Fan O' Zakk Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 (edited) Well, sort of a Tele, at least. Body shape certainly is consistand, but the headstock is another shape altogether (pictures of that coming soon) http://www.mts.net/~klharlow/pics/EVHTele/Guitar7.jpg http://www.mts.net/~klharlow/pics/EVHTele/Guitar8.jpg http://www.mts.net/~klharlow/pics/EVHTele/Guitar10.jpg http://www.mts.net/~klharlow/pics/EVHTele/Guitar11.jpg Paint job took 'bout 12 hours total, with around 7 of that being spend doing the masking...paint order was grey, black, then blue. Used Dupli-Color Automotive paint for the colors, and Dupli-Color Automotive clear laquer. Please forgive the quality of pictures...the camera really did a poor job of capturing the metallic paints! Edited October 12, 2004 by Fan O' Zakk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Did you sand and buff the body yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legiticus Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 nice...I'm looking at using duplicolor as well for a project. Can you give us your (somewhat brief) step-by-step process? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan O' Zakk Posted October 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Did you sand and buff the body yet? I just shot the whole thing this past Saturday, so I'm gonna sit it for a week or two before I sand and polish it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan O' Zakk Posted October 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 nice...I'm looking at using duplicolor as well for a project. Can you give us your (somewhat brief) step-by-step process? Thanks. Thanks man. For starters, I used a sealer/builder/primer type stuff (I think it was Killz brand???) once that was prepped, I sprayed it with a non-metallic surface primer for extra adhesion (It's designed specifically to bond automotive type paints to non-metal surfaces). From there, I shot the entire body in 3 double coats of Smoke Grey Metallic, and sat that for about half an hour. From there, I masked 3 different widths (6, 12, and 18 mm) using various painters tapes. I sprayed the Sunfire Black on, again, 3 double coats. I gave that 5 or 10 minutes to set up, and immediately began removing the masking tape from the body. From there, I gave the whole deal almost an hour to cure. Finally, to set up the blue stripes, I used 6mm masking tape to mask the outsides of the blue lines, then used wider masking tape to mask off the rest of the guitar. Shot the blue in 4 double-coats. Pulled mask off after 5 minutes of setup. Allowed 20 to cure. Shot 3 full cans of clear, in a lot of double-coats. The guitar was hanging for the duration of the painting process, and I had a 300 watt halogen light shining on it from a distance of aboot 2 feet. As was mentioned above, I used all rattlecans, but I attached a painters handle on the guns to get a greater degree of control and accuracy. Oh, and I heated the cans on a wood stove to warm the inner contents for each layer. That makes for higher can pressure, and better spray properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legiticus Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 What was the name of the primer you used for extra adhesion? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan O' Zakk Posted October 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 What was the name of the primer you used for extra adhesion? Thanks. Motomaster brand Non-Metallic Surface Primer. Sprays on clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Nice! Another one! and a different color scheme too! Tele ain't my fav but it looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan O' Zakk Posted October 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Nice! Another one! and a different color scheme too! Tele ain't my fav but it looks great! Just so's you know...your EVH LP was 100% my inspiration for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Then we owe it to BeAR!!! I will be doing another, still undecided... it's a Jackson body that I plan on planning and adding a hard maple cap about 1/2" thick. Depending on the maple I get it will be stained or EVH 5150. I love it, it's so easy to do, and depending on the combination of colors it can look awsome! More pics when done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 27, 2004 Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 Im doin a strat yellow stripes on black...today i sprayed the black...i will start a new threa don how i did it if anyone wants...it aint to complicated ::sorry for thread jacking:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plon Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Nice job! Would you mind giving me the part # for that color? It's exactly the color I'm looking for for my project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan O' Zakk Posted November 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Nice job! Would you mind giving me the part # for that color? It's exactly the color I'm looking for for my project. Which color are you referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plon Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Sorry about that, It's the gray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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