MIM Player refinish

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by jdr1014 » Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:59 am

That's really looking great!

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by bubba899 » Thu Jun 10, 2021 5:55 am

absolutely cracking work! Really looking forward to seeing it all together

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by Embenny » Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:47 am

Wow. That's a really great job, you should be proud. Not an easy finish to pull off.
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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by MKR » Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:06 am

wow. that looks incredible. :jacked:

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by MrJagsquire » Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:15 pm

Thanks for the kind words everyone. :blush: :blush:

I had a few problems with my main spray gun while doing the clear coats: It started splitting beige lumps of 'something' which dried hard. Luckily I always start on the back and I stopped spraying straight away. I wet sanded them off, but the gun is kaput (it was a cheap £25 top filling one I got off Amazon; it's lasted for two necks and one and half bodies, so I guess it was still cheaper than rattle cans and a better finish ::) ). I have a spare touch up gun for cars, which is probably fine for guitars anyway, so I finished the clear using that. I probably should have made more adjustments (possibly gun air pressure) because I got more 'dry spray' on the edges when spraying the front/back than I did with the other gun.

This poor photo shows how the edge looked after drying:

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I went round the edges with P1000 then P2000 and gave it a light buff with my DA polisher. Looks like it'll come up fine:

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I'll let it harden a bit longer before buffing the front and back, but this nitro hardens pretty quickly so I can usually buff within a week of spraying without suffering 'sinking'. I used the same clear coat nitro on my Tele and Strat necks and buffed them less than a week after spraying and they still look great...I'm too impatient to wait for a month or more. :whistle:

Not a bad shine from the gun on the front, so I hope I'll only need to buff and not wet sand first. Might need to wet sand the back as it's a little rougher, but plenty of clear coats to sand back without worrying about breaking through...it'll soon get marks on the back anyway I guess, but I try to keep them nice.

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I've got a Marshall SC20 combo coming tomorrow, so that will distract me from doing any more buffing before I should. ;D

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by MrJagsquire » Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:55 am

Gave it a bit of a buff today and placed the 'guard and bridge on the body for a photo. Really like how it's looking, but will leave it a bit longer before giving the front a final buff before re-assembling it.

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by jdr1014 » Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:21 am

Really liking this - the finished product will be beautiful!

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by MrJagsquire » Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:00 am

Thank you. :)

I painted the cavities with conductive paint, gave it another buff, the fitted the trem plate. Just leaving it to hang in a warm garage for a few days before I put it back together:

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:40 pm

My heart skips a beat when I see the word "re-finish" in the title but you have nailed it!

I want a CAR Jag now!

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by MrJagsquire » Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:03 am

CROSS_guitars wrote:
Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:40 pm
My heart skips a beat when I see the word "re-finish" in the title but you have nailed it!

I want a CAR Jag now!
Thanks very much. :)

I got the second coat of conductive paint on this evening, another quick buff and then left it hanging up in the garage to help it harden (we're having really hot weather here lately).

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It's just begging me to put it on and play. ;D

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by MrJagsquire » Wed Jun 16, 2021 1:35 pm

Only indoor photos for now as the weather has turned wet tonight. Had a quick play to check it all out after I had to refit a wire I'd managed to pull off when refitting it all, but it's all good.

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Hope you like. 8)

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by snarf » Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:21 pm

that is insanely good MrJagsquire! Color looks on point.

What type of gold did you use? did you mix it yourself from the bronze powder or was it a premixed? Metallics orientation looks good and uniform. I'm a little scared of getting dark spots from the dry spray. The gold basecoat looked like it set up perfectly for the candy coat.

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by MrJagsquire » Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:34 pm

Thanks Snarf. I used 'Gibson Gold Top Gold' from North West Guitars. It's a UK based shop that sells a selection of nitro paint for spray guns (and aerosols). I don't think there is any bronze in it though, just a standard basic gold colour. I just sprayed it from a slightly further distance to usual to give a wider spray pattern with less chance of 'stripes'. I had some practice a lot of years ago spraying a friend's car: It was a gold Vauxhall and I kept getting like 'tiger stripes' in the finish, until I worked out that spraying a bit further back and more 'dusting' it on.

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by Nudger » Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:17 pm

Inspring thread my jagsquire ;)
Feeling more confident about trying a candy finish now, Handy tip about the bass coat spraying distance.
Had good results with north west guitars nitro before, Quality stuff.

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Re: MIM Player refinish

Post by jdr1014 » Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:04 pm

Congratulations on a really superb job refinishing that guitar. Looks stellar!

Be proud of your work and enjoy that beauty!! :)

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