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JeffW

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  1. Again, thank you for the answers to my "how to paint the top and bottom post.' Armed with the great responses, and having painted the front of the Saga PRS kit, I attacked the back and sides. Upon painting the back, which felt glass smooth to the touch, I now notice every little imperfection in the wood. Lots of little scratches that could not be felt, but can now be seen. I did not notice this with the front of the guitar, but I only used very thin coats of Guitar Reranch aerosol wood dye on the front. Is what is happening with the back: A. Normal and the continued application and sanding of the lacquer coats will take care of this, or B. Not normal and I need to re-sand the back of the guitar. I'll tell you, I really have a respect for anyone that does this for a living. And I though programming databases was hard! Thanks again. Jeff
  2. First, thanks to Brian for the welcome and help on the clear coating issue. Now a new question. Again, I am building a Saga PRS copy where I am using wood dye on the front (only had to sand off 2 attempts before I got it right - lol) and want to paint the remainder of the guitar a complimentary solid tan. Many thanks to the poster about using 3M blue vinyl tape as that is what I have used to mask off the dyed front of the guitar. Napa Auto did indeed have the tape as well as up to 2000 sandpaper, thinline tape, different grades of polishing compound etc. Now the front is masked off and I begin to think, "hanging the body from my basement rafters, how am I going to effectively spray the top and bottom?" My immediate thought is to attach a fake "neck" to the guitar and use my woodcraft vice, but I wondered how others have accomplished this? BTW after talking to Eric Vance at the Guitar Doctor I found a Mohawk paint distributor in the Chicago area who carries their line of nitrocellulose lacquers. They are a lot cheaper than Guitar Reranch going for about $4.60 a can (with a minimum order). Jeff
  3. To All Experts, I am building a couple of Saga guitar kits and from this site have gathered a lot of tips of the process. However I am not sure of final clear coating process. One of the Guitars is a PRS copy with flame top (a little stretch here by Saga). That will need a clear coat finish. The other is a Telecaster copy which I will use a light green acrylic lacquer. Do I still need to clear coat finish the Telecaster on top of the green? And, in any case how many coats of clear lacquer would normally be used to finish any guitar and do you sand the clear coats as you would the colored coats? Thanks. Jeff
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