Stratocaster Project - Finished

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mrn1989mrn1989 Frets: 240
edited July 2020 in Making & Modding
So with a Strat missing in my life and some time on my hands thanks to crappy Covid I embarked on a renovation/build project, it starts with a MIJ Fender body purchased from @Fretbored which I decided was in need of a makeover after originally planning to leave as was.

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I quickly discovered it had many layers on paint under the thick black poly finish which was a chore to remove to say the least, but I persisted knowing it was too late to turn back lol

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I was fairly sure it was a multi piece Alder body but turns out to have a thin front and back on a 4 piece alder body. My original plan was to do a gold over black relic but with the discovery of what was underneath changed my plans.

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The next step was to start filling in the open grain or small dings 

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Then onto the sanding sealer after going over it with 600 grit, 1st then 2nd coat.

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Next we have Primer

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Primer showed up some missed spots to fill... Some more primer then wet and dry sand with 1200 grit before colour

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With Primer and smoothing done its time for the Shoreline Gold colour to be sprayed, first few coats were light layers

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I ran into a few issues spray in weather than was too humid, so had to lightly key the finish wet and dry with 600 grit

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This was the guitar after the 6 coats of gold

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This weekend's good weather gave me a chance to get the clear coats done, so this is me posing in my gear after the last coat  of the 5 clear coats was applied

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