Getting ready to tint a neck with maple fretboard with amber lacquer. Any tips for spraying the fretboard? Was planning on spraying then buffing the frets with 0000 steel wool to remove any lacquer residue. If that's not a good idea, please advise.
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Rattle Can Refinish Club
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My advice - throw your steel wool as far away from your guitars as possible.
Use Scotchbrite pads instead. Or MicroMesh.
Use Scotchbrite pads instead. Or MicroMesh.
The neck will be removed. I do have Scotchbrite and micromesh as well. What do you not like about steel wool?
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LITTLE SCRATCHY METAL HAIRS THAT GET EVERYWHERE
Working on the Squier Sonic Bronco refin. Got the matching headstock with a replacement decal finished today.
Squier Sonic Bronco getting close to finished. Too cold to spray clear on the body, but after that, it’ll be time for reassembly.
Gotta test on some scrap maple. Might be regular oil based poly would amber enough.
Advice needed: I’m currently spraying a body with Rust-Oleum 2X color. Had a couple runs, so I dried overnight and lightly sanded them out today.
Went to re-spray to cover those spots today, and this immediately happened. Current temp is 60F. What’s going on here, and how do I keep it from happening?
Went to re-spray to cover those spots today, and this immediately happened. Current temp is 60F. What’s going on here, and how do I keep it from happening?
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I'm no expert, but I'd say the first coat wasn't really dry all the way through. For me, it's 4-5 really light coats applied maybe 1 minute apart. If that's insufficient upon further inspection, then I let it hang 2-3X times as long as the label says before I respray.
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What’s strange is that it only crackled where I sanded. I touched up a couple other areas that weren’t sanded, and no problem.
It appears so. I let it dry until today, sanded the problem areas, then resprayed. No issues. This paint needs at least 48 hours dry time before sanding and retouching.
Just finished this one. Squier Sonic Bronco in metallic silver. I matched the headstock and added a Squier Bronco decal, and I shielded the cavity with copper tape before reassembling. Also tinted the neck with vintage amber lacquer.
Another one done. Waiting on the tuners to come in so I can finish the last bit, but this one is Rust-Oleum 2X with 2K clear. Matched the headstock as well.
