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Topic: Tobacco Sunburst Spray painting |
Stefan Robertson
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Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 1 May 2014 7:37 am |
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I know this can be done but I need some advice.
What is the best way to Spray paint your Lap Steel Guitar Tobacco sunburst.
Things to note:
I don't have a workbench etc. or professional equipment
I would like to be able to do this with a few rattle cans of spray paint and then coat. Is this possible?
Quotes here in the UK are nearly £500
£245 to Paint
and the remainder to rebuild.
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Stefan
Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Stefan Robertson
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Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 1 May 2014 7:58 am
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Jon you are a star. Anyone tried any of these. I know stewmac is a reputable company but wondered if anyone tried any type of finish with these?
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Stefan
Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
"Give it up for The Lap Steel Guitarist" |
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Stefan Robertson
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Hertfordshire, UK
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 1 May 2014 8:06 am
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I'd say it's doable. As you said, grab some spare wood and practice before using it on your guitar.
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Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 1 May 2014 8:09 am
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You should go to www.reranch.com besides having the products you need, they also have excellent instructions.
Here is a guitar I refinished following their instructions and all I used was rattle cans:
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 1 May 2014 8:09 am
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Years ago I finished a guitar with Stew Mac products. I did all tinting with dye/stains (so I didn't do any burst kinda stuff--just solid color) and did all the clear coating with spray can nitro-cel. In my apartment kitchen. Kids, don't try this at home.
The result was far better than a hack job--I did multiple light coats and did proper prep between each coat and I rubbed it out in the end---and far short of a professional job.
It works well enough that you can get ok results if you are conscientious about surface prep and you avoid over-enthusiastically heavy coats. And allow for good drying/curing.
There are other materials for the wet sanding and the final polishing that will add to the expense but are key to the mirror finish thing. |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 1 May 2014 10:03 am
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I've finished several instruments in various sunburst combinations. Basically, you spray the undercoat, then the base color, leave it to completely dry, then spray the contrasting sunburst. I recommend that you spray the sunburst from a greater distance, depending on the effect that you want, but mask down the rest of the instrument because the effect is spoiled if you get tiny dots of the sunburst color all over.
I recommend that you practise first on a piece of scrap wood.
By the way, don't just consider yellow for the sunburst. I once put an ivory sunburst over a pea green base coat. Another time I applied a red sunburst over a navy blue base. |
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Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 1 May 2014 2:51 pm
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
You should go to www.reranch.com besides having the products you need, they also have excellent instructions.
Here is a guitar I refinished following their instructions and all I used was rattle cans:
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Irv, you did a great paint job -- especially on the fretboards. They look perfect.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 2 May 2014 8:06 am
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Chris,
Let me tell you about the necks. The necks on this guitar originally came without any inlay. I bought some matching inlay at Constantines but then had to figure out how to route it in. I jerry-rigged a Dremel router unit I bought from StewMac and got the job done. They turned out great!!  |
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