elchato Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Hi all, no need to say im new to the boards and new to refinishing... well, not to long ago i had an idea... i was looking for an strat sound, single coils were needed... i wont be able to afford me another guitar in a while so i decided on refinishing and... well... moding my old beater... well, i had an idea for a cool flower stratstrat pictures here so i started 2 days ago trying to stripe the old finish out of my yamaha, needless to say its going really really slow (only tools i have right now is sand paper 220) now, any tricks to make the striping process easier or atleast faster? im not quiter sure but i think its a poly finish and, finally... WHAT SHOULD I USE AND WHAT PROCESS TO FOLLOW TO PAINT IT?! been reading all over and all i get is more and more confused... i supose i finish sanding it and put an oil based grain filler, then paint the light blue (ill be using spray cans) and not sure of what kind of paint, then painting the flowers and then a transparent something (not sure what kind of something) so, HELP! thanks a lot! el*chato* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 First off... Welcome to the boards!! I've never personally tried taking a finish off to bare wood.. but I've heard alot of people who chemically strip the paint off the wood.. maybe you could check into that.. I think they used a product named Citristrip... not sure how good it does.. Maybe someone will shed some light on this product.. But anyway here is the link... http://www.citristrip.com/ Hope this helps out... Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elchato Posted August 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 are you telling me i wasnt suposed to strip it to the bare wood? *D-oh!!!!!!* how much should i strip it? el*chato* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 Dude, I take it you're the same Elchato from guitar.com? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 Read the pinned topics in this forum at the very top, probably all your questions will be answered there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elchato Posted August 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 yup, the very same chato i decided on the paint, im gonna use car paint cause it seems to be the only decent paint in spray cans (atleast in canadian tire) i also decided on the clear coat, now ill just sand a little more, smooth the neck hill, make the body contour a little sexier, then some routing (may take a little cause i dont have a router and i need to find someone i can borrow one from ) and im ready to paint! el*chato* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 make sure you read Brian's tutorials on stripping (seems funnier living in vegas). for that kinda pattern id seriously consider a fabric top save alot of time on the detail work. again read Brian's tutorial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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