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Rattle Can Refinish Club

#1,441
This is the back of my test body...

Testor's metallic red base with Testor's glitter red. No clear coat on this.

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Littlewing6283 said:
Well completed this refinish job. This would work better with a white pick guard but this still works
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Nice job! I like coral - did this finish, can't remember if I already posted it here -

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JIO said:
Nice job! I like coral - did this finish, can't remember if I already posted it here -

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oh very nice job.

I have a couple of shell pink instruments but had a hankering for coral

I was going to do a glitter but chickened out. Never sprayed a glitter before so I was apprehensive.

I want to refinish my Ibanez now. Was thinking sea foam type green or a sonic blue type of blue.
 
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Alembic83 said:
Looks great! Question: did you sand off the original finish completely or just scuff it and spray over?
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didn’t take the poly off. Scuffed it for the most part. Started with 220 grit. Then hit it with 320 grit. Sprayed 2 coats of primer. Let it dry sanded with 500 grit. Sprayed the base coat 3 coats. Directly applied clear after base. Another 3 coats
 
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How do you guys take off a finish to also reveal open pores? I'm refinning a bass I refinned (!) and would like to maintain the open pore/grain look. Current finish is more or less poly. Wipe-on color with water based poly clear on top.

Thanks.
 
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bdplaid said:
How do you guys take off a finish to also reveal open pores? I'm refinning a bass I refinned (!) and would like to maintain the open pore/grain look. Current finish is more or less poly. Wipe-on color with water based poly clear on top.

Thanks.
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Depends what kind of finish you have on there. If it’s poly. Sanding will take forever. A lot of people have had success with a heat gun
 
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What's been the go-to method for using spray paint? I've done a couple of guitars using spray can nitro but this is my first time using Krylon Colormaxx. I have the color coats down and it looks pretty good but unsure if I should sand before I put the gloss clearcoat on.

Once the clear is on is it similar to nitro in terms of finish sanding and polishing? I've done my finish sanding starting at 800 or 1000 grit and went up to 2000 before polishing. Does the same method apply with Krylon?
 
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Littlewing6283 said:
oh very nice job.

I have a couple of shell pink instruments but had a hankering for coral

I was going to do a glitter but chickened out. Never sprayed a glitter before so I was apprehensive.

I want to refinish my Ibanez now. Was thinking sea foam type green or a sonic blue type of blue.
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I've developed a very nice DIY that works really well for this kind of finish. 1st, Zinsser Cover Stain oil-based primer/stain-blocker/bond coat - drys fast, easy to sand, sprays evenly, then Krylon Dual paint&primer (watermelon), then hand applied/rubbed golden-oak oil-based stain (for aging/amber'ing), and final coats of clear satin lacquer (Stew-Mac) with wet-sanding between coats. Over time the lacquer will add natural amber aging. All coats are applied thin but opaque with plenty of curing time between the 3 steps, sanded with foam sanding pads between coats to keep it smooth. (no bumpy orange-peal surface) The satin feels smooth and buffs to gloss where touched/interfaced and it has a time-worn look not being glossy. I think they offer a Coral, but I wanted variation control with the amber stain which warmed up the very red-pink base-coat.
 
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bdplaid said:
How do you guys take off a finish to also reveal open pores? I'm refinning a bass I refinned (!) and would like to maintain the open pore/grain look. Current finish is more or less poly. Wipe-on color with water based poly clear on top.

Thanks.
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So is it ash? mahogany? alder doesn't really have noticeable pores... If you live in an area that has potent strippers, that seems like the only way you can remove residual paint from pores. Strip most of the paint off first, and then use a stiff plastic bristle scrub brush soaked in water to scrub paint from the pores. (using a water rinse stripper) After the wood is clean and dry - sand using a your sandpaper over a wood block to keep it flat when sanding.
 
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BJMtz said:
What's been the go-to method for using spray paint? I've done a couple of guitars using spray can nitro but this is my first time using Krylon Colormaxx. I have the color coats down and it looks pretty good but unsure if I should sand before I put the gloss clearcoat on.

Once the clear is on is it similar to nitro in terms of finish sanding and polishing? I've done my finish sanding starting at 800 or 1000 grit and went up to 2000 before polishing. Does the same method apply with Krylon?
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It is what I have done and have had good luck at gloss coats.
 
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