Chickenwings
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Re: Nitro resprayed my tele
how did you do that?
how did you do that?
Nitro resprayed my tele
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Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: Nitro resprayed my tele
Sweet stuff.....
Sweet stuff.....
YeRedHouseOverYonder
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Re: Nitro resprayed my tele
If you went thin skin, then you should hopefully getting looking like that within 5-8 years. My MJT thin skin nitro finish (closet clean when first bought) has checked/aged nicely on it's own in 5. I think having been in Korea for a year helped since it's never been gigged or anything.
Looks better in person. Photobucket is compressing my pics really bad.
Just like gibson175, I'm interested in hearing more details about your attempt.
If you went thin skin, then you should hopefully getting looking like that within 5-8 years. My MJT thin skin nitro finish (closet clean when first bought) has checked/aged nicely on it's own in 5. I think having been in Korea for a year helped since it's never been gigged or anything.
Looks better in person. Photobucket is compressing my pics really bad.
Just like gibson175, I'm interested in hearing more details about your attempt.
Re: Nitro resprayed my tele
Well, this is the first time I've got checking to happen.
The neck of the same guitar was done by me with the Behlen String Instrument Lacquer.....which of course is their 'weatherproof' formula......and their claim is correct. I've gone from the freezer to a heat gun with that stuff and there is no effect.....well you can get the nitro to bubble with the heat gun!!
There are pics below of the best I can really do with the neck......some sanding back to wood on the shaft and a few dings in likely spots on the headstock.
The checked nitro is the Qualalaq. Much more brittle and will flake easily. Due to an incident during spraying/curing (involving high wind and a closeby garage support) there were already a few dints and marks on the body. The more round marks were done using a small collection of nuts washers & random round metal bits. You put these in a little padded bag, like something you might get from a jewellers shop. This cushions the blows, and the multiple items makes the 'damage' varied and random. Some bits were tiny, some big. You just do multiple light swings (just tapping the surface as a real ding would have been created) in the same area for those spots that collect more wear (old guitars teach you these positions).
It is important to get the marks in first. A lot of checking you see starts from corners, bends or marks in the finish in real aged guitars. The key is to start small for what I like to see. Just a guitar that looks like it has been used but not mistreated.
I then just stuck the guitar in the freezer for 45 mins or so. Most of the checking happened in that first pass.....but I did a few more cycles of it, making sure the guitar had heated back to room temp in the meantime.....thats usually how these things happen 'in the wild' anyhow.
Well, this is the first time I've got checking to happen.
The neck of the same guitar was done by me with the Behlen String Instrument Lacquer.....which of course is their 'weatherproof' formula......and their claim is correct. I've gone from the freezer to a heat gun with that stuff and there is no effect.....well you can get the nitro to bubble with the heat gun!!
There are pics below of the best I can really do with the neck......some sanding back to wood on the shaft and a few dings in likely spots on the headstock.
The checked nitro is the Qualalaq. Much more brittle and will flake easily. Due to an incident during spraying/curing (involving high wind and a closeby garage support) there were already a few dints and marks on the body. The more round marks were done using a small collection of nuts washers & random round metal bits. You put these in a little padded bag, like something you might get from a jewellers shop. This cushions the blows, and the multiple items makes the 'damage' varied and random. Some bits were tiny, some big. You just do multiple light swings (just tapping the surface as a real ding would have been created) in the same area for those spots that collect more wear (old guitars teach you these positions).
It is important to get the marks in first. A lot of checking you see starts from corners, bends or marks in the finish in real aged guitars. The key is to start small for what I like to see. Just a guitar that looks like it has been used but not mistreated.
I then just stuck the guitar in the freezer for 45 mins or so. Most of the checking happened in that first pass.....but I did a few more cycles of it, making sure the guitar had heated back to room temp in the meantime.....thats usually how these things happen 'in the wild' anyhow.
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muttznmongrelz
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Re: Nitro resprayed my tele
Great Job on the Olympic/Yngie White Tele! Looks awesome. Just started a Nitro Finish on my Floyded Tele Project. After much contemplation I decided upon finishing the body in Nitrocellulose Butterscotch Blonde.
Great Job on the Olympic/Yngie White Tele! Looks awesome. Just started a Nitro Finish on my Floyded Tele Project. After much contemplation I decided upon finishing the body in Nitrocellulose Butterscotch Blonde.
