MIA tele refinish project

[scottish]

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so i got the sanding sealer on there and sanded down to 320 grit in prep for the primer. Im using a white nitro based primer from reranch. i sprayed this on using the dan erlewine (spelling?) double coat method. basically you spray one coat, wait about 15 minutes for the solvents to rise out and then spray a second coat. after that, you wait 24 hours and repeat the process as necessary. you dont need to build up a decent layer with the primer, only put enough on there to cover the body. here it is after that:

next up is the color coats. i elected not to sand the primer coat since by visual inspection it really didnt need it and its such a thin coat that it would have ensured sand throughs had i tried to.

so after the first double pass on the top with the "LP gold top" gold, also from reranch, it looks like this. Im spraying really light coats with this stuff btw

this will cure for 24 hours then ill hit it with another coat. might be longer than 24 hours, depends on the weather and my schedule

 

[ibanezrocks]

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Looks great!!! Do you know what colour of pickguard you're going with? My suggestion is black, although white would be a more classic look.

 

[DTSH]

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Looking good so far... I hadn't really ever thought of a gold tele... Now you're giving me ideas. :naughty:

 

[rashayritto]

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a white pick guard would look fantastic on that

 

[scottish]

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yeah, im thinking a white pearl pickguard from warmoth wold look pretty awesome on this when its done

 

[Elrond39]

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I'll throw in my 2 Eurocents - White Pearl or Vintage Pearl (creme). I think either would be beautiful.

Looking great so far, man!

 

[Rich_S]

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a Gold Top tele with Binding is one of my GAS inducers!!!

:nana:

Great thread, Scottish. Think of this not as "going OT", but as inspiration. Gold Teles, yay!

 

[ErikH]

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Nice, scottish. It looks great so far. When spraying metallics, it's better to spray it on the "dry" side to avoid and runs and the metallic particles will stand up better. Are you following the advice on Reranch about spraying some over the body and letting it settle? You shouldn't need to sand until the clear coat is on. In fact, I wouldn't.

 

[supazar]

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Looks great so far. I'm definitely a fan of the MIM bodies.

 

[stevie_bees]

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Looking forward to seeing the finished thing!!!

 

[scottish]

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Nice, scottish. It looks great so far. When spraying metallics, it's better to spray it on the "dry" side to avoid and runs and the metallic particles will stand up better. Are you following the advice on Reranch about spraying some over the body and letting it settle? You shouldn't need to sand until the clear coat is on. In fact, I wouldn't.

im going to do the final coat as a 'misting' to really bring out the flakes. as for sanding...yeah, there is no way im gonna try and sand a flaked finish. that sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. ill sand when i have a decent amount of clear coat on there.

 

[ErikH]

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im going to do the final coat as a 'misting' to really bring out the flakes. as for sanding...yeah, there is no way im gonna try and sand a flaked finish. that sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. ill sand when i have a decent amount of clear coat on there.

Cool. It should come out looking great. I'll be doing a Tele in Lake Placid Blue this year so I've been doing a lot of reading on the Reranch site. Thankfully, LPB is typically a one coat finish.

Is there shielding in the cavaties already or is that just to avoid paint buildup?

 

[scottish]

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i just taped up the cavities to avoid paint and lacquer build up.

 

[Rich_S]

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Cool. It should come out looking great. I'll be doing a Tele in Lake Placid Blue this year so I've been doing a lot of reading on the Reranch site. Thankfully, LPB is typically a one coat finish.

Is there shielding in the cavaties already or is that just to avoid paint buildup?

Ya wanna re-do my CAR MIM Nashville, as long as squirting LPB around?

 

[WhoFan]

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love the look so far... concidering what it looked like when you started it already looks 100% better

 

[scottish]

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haha I know. When I came back into this thread to post the newest two pics I noticed the same thing. It does look a hell of a lot better already.

 

[ErikH]

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Ya wanna re-do my CAR MIM Nashville, as long as squirting LPB around?

LOL...we'll see. The fun part will be getting that shell finish off first. mg:

 

[LoFiBrian]

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I cannot wait to this finished!

 

[scottish]

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its coming, lol. Im waiting on some better weather so i can finish off spraying the gold coats and get on to the clear coats. Its beent too cold here for optimal spraying results.

Be patient my friends, lol

 

[scottish]

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OK...so with the onset of some better weather ive made some more progress in the spraying. the gold coats should hopefully be done in a few days if all goes to plan. then ill post some pics before i start clear coating.