Frankenstrat Christmas Present Revisited

JacksonMIA

JacksonMIA

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I painted this for my little brother for Christmas two years ago:

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Since he got transferred to Hawaii (poor @^$@#! :laugh2:) he's letting me babysit it until he gets squared away and finds out exactly where he's going to be staying when he's not on his ship. I decided to throw a few new pics up here to let y'all see how it has aged.

I have about decided it was my failure to use sealer on the bare wood that caused it, but the finish has "checked" much like an old nitro guitar (keep in mind this is Krylon). I'm not sure if the paint is that brittle, but there are chips missing. The white is starting to discolor nicely. I didn't intend for it to be this way, and neither did he, but it turned out to be a pretty decent relic job.

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There are some more pics in the link in my signature.

I haven't noticed the checking or chipping on the other guitars I've painted, so I'm not really sure if it's a freak occurrence or because I left off the sealer. I really wish I knew how I did it, though.
 
Re: Frankenstrat Christmas Present Revisited

thats cool man. i want to do that to my baretta. how did you go about painting it? did you spray it with primer before paiting or just paint the bare wood? gimme some steps!
 
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loving the natural relic job... also loving the vintage trem instead of the usual floyd!
 
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I used Krylon Acrylic Clear Coat on my Korina Charvel copy. After 3 years, the clear coat is started to check and chip off as well- and for the most part it's only hung on my wall.
 
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Christopher Caruana said:
thats cool man. i want to do that to my baretta. how did you go about painting it? did you spray it with primer before paiting or just paint the bare wood? gimme some steps!
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Yeah, I primed it first.

Ideally, you would seal it and then prime it (you can skip both steps if you don't sand down to the bare wood like I did). Then you follow up with your base coat, and any other colors, and your clear. I usually wait a week between each step, longer if the weather doesn't permit, as I do all my painting outside.

After that - and this is probably the most important step - wait for the paint to cure. I waited five or six weeks on this one. You don't have to wait as long if you're just using one color, but I had to build up the clear coats thick so I could sand them down smooth to cover all of the masking lines.

Then, sand it down and polish it up. I really enjoy doing it.
ganzosrevenge said:
loving the natural relic job... also loving the vintage trem instead of the usual floyd!
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Thanks.

The vintage trem was kind of an easy choice since it was already set up that way. I think it kind of sets it apart from the billions of other Frankenstrat copies out there, though.
 
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jmh151 said:
I used Krylon Acrylic Clear Coat on my Korina Charvel copy. After 3 years, the clear coat is started to check and chip off as well- and for the most part it's only hung on my wall.
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The checking started pretty quick on this one. This was my first one, though, so I may not have had the others finished long enough to know if they'll do the same.

I wonder if it's something with the Krylon???
 
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JacksonMIA said:
The checking started pretty quick on this one. This was my first one, though, so I may not have had the others finished long enough to know if they'll do the same.

I wonder if it's something with the Krylon???
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If I do a relic I'm sending it straight to you.-nice job man that looks awsome:beerchug:
 
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yeah that thing is cool, and when the paint gets really bad you can mask it off and spray the red ;)
 
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