Picture of my guitar that I refinished.
# 1
that is nice,
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# 2
how did you refinish? i hate the black paint on my strat.
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# 3
very nice
what is it?
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# 4
so what kind of method did you use?
also, what kind of wood is that? the traditional alder wood used on strats is waayy lighter than that.
also, what kind of wood is that? the traditional alder wood used on strats is waayy lighter than that.
# 5
That looks great!
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# 6
how do you do that? my strat's ugly and i wanna do stuff to it.
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That is one sweet lookin' axe.
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Thanx for the feedback guys. Well first off this is my first time doing this and the guitar is a Behringer so I wasn't scared if I messed it up because I didn't have much money in it. But when stripping the guitar I learned that that wasn't much of a problem, finding a stripper strong enough to get through the clear coat was. I ended up power sanding the clear coat off and when that was done I put the stripper on a small place to test it out I waited 30 minutes (keeping the stripper wet too) and nothing no peeling cracking or anything. Well after buying three more different brands of stripper I came upon one that weakend the paint but not alot.
My dad than thought of a great idea it was to use a blow dryer to heat the paint up and make it easier to scrap off. It worked! After scraping off to the primer (it had 5 coats of black at least) I then sanded (bless you power sander) it down to the wood. I then cleaned it with acetone because it cleans well and evaporates quickly. I then had to figure out what look I wanted it to be. I decided on a kinda of tiger stripe. So I used a method my dad used on his Kentukey Rifle. Lay down cotton string and burn it across the wood (it doesn't burn down into the wood just blackends it). After that I got some Mahogony stain and stained it and let it dry. Then I sprayed it with a satin clear coat (I'll prolly sand it and use gloss). I put it all together and took the pic. The best part is with all the paint gone it has a much better tone and much more sustain.
Well thats all I can remember hope it helps LOL
My dad than thought of a great idea it was to use a blow dryer to heat the paint up and make it easier to scrap off. It worked! After scraping off to the primer (it had 5 coats of black at least) I then sanded (bless you power sander) it down to the wood. I then cleaned it with acetone because it cleans well and evaporates quickly. I then had to figure out what look I wanted it to be. I decided on a kinda of tiger stripe. So I used a method my dad used on his Kentukey Rifle. Lay down cotton string and burn it across the wood (it doesn't burn down into the wood just blackends it). After that I got some Mahogony stain and stained it and let it dry. Then I sprayed it with a satin clear coat (I'll prolly sand it and use gloss). I put it all together and took the pic. The best part is with all the paint gone it has a much better tone and much more sustain.
Well thats all I can remember hope it helps LOL
# 11
Not sure what kind of wood it was it was a light soft wood and took the stain well. I only took the rag to it once.
# 12
That does look nice, man. I've been toying with some ideas of things to do with one of my spare guitars, I might consider something like that.
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# 13
sounds easy enough. I think I might try this on the ibanez that I'm customizing. so how much did it cost you total in supplies?
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