Jarick

Well I've done some good work before: First try I had stained it red and was airbrushing the burst when my airbrush broke and spattered dye everywhere. So bleached it and started over. Second try I was about 95% done, guitar was stained and burst was done, sanding sealer applied, but I sanded through while level sanding. Third try I primed the guitar to shoot a solid color, but I was using rattle cans and it looked uneven as hell. Fourth try, I stripped it to bare wood, stained the thing black, and decided to skip the sanding and just shoot lots of clear. But I live in Minnesota and it was cold so I couldn't shoot lacquer, I decided to try the Minwax stuff that's quasi indoor safe. And that looked like hell. So it sat for a year and a half until I pulled it out a few months ago. I stripped most of it off, but I don't have a place to work on it and I'm too busy with life! No worries though, it has been purchased and a member will get it back to beauty again!

Alright, this is a project I attempted and screwed the pooch on. It's a 1993 Les Paul Studio, mahogany body and neck, maple top, ebony fretboard, mother of pearl inlays. It worked and sounded great and I attempted a refinish, screwed up the clear over and over, and gave up. It was stripped to bare wood and stained with Transfast water based dye (which should come off with household bleach), then I used Minwax Polycrylic, which was terrible. I got most of it off with Citristrip (works great), but I don't have the time or patience to work on this anymore. The headstock part kind of melted from the stripper around the edges, so I tried priming and sanding it. That should also come off with sanding or stripper. And the control panel had copper tape which turned green from the stripper. The mahogany is a great medium brown, tight grain, looks great. The maple top is a pretty plain three piece, middle piece has a dark streak to it. Looks pretty good but would be a great candidate for a darker stain or goldtop. The fretboard has a bit of overspray from the primer. The inlays are in great shape as is the wood (very nice black ebony). Frets are clean and still have many years left in them. The guitar had the frets dressed and an Earvana nut installed a few years ago. There are absolutely no cracks or damage to the body, neck or headstock. Truss rod is in perfect working order as well. I will also include some decals I purchased (gold) if you would like to keep the Gibson theme. It is a real Gibson Les Paul so I don't think it would be dishonest to use them. This can be a heck of a great project guitar for someone with some experience and patience. Some creative binding and it would be a poor man's Les Paul Custom. I do not know what this is worth so I am open to offers. My e-mail is JarickL(at)hotmail(dot)com.

Okay, so 18 months after I started my refin project, and 15 months after I shelved it from frustration, I'd like to give it another go. I stripped the factory finish off a Gibson Les Paul Studio, screwed up several times, and now I've got a guitar stained black with several layers of crappy Minwax Polycrylic that needs to be removed. I'd like to strip it back to bare wood, grain fill, seal the wood, and spray some Reranch tinted lacquer. I used Citristrip to remove the factory finish...will that work for the Minwax Poly? I've also got a 1200W heat gun. Thinking about trying the Citristrip again but no clue if it's strong enough. Any ideas?