Fender Colors!
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Chris Pile
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Well, Fender's colored finishes all started as DuPont automotive finishes. One of the guys in my car club bought his '61 Studebaker Hawk new when he graduated high school. It's still the stock color. Studebaker called it Flamingo Coral. It's actually Fender's Fiesta Red.
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Well, Fender's colored finishes all started as DuPont automotive finishes. One of the guys in my car club bought his '61 Studebaker Hawk new when he graduated high school. It's still the stock color. Studebaker called it Flamingo Coral. It's actually Fender's Fiesta Red.
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AniML
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Yes back when auto paints were gorgeous and didn't look like plastic nail polish, but would destroy your nervous system
Yes back when auto paints were gorgeous and didn't look like plastic nail polish, but would destroy your nervous system
Chris Pile
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If you didn't drink it, and wore the proper mask while spraying - it was fine. I mean.... I still use it after 40 years.
If you didn't drink it, and wore the proper mask while spraying - it was fine. I mean.... I still use it after 40 years.
ItsaBass
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Don't forget that in all the craze about "nitro" these days, it is actually the incorrect material for a lot of Fender finishes. Fender metallics (including the base coats for Candy Apple Red) and Oly White were acrylic lacquers with nitro clear coats. Fender non-metallics, and Sherwood Green, were nitro all the way through.
Don't forget that in all the craze about "nitro" these days, it is actually the incorrect material for a lot of Fender finishes. Fender metallics (including the base coats for Candy Apple Red) and Oly White were acrylic lacquers with nitro clear coats. Fender non-metallics, and Sherwood Green, were nitro all the way through.
Chris Pile
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There is no difference in the way acrylic or nitro lacquers are applied, or how they look when they dry. They act the same in each case. They just aren't chemically identical. You can interchange them, basically. I've shot both, but I haven't shot real nitrocellulose since the 80's.
There is no difference in the way acrylic or nitro lacquers are applied, or how they look when they dry. They act the same in each case. They just aren't chemically identical. You can interchange them, basically. I've shot both, but I haven't shot real nitrocellulose since the 80's.
Chris Pile
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Well, what are you looking for that you can't find today?
Well, what are you looking for that you can't find today?
AniML
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Agree -you can interchange them and in my experience you can layer them. I've use ReRanch rattle can nitro and topped it with acrylic clear lacquer from HD with no difference in application technique or bonding / compatibility issues
Agree -you can interchange them and in my experience you can layer them. I've use ReRanch rattle can nitro and topped it with acrylic clear lacquer from HD with no difference in application technique or bonding / compatibility issues
Demanic
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Haven't seen too much in black orchid of late.
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Chris Pile
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Fender did a satin metallic red awhile back that I really liked.
Fender did a satin metallic red awhile back that I really liked.
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Pantone book is full of colors not found on guitars. Supercar culture also has colors that aren't like on any guitar today.
Pantone book is full of colors not found on guitars. Supercar culture also has colors that aren't like on any guitar today.
Demanic
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Which makes no sense. It's got to be easier to paint a guitar.
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AniML
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But who pays 5 grand or more for a paint upgrade on a guitar? Economics.
But who pays 5 grand or more for a paint upgrade on a guitar? Economics.
