Getting there @boo 👍

Finally I got all the paint defects sorted out and it’s back in black. Nitro goes on differently than other paints I am used to and as it dries, it becomes flatter, less orange peal. I may sand it a l...

@tv101 We should start a new thread - The Battle of the Builds

Posted by: @boo Yeah I think if I just do a simple oil finish, I could do one in a week. That’d be something interesting to try. Perhaps we could have some sort of challenge amongst ourselves; “what...

@boo Thanks I would like some help sourcing a decent gun so I will check the spec on my compressor and see what it’s output is. I don’t need a large one, smaller the better. Price is not a problem. Al...

Posted by: @tv101 It depends on what you intend the finished guitar to look like. You certainly can build a guitar, start to finish, in a week. Mark has taught complete numpties (I’m looking at myse...

Posted by: @boo At some point in the near future, I want to make a guitar from start to finish as fast as I can and see what happens (staying safe too though). I’ll start with a baseline of 1 week; ...

@rocknroller912 And, it will give me a chance to practice and improve my own burst painting on guitars. A gravity fed gun is a must I would say. Buy the best you can afford (to use Mark’s ethos) and ...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 I’m planning a 3 colour sunburst body sometime probably after the winter unless I can find a good way of heating my garage up to temperature, so I might need to pick your b...

@tv101 Thanks T, appreciate it. The finishing section you mention (3 months) is partly due to life getting in the way and the dry/curing times of products I used. Another part of the problem is that ...

@tv101 I think you have got the timelines fairly accurate. Woodwork is not that difficult but finishing is. I follow some professional restorers in the violin world and it often takes several attempts...

I’ve just binge-watched / read this thread as part of my catch-up. When I re-started reading, on page 4, I wondered how the thread had managed to get to 12 pages long. Things were looking good on p...

@boo I’m planning a 3 colour sunburst body sometime probably after the winter unless I can find a good way of heating my garage up to temperature, so I might need to pick your brains. I have yellow an...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Your impact is very positive for sure. I had never heard of isolator paint before, although I’ve done a lot of wood finishing. @rocknroller912 Thanks. I guess isolator is ...

@boo Your impact is very positive for sure. I had never heard of isolator paint before, although I’ve done a lot of wood finishing.

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Thanks for sharing this, it’s giving us all a free masterclass in painting @rocknroller912 No probs. Painting is like voodoo black magic sometimes and it’s just finding th...

@boo Thanks for sharing this, it’s giving us all a free masterclass in painting

Unmasked and left to dry. There is a little splatter of primer from the gun left on the surface, that will just sand flat when it’s dry. Attachment : 7F184A13-F73D-45B2-9AA7-41F3D80931B0.jpeg ...

Couple more coats and it’s looking much better. I’ll let it settle for a couple of days and sand it, again. Then I’ll check to see if it needs even more primer. Attachment : 23061B53-EF88-4486-AA...

Time for the nitro primer. 1st coat is very light to check for reactions, you can still see the shadow of the isolator paint bleeding through. That will disappear when opacity is gained with a couple ...