in ReRanch Sonic Blue. Was originally Midnight Blue I believe. I used Zinsser white for primer.

hernameisrio · #**349** 01-09-2013, 08:57 PM

I like that, I'm not usually a light blue fan but it works. Started the paint job tonight. I decided to just throw a coat on there without sanding because I looked at the finish and figured there's probably about 8,000 layers of varnish to try and cut through. I kept looking at the bass...and then the can of spraypaint...and the bass...and the can of spraypaint...and I finally went, "It's warmer out than usual, my roommate's out of town for a week, I can open the windows and get this done without too much trouble." So here it is so far. I'm going to keep the slight black edge and if I like the quality of this paint, I might actually get a slightly different color and try to do a sort of gradient effect (art school grad

). The clear coat STINKS, oh my god!!! But, we'll see how it goes. The only question mark with this brand of paint is that it seems to have a matte quality. It also seems to go on pretty solid and heavy though.

Edit: here's another shot!

ThaLowEndTheory · #**350** 01-09-2013, 10:57 PM

Here's my latest works in progress. Bass VI in progress and Blitz Black tele waiting for assembly. Cell phone pics, but you get the idea.

MPU · #**351** 01-10-2013, 01:40 AM

Not a refin but finish done with rattle cans. Acrylic colour and base, 2-part acrylic clearcoat.

hernameisrio · #**352** 01-10-2013, 04:49 AM

Hey MPU, how many coats of the acrylic clear did you use? The clear I got is similar and I'm wondering if I should still hit it with something more heavy-duty once I'm done. What do you think?

rzpooch · #**353** 01-10-2013, 07:22 AM

Not sure if I posted this bass...I has a matching head stock too

Envincibal · #**354** 01-10-2013, 07:37 AM

This was originally a pretty beat up Thunderbolt... I originally started off just by routing in P2-sized pickups and preamp replacement (Audere Classic 4-band), but since it was beat up and I didn't care for the original color so much (green-blue burst on the flamed maple top only; the rest of the body was natural and looked pretty hum-drum). The neck also needed to be refinished (sanded down the finsih and dings, and applied 10 layers of tung oil).

Sanded the body, stain, apply the rattle-can black for the burst and the back of the bass, and then seal it up with some rattle-can clear.

The pickups have been changed to Delano's (which have some incredible aggressive mids!), and now the bass is my number 1.

hernameisrio · #**355** 01-10-2013, 07:41 AM

Envincibal, that is absolutely gorgeous...I might commission you to paint my next one!

MPU · #**356** 01-10-2013, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hernameisrio

Hey MPU, how many coats of the acrylic clear did you use? The clear I got is similar and I'm wondering if I should still hit it with something more heavy-duty once I'm done. What do you think?

Around 4-5 wet coats.

jweber76 · #**357** 01-10-2013, 08:18 AM

Wow! That is the most incredible rattle can job I have ever seen...
The solids are cool and there are some very professional looking paint jobs on this thread but that flame... And that clear... Man, it looks like it's a mile deep!

elbeau · #**358** 01-10-2013, 08:35 AM

There's some beautiful basses on here. Makes me want to rip my new build apart and start all over. What brand clear has worked out the best for you guys? In the past I've tryed a few different clears but didn't get the best results. Could be that I got too excited and did a half ass sanding and polishing job.

Rip Topaz · #**359** 01-10-2013, 08:39 AM

I've had GREAT results with Minwax Polycrylic. Easy to buff out, goes on over just about anything.

ThaLowEndTheory · #**360** 01-10-2013, 08:42 AM

98% of the time I use gloss nitro. Easy to work with, and easy to repair. Not very durable though if that's what you are looking for.