On the bench (and flaky)

[Chris Pile]

Honest to God.... This is an old photo I ran across.
I had a PRS on my bench that someone stripped the top and colored it green WITH A CRAYON!!!!!!!!
I touched up a high fret and lowered the action.
After I put the guitar back in the case, I noticed these green flakes on the bath towel I lay my work on....

 

[GuitarStv]

What a noob. Pros know that you use a green sharpie, not a crayon for finish work!

 

[Mincer]

what the hell. you shouldn't legally be allowed to give it back to him.

 

[beaubrummels]

wax on, wax off

 

[jeremy]

it does give it a unique look

 

[Chris Pile]

Some of the flakes even stuck to my forearm.
I looked in the case to see what crayon he used..... nada.

 

[jeremy]

im hoping its one of the 14" long, 2.5" diameter ones

 

[GuitarDoc]

That PRS McCarty was probably gorgeous at one time. What would motivate someone to do such a horrible "refinish"?

I always polish guitars after working on them and before returning them. What do you do to a crayon?!

 

[Aceman]

I think it looks kind of cool in the pic anyway. Not sure how I'd like playing it...

 

[Wattage]

well if it was a vintage crayon....

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Never seen anything like that - certainly is different.
IDK, but buffing it might leave a waxy trans green semigloss with grain showing through.

 

[beaubrummels]

That PRS McCarty was probably gorgeous at one time. What would motivate someone to do such a horrible "refinish"?

You know, George Harrison used his wife's nail polish to work on 'Rocky', his '64 Strat, after the cheap day-glo tempera paint flaked off.

I'd say ...drugs. Drugs would motivate someone to do such a horrible refinish.

 

[NegativeEase]

Honest to God.... This is an old photo I ran across.
I had a PRS on my bench that someone stripped the top and colored it green WITH A CRAYON!!!!!!!!
I touched up a high fret and lowered the action.
After I put the guitar back in the case, I noticed these green flakes on the bath towel I lay my work on....

Finish the story ICT, level with the people, you used steel wool to scrub it all off for the client, which you realized was the wrong thing for the jerb and thus began your blind hatred for steel wool.

It actual looks kind of cool, maybe he should have sprayed it with acrylic after... although I'm not certain how acrylic would adhere and protect a soft wax now that I think on that.

 

[Chris Pile]

I wanted it gone ASAP, and I think beaubrummels hit the nail on the head. DRUGS make people do stupid stuff. If he wasn't taking drugs, then maybe he should have been taking some. Definitely one for my "Weirdo Hall of Fame".

 

[GuitarDoc]

Had to be drugs. Either that or lack of brains.

 

[Mr. 80's]

That's cray cray......ola.

 

[jeremy]

You know, George Harrison used his wife's nail polish to work on 'Rocky', his '64 Strat, after the cheap day-glo tempera paint flaked off.

I'd say ...drugs. Drugs would motivate someone to do such a horrible refinish.

a friend of mine has a strat painted just like georges rocky strat, not my thing but whatever. the late 60s was an interesting time