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Twelvebar · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:48 pm

danielhelc wrote:

Hi,

I used a Home Depot heat gun around $25 for the first time and it stripped the paint just fine of my Squier Classic vibe 50s. I had a few burn marks (nothing like ninininja's body; sorry nick :wink:

), but it all can be sanded away. The hard part for me was painting which I screwed up. It is not horrible but it is nothing to realy show off.

I used the nitro based stuff which due to my climate takes forever to dry properly. After the final sanding and painting I left the guitar body to hang in a dry and warm for two weeks and than leaned it on my guitar case.

Guess what hapened, the grained surface on my hardcase left the imprint all over the back of the body. Front of the body soaked some dust so it is pretty much going to become either "road worn" or refinished again. This is after two weeks of drying not a very happy ending.

Daniel, most people leave a guitar finished with Nitrocellulose for a minimum of 4 weeks. i generally let it sit for a calendar month, then i pick a discrete part and give it the fingernail test, if it is still soft i let it sit longer.. There are ways to shorten that, but it is an accepted general rule. Nothing to do with being in Canada or not.

Stratavarious57 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:19 pm

cking91 wrote:

Honestly your best bet is to go to Reranch.com and follow the instructions exactly. This is how I started refinishing guitars. As you go on you learn some shortcuts and better ways to do it, but if you're only going to do it one time, follow the instructions it gives you. This is the best site I've found on finishing guitars. Good luck and post some pictures!

thats exactly what im going to do its also where im ordering all my product from

Stratavarious57 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:21 pm

and yeah i heard to let it sit for at least 3 weeks so i plan on just getting some wire and stringing it thru the body since im also glossing the headstock, does anyone know if a satin neck would look good with a gloss headstock or any suggestions on what to do to get the neck as close to th e'62 reissue as possible? thanks like i said im still working on pics guys sorry for the delay photobucket dosent seem to want to upload my pics lol :shock:

JasonSD · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:47 pm

A couple more things when using a heat gun. You want to keep it moving, don't hold it in one spot. Also don't hold it too close to the guitar body.

And get a metal putty knife and round of the edges so they're not sharp. That way they won't gouge the wood.

The hardest part will be getting the first piece of poly off, after you get it started you can heat the next piece and then just put the scrapper in there and kind of seperate the poly from the wood, and it'll come off in big pieces.

I painted my own guitar a few months ago. It was my first time trying it and a lot of people on the forums helped me out and made it a lot easier. Here's a link to that thread, it might help.
http://www.fender.com/community/forums/ ... =paint+own

Stratavarious57 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:55 pm

yeah deffinitally thanks for that link ill use that alot. and about how far away from the guitar would you suggest i hold the heat gun? and im assuming i can get a scrapper at home depot or something like that. Thanks for all the help guys. Pics will be up tomorrow of the finishless guitar lol

JasonSD · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:57 pm

I would say 6-8 inches. You just want to make the poly flexible. Yeah get a scapper at home depot or lowes.

I got mine at ACE hardware and then rounded the corners off on the curb in the parking lot lol.

Stratavarious57 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:01 pm

hahahaha alright ill be that creepy guy with a metal scrapper scrapping the parking lot up hahah. thanks bro

fremont · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:15 pm

You have a great and extremely thoughtful plan there. I believe that your father will be very happy and pleased that you did that for him.

Good Show!

Stratavarious57 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:24 pm

Thanks for all the support guys it means alot, this is going to be one hell of a journey but in the end it will deffinitally all be worth it for my old man hahaha.

BitstreamCowboy · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:39 pm

It makes me shudder to think what's going to happen to your new guitar but I'm guilty of a lot of tinkering and modding. Waiting with anticipation on your photos.

Stratavarious57 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:37 am

haah trust me it makes me just as nervous! im the one holding the 1200 degree Fahrenheit heat gun 6 to 8 inches away from the WOOD guitar hahaha

Stratavarious57 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:47 am

so ladies and gents in the usual fashion of south florida...its raining.... :evil:

lmfao soooo what was supposed to start 30 min ago is now waiting for mother nature to stop being a $@!&* lol

Stratavarious57 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:54 am

MAKE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIN GO AWAY HHAHAHA :evil:

XxONEJAKExX · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:17 am

oh that's a little mean man

Stratavarious57 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:52 pm

whats mean? lol

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