King85 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 (edited) Hi, first off a little introduction, my names Marc and i've been playing about 2 years now, I have 3 guitars altogether one of which is an Epi Lp100 thats about 8 years old. I got it cheap from a friend and whilst it wasn't in bad condition there were a few nicks in the paint, the pickups were dead and the wiring looked liked it needed replacing. So after having it sitting under my bed for the past year I decided i'd get to work on it and replace the pickups and wiring and while im at it i'd attempt to respray it aswell. I'd also like to add that this is my first ever attempt at anything like this so it may be a long and arduous journey This is a quick sketch to show the paint scheme i'm hoping to achieve (imagine it with all chrome hardware aswell). This is how it looked to begin with. Now after I sanded it down. I'm registered over at the Uk Guitar Builders Forum and wezv has been helping me alot (thanks wezv ) I thought i'd register here aswell though and get as much help as possible so please comment as much as you can. The first problem i've encountered is my over zealous sanding has caused me to go through the original sealer in places, what would be best to remedy this? Plenty or primer or a new layer or sealer before I primer? Thanks in advance Edited February 19, 2008 by King85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAK Guitars Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I would definetly go with a sealer. You would end up spraying a lot of primer and even then it might not do the trick. Its probably faster to spray the primer first, but you want to think down the road a bit on how you want it to look. If you want to be sure of a long lasting, even finish I would go with the sealer. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King85 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Oh ok thanks for the reply, should I just use a regular wood sealer or is there a special type I should use? I'm going to need my hand held through this as I have a very basic knowledge of what I should do so please keep the replys coming thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King85 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Ok quick update time, the guitar is now completely sanded so is ready to be primed (i've decided not to worry about sealer as I can't find it in any diy shops locally so i'll just see how the primer takes to it).I have encountered a few things though now its done. Firstly I have scuffed the side dot marking (see below) but I figure a quick go over with some high grit sand paper will take this out right? Secondly when I removed the old bridge I found this... If you look at the left hand side there is no indentation for the bridge to go in, and who said low end guitars were poorly crafted lol! Anyway i'll be putting the first layer of primer on tomorrow so fingers crossed I don't suck at using a rattle can ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King85 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) Ok today I finally got around to putting the first layer of primer down (a rattle can is considerably harder to use than I thought lol) anyway heres a look at my handy work. The unsealed patched are still noticable but hopefully a couple of primer coats will act as a sealer and it will be ok when I come to put the last few primer coats/colour base on. Also last night I won a soldering iron for 99p and got some 1200,1500,2000,2500 (all x 5) sandpaper for £11 all off ebay Edited February 25, 2008 by King85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King85 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Slightly off topic but I also picked up this, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....E:B:BCA:GB:1123 I've been trying to get my little sister into playing for a while as she lacks any hobbies so for £21 I figure this may do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King85 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Ok after the second coat I can see that the sections where I sanded through the sealer have a 'fluffy' texture and arent as smooth as the surrounding area, my plan is to apply 2 more layers of primer then use some 2000 wet and dry to sand these down smooth, would that work or does anyone have a better suggestion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbuster Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Ok after the second coat I can see that the sections where I sanded through the sealer have a 'fluffy' texture and arent as smooth as the surrounding area, my plan is to apply 2 more layers of primer then use some 2000 wet and dry to sand these down smooth, would that work or does anyone have a better suggestion? Hay.. I dont wanna bust your bubble but ...Thats why its called sealer. You can sand it back down where its fluffy and get some sealer from a paint store an cover just those spots and reaply more primer over that. I think this would be your quickest solution. I hope this helps ya out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King85 Posted February 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 The body looks alot better now after the 400 sanding and some more primer, it still needs a good few coats of primer before I sand it down for its colour layers though (the colour scheme has changed aswell to a dark blue with two white stripes as I couldn't find a green and red I liked) anyway the body has a few shallow scratches on it like this. Do you think they will eventually even out with extra primer or shall I put abit of filler on now and then smooth it out? My dremel style tool came aswell today and I have many bits to play with now, however I don't have a clue what some of them are and what they should/shouldn't be used for so if anyone wants to give me a few clues that would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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