Where to you finish/refinish your basses?

[Davebass]

I have always refinished my guitars/basses in my bedroom, securing bin bags all over the walls and floor etc. Ventilation has never been too much of a problem, got plenty of windows.

I've always thought, going ans doing it outside would be so much easier but have always been hesitant of things blowing onto the guitar while it is still wet. Saying that, I always sand down outside.

Anyone have any advice/experience of where to finish/refinish?

 

[s_mcsleazy]

erm sometimes my friends garage, sometimes my back garden, sometimes i remove the amps from the coubard and to em there

 

[joeyl]

depends on what is being sprayed. Nitro and catalyzed poly: outside if there is no wind, I take the garden hose and wet the whole area to prevent stuff from being picked up,
or in the garage with all doors open, full respirator.

Wipe on poly and the like, water based lacquer: inside the garage, with windows open.

 

[Rip Topaz]

The Thunderbird I'm building right now, I'm spraying nitro outside, and fighting the pollen and other crap falling from the trees is a nightmare.

 

[FBB Custom]

It seems to me like no matter how much stuff you put down and how much ventilation you have, spraying in a living space is not a very good idea long-term.

Basement, garage, outdoors.... anyplace you don't sleep.

 

[chuck norriss]

if you have a garage or similar space open the garage door & hang old flat sheets to create four walls. just don't let anyone close the garage door. parallel laundry lines will work too.

 

[Davebass]

To be more specific, I have the choice of bedroom or garden.

I haven't told my landlord I do all of this DIY in the house. Regardless of where I do it, there is a fair amount of cons. I might do a test body outside, see what the crack is. As I live in the North of England, that would limit me to about 2 days of every year spraying!

 

[Max Pratt]

Go into the bathroom, buy a hook from the hardware store and hang it over a tarp on the ground using some string through the neck bolt holes on the body, or if you have a neck attached, hang it from the tuning machine holes.

 

[mikeyswood]

You could try to find a full spray booth:

 

[Rickett Customs]

Say, that looks like Justin's booth

You could try to find a full spray booth:

 

[mikeyswood]

Not quite. This is the spray booth at our southern shop in the ghetto (in the ghetto)​.

 

[stepswork4me]

Not quite. This is the spray booth at our southern shop in the ghetto (in the ghetto)​.

Talkin' bout the ghetto.....

 

[Blind Dog]

I have been spraying nitro and catalized automotive clear in my garage. I prefer nitro for some things but I can level sand and polish catalized automotive clear the next day...

 

[Davebass]

I'm tempted to say I'm just going to have to continue spraying in my bedroom. With no garage it seems my best option. Often thought about making 4 walls of bed sheets outside, but I really wouldn't know where to hang them from.

Bugger.

 

[Rip Topaz]

I'm tempted to say I'm just going to have to continue spraying in my bedroom. With no garage it seems my best option. Often thought about making 4 walls of bed sheets outside, but I really wouldn't know where to hang them from.

Bugger.

Get yourself some PVC and build a frame.