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Thanks Steve, how long do they take to dry between coats....basically how long before you can put the guitar back together?
This Les Paul has basically just a tinted clearcoat, so I sprayed six or seven very light coats, waiting the recommended 20 minutes between coats. I was prepared to wait anything up to a week before sanding and cutting back, but actually sanded it with 800 grit the following day then cut it a day after that, as the finish had easily cured hard enough.
I didn't sand it between coats, and the final finish before sanding was pretty rough, but that may have been because my coats were too light and from too far away, letting the particles build as peaks without dissolving the previous layers.
It's kind of hard to experiment when you have gigs lined up and your only can was 20 quid a pop with postage!
I did a Strat in Olympic White with a clearcoat a couple of years ago and that came out very well, Northwest Guitars have some very good videos on YouTube - if you follow them to the letter it just works.
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One of the few guitars I feel I 'missed' was a Les Paul Standard Doublecut in Lemonburst, or whatever they call it, from the briefly-existing Manchester branch of he-who-shall-not-be-named, previously of Denmark Street, Soho.
It had a lovely flame in the top and I was umming and ahhing, in the end I left it on the wall, forgot about the whole thing, and bought my current singlecut which I love.
That refinish of yours has just reminded me of the one in Manchester. It probably played like a dog, at least that's what I tell myself.
Mine too,so much so I pretty much modelled my LPJ on it.
Still like the stripped look though.
I'm sure in its current form it will age pretty fast and gain a bit more character in the process.
It still sounds as good as ever and feels like my old friend even if the gold has gone.
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Looks better than gold IMO, looks great.
I might do this with a Telecaster Steve. Could you use sanding sealer as a temporary coat?
I'm thinking of getting a Tele project up and running with a basic seal then going back to do the colour when I have a bit more time and can decide what colour I want.