Jupiter Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 Hello again! Following the advice LGM and Brian, i bought some Krylon aerosol clear coat to put over my Krylon white spray paint on my axe. The only kind i could find that Krylon made was clear acrylic... will this work? Will it give a nice shine? Please help soon!!! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 yeah you'll be fine with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 it will work, to get that factory shine you'll still need to polish it, but it will work just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Posted March 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 Excellent !!! Thanks a million to everyone on this forum who has helped me throughout this project { my first big project! }! I've fired up the heaters in the garage, so i'll be spraying it tonight. I'll let you all know how it goes. I plan on shooting a light coat, waiting 15 minutes, then shooting a wet coat, then sanding later with 320. And of course, i'll put a crapload of more coats on there, too. Any other suggestions? Wish me luck !!! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 make sure after you sand your first coats you get rid of all the debris in your bridge holes and such.as i already explained elsewhere i made that mistake and paid the price when the spray from the laquer blew it all over my fresh wet clearcoat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 also 0000 steel wool works better than 320 paper on the cutaways.oh and is this a dunce cap or a party hat.if you put it on this guy it would make a good boneheaded guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Posted March 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 Great, thanks for the tips! Keep them coming! My first coats went pretty well. I did, however, catch a few hairs and small debris in the clear ... any tips for removing the little buggers? I feel like when i run the sanding block over them, i'm only driving them further into the clear. Also, on the lower edge of the body, there are a few little tiny craters of some kind... they weren't there before i shot the clear, either. It looks like small bubbles have formed and popped. What was this caused by? Thanks!!! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeAR Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 If you feel like your pushing the hairs further into the finish, then you need to wait a little longer before you sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 Tiny little pit's formed in any paint are a sign of either contamination of the area sprayed vs the type of paint used or nothing for the particular paint to grab onto and hold. They are very hard to avoid in some situations, usually what I do if it is just a couple or few of them is lightly scuff the area where they are and spray some of the paint onto a claen piece of paper or foil then dab a little over onto the problem area with either a fine artist's brush or a toothpick (build up the area higher). Let that dry completely and sand it down level with the rest. On the other note I'm with BeAR let it dry a bit longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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