Roddey

I'm not sure if you have ever heard of it or not, but Dupli-Color automotive paints work great for refinishing guitars. They make some awesome colors and they look fantastic when done. I am currently using 2 of their products. The first one is called Effects. It comes in black and clear. I am using both the black and clear on one guitar. The Effects type has color-changing metalflake in it. The flakes change colors in the light, especially sunlight or stage lights. It has a rainbow effect. I sprayed about 15 coats of the black, wet-sanded, wiped it all down, and I have just started spraying the clear, which has the same rainbow effect flake in it. I have sprayed about 4 coats of the clear and have dry sanded with 1000 and 2000 grit wetsand paper. I have no shiny paint spots left, and will wipe it down lightly with mineral spirits, and then spray about 4 more coats of clear. Depending on how it looks after those last 4 coats will determine whether I sand again and reapply more clear. This will be a "working guitar" and needs a LOT of protection from the stage abuse. I am building it for a semi-famous friend who is on stage and touring more often than not. She's hard on her guitars, so I sure hope this automotive paint holds up. The 2nd guitar is one of my personal guitars and the Dupli-Color paint for this one comes in a 3-stage kit. It's called Mirage, and it's the red/blue kit. It comes with the base-coat primer in flat black, the red/blue mirage paint, and the clear coat. The paint changes colors under the light from a red to a purplish to a green/blue. Really kinda cool. It looks better on the guitar than it does on the kit. Here's the link to the Dupli-Color site http://www.dupli-color.com/ I hope this helps someone. I'll post pics of both guitars when they are done and put back together. Roddey