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Refinishing
of a slaughtered Telecaster body .
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As
you can see on the picture, that Tele body has been badly damaged by a very poor
"do it yourself" paint job.The original color (a sunburst from what s left in
the pick ups rounting) has been stripped down. Doing so, some deep tool marks
have been made in the wood. Friendly reminder you don t have to use
sledgehammers and chainsaw to strip the varnish of a guitar body. Too deep to be
sanded down, these holes and dings will need to be filled properly with a
special epoxy based resin. You can still see the yellowish and grey stains from
the poor "spray-can and paintbrush "previous job ... |
| Once the major reshaping work is
done the body is now ready to be sprayed, starting with a white "PU"
undercoat. Unless I
am working on a very special restoration, i would generally prefer
Polyurethane or Polyester undercoats to Nitro, although I would most likely
always use a Nitro"clear
coat" for the finish that will help the "aging" of the instrument.The undercoat will then be sanded down to a very smooth surface (400
to 800
grit). Any scratches, ding or wrong curves will show if the undercoat and
colored basecoat isn t perfect especially if you are planning to spray a
metallic or see through color. |
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 To
be continued !!!
Get ready !!!
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