BigG1986 Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 (edited) Well this is my first atempt at re finishing a guitar. as i am a glasgow scotland guy i wanted a guitar with a st andrews flag plate all in blue after lookin at some nice blue strats etc an sum companies that'll do custom plates i thought hhmm i could pull this off my-self. Here is the product It Was Red http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/27/243258/000_0392.jpg With a belt and detail sander it was sonded but as i relised acrylic paint doesnt stick weel on wood http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/27/243258/Guitar2.jpg u can still se sum red showin through http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/27/243258/Guitar3.jpg as u can see i tryied a light blue this pic was after i sanded most of it off again to start fresh http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/27/243258/Guitar4.jpg This was the new color its a celulose pearescent finish paint and it ran du to my inexperiance of sparying http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/27/243258/Guitar5.jpg one of the nasty runs http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/27/243258/Guitar6.jpg Next day sanded an sprayed better his time after a few tips from a friend now left to cure/harden over night http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/27/243258/Guitar7.jpg un laquered pearl shine http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/27/243258/Guitar8.jpg laquered just needin t-cut http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/27/243258/Guitar9.jpg eventually t-cut an laquered another 3 times to get the high shine finish Edited January 15, 2007 by BigG1986 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoughtless 7 Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Looks pretty good man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~john~ Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 another Scottish person, welcome i like it, would like it more if that flag wasn't everywhere round here lol could sell them here, sure tourists would buy them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigG1986 Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 another Scottish person, welcome i like it, would like it more if that flag wasn't everywhere round here lol could sell them here, sure tourists would buy them iv already had one offer for it, where abouts is "here" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~john~ Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 "here" is St Andrews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigG1986 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 "here" is St Andrews LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoughtless 7 Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Holy crap, i just released we are neighbours...like 20 miles away. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigG1986 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 (edited) Holy crap, i just released we are neighbours...like 20 miles away. Awesome. its a bit more than 20mile im actually 20mile outside newcastle in ashington so its about an hour away, so howdy neigbour kinda!!! lol!!! Edited January 14, 2007 by BigG1986 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigG1986 Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 ive been lookin at ma guitar an im thinkin should i aint the pick-up covers with the cross onto them to stop them brealing up the croos or is that too much?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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