Bucke Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Hi As you can (hopefully) see i've painted my guitar Hendrix stylee (although its not quite finished) However i was admittedly abit foolish and did it without really knowing anything about finishing guitars so i'm hoping someone here can give me a hand... i did it quite awhile ago so im not 100% sure but i think i used white primer for the undercoat and white areas and standard acrylic for the red and black and maybe poster paint for the green am i right in thinking i now need to put clear laquer over the top? to stop it chipping someone told me i can buy laquer in wood floor shops or is there somewhere i should order it from? (i live in the UK) what type should i use? Also when i do laquer it: should i remove neck or could i get away with just masking it up? and does anyone have any idea what i should do to the scratchplate as its been painted on too obviously i can't just leave it as all the paint will get scratched off...should I laquer this too or maybe just use plain varnish? p.s. im not after an amazing pro-finish like some you guys do I just want to protect the paintjob. thanks in advance for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodfixer Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 You should be able to get a acrylic poly I've been using a water base one thats also used on floors..Stays clear.Lacquer is maybe to soft over all that and you would need a water wht or it ambers..remove neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 It gonna be much easier to take off the neck, but don`t let the laquer cover the neck pocket and if there any laquer you better sand it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucke Posted July 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 You should be able to get a acrylic poly I've been using a water base one thats also used on floors..Stays clear.Lacquer is maybe to soft over all that and you would need a water wht or it ambers..remove neck. thanks i'll try to get that and i will remove the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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