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Tips on a peeling paint job/finish?

Epitaph04

Epitaph04

Always overcompensating
Jul 5, 2010
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#1
Long story short, I just received a EBMM Ray 5 that I got for an absolute deal from a shop in PA. I knew the finish on the back was messed up but I couldn't refuse it for the price.

Anyway, upon looking at it in person I realize the finish on the back of the ray is peeling up pretty good. I did some research and found that a full refin would cost a decent amount of cash. I actually really like the color and I would just like to know if it's possible to just maybe touch it up?

Being that it's on the back of the bass I'm not too worried about it looking very pretty...I just want to prevent it from peeling any further.

Any tips on what I could do to it without having to do a full on refinish? Thanks! :hyper:

Here's a pic of the damage on the back of the bass.

paintpeel.jpg
 
#3
You can take this for what it's worth, I'm no expert but I hate to see someone asking and nobody trying to help out.

Here's my thoughts , if you dent your car a body guy can fix the area in question and blend it into the rest w/o having to re-spray the entire car right?
I would imagine the same would go with the back of your bass, as long as the exact finish I'd easily obtainable and can be matched I'd think it could be smoothed out , the back re-sprayed, and the entire bass re-cleared a coat or two and brought back to a nice uniform finish throughout.

However that may not cost you much less than just getting it completely redone.

I hope you get your answer shortly, I'm curious what steps would be required to correct this. Good luck to you, and for the record that color is absolutely gorgeous. I love that blue. I hope your able to save it.
 
#4
You can have that fixed , but with that much damage it would probably cost a decent amount and at that point you maye just want to refin the full thing.


I was thinking maybe super glue around all the areas peeling up to get it smooth so there is no lip for the paint to keep getting pulled up from, it maybe look messy but it may stop it from getting worse.
 
#6
You may or may not be able to stop the peeling. It may be due to a contaminated surface before the instrument was painted. But you can always rub it down with something like denatured alcohol (or even simple water with a bit of dishwashing soap, then dry it quickly), then try shooting some clear acrylic lacquer over it (most clear coat spray cans in auto parts stores is acrylic lacquer - check the label.)
 
#7
Pilgrim said:
You may or may not be able to stop the peeling. It may be due to a contaminated surface before the instrument was painted. But you can always rub it down with something like denatured alcohol (or even simple water with a bit of dishwashing soap, then dry it quickly), then try shooting some clear acrylic lacquer over it (most clear coat spray cans in auto parts stores is acrylic lacquer - check the label.)
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+1

Usually a Peel is due to contamination under the paint. You can refinish it yourself or have it painted for not too much.
 

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