mattdude

Thank you very much for your response Jim!!

I have a lot more clarity to reference from as far as what I should be doing . . .

A coupla quick questions come to mind:

--Why is it that you say I should know before having the body filled whether or not I will be stripping the whole thing?

--Should I strip the whole thing?

It seems that just scruffing up the existing poly could save me a lot of Time and Money

--Would there be a noticeable sacrifice made in terms of the guitar's tone by having the extra amount of paint

clinging to the wood?

(BTW -- It is not too late for me to change the course of the body-filling as my tech has not

started that yet -- Plus he offered to email photos of the 'before' condition! so...)

Thanks for all your tips -- I will definitely use as a reference!

Matt

How much clear coat should I buy? =)P

Olympic White looks pretty white to me --

-- I'm looking for a good white for my RGX A2

here's an rgx a2

Ok

I was just wondering should I use a) automotive paint???

nitrocellulose; or

c) 'poly' which is how I believe it's currently done --

only I don't know where to buy white 'poly'

Thank you for any suggestions!!!

mattdude

Hi Jim --

Thanks for your reply --

I cannot take picture at the moment as the body is being filled by my luthier --

However -- I am thinking that due to the extensive amount of filling he is going to have to do --

I intend to go with a SOLID WHITE COLOR finish . . .

Could anybody comment on:

1) Would it impact the sound of the instrument to just paint over the existing poly?

2) Should I strip it to bare wood?

3) As far as painting -- I do have access to a spray booth as my brother works for a kitchen manufacturer and they spray their own doors there ... I was thinking - one of their kitchen styles is called 'AUTOMOTIVE' -- and I believe they use actual automotive paint -- Could I spray my guitar with this???

Ideally I think I'd like to respray a poly on there to make it how it's 'supposed to' be,

but I would be open to any recommendations as far as nitrocellulose vs poly vs automotive "kitchen" paint -- and where to acquire such paints --- (I'm in Canada)

--On an interesting note -- there is a website with a guy who painted a classic car with Tremclad Paint using a foam roller with great results!

Here's the explanation: http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-117715.html

and the photo: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d...in/DSC02769.jpg

Anyone tried this on a guitar??

Thank You!

Matt

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Hi!

I have recently acquired a badly beat up Yamaha RGX A2.

My luthier is going to patch up all the holes in it and I would like to paint it myself.

Does anyone have a recommendation as far as type of paint -- how much stripping to do --

I would like to preserve the tone of this instrument --

Also I would like to preserve the horizontal and vertical lines on the body that seem to be part it's current poly finish --

Thanks for any help!

mattdude

=)