Guitar Repaint Disaster. Need help.

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Seriously, we need photos of this travesty!
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dayl wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 7:28 pm
Slowy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 5:25 pm

How about some 800 grit to knock the shine off?
Been considering these sorts of options. The guy has been waiting to get his guitar back for so long that I just want it to be perfect. So I'm a little extra freaked on this one.
I feel for you; It's a horror scenario. I've got nothing better than the 800 grit. If it was me, the sight of a shiny fretboard might be more than I could bear.

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If it really bugs you mask off the body and rag the fretboard with lacquer thinners, it's still soft & curing. Caveat though, my experience with paint gone wrong things and trying to fix is it can escalate badly.

Assuming clear is 1K, if it is 2K then might be locked in.
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pics or it didn't happen
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Yeah it's 2k
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OK pics have arrived

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Well, fuck, that's a bit of clearcoat.

Do you know what he's sprayed it with?
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I'm guessing it'll fall off all by it's self given time.
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Stick it next to your fish tank?
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I can feel those images on my fingers and I do not like it.
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robthemac wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:46 pm Well, fuck, that's a bit of clearcoat.

Do you know what he's sprayed it with?
Kitchen broom would be my guess.
No. That's not good at all.

Is that showing a perfectly crap application or the fretboard surface profile? Because if that's the profile, it might be easier to peel the fretboard and replace.
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hellblazer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:15 pm Stick it next to your fish tank?
Underrated advice!
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There’s a lot to take in here
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The ideal scenario is removing the old frets, sanding down that fingerboard and trying to correct some of those chunks missing from the binding, and then refret with new fretwire, and job done, with added bonus of extra playability.
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robthemac wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:46 pm Well, fuck, that's a bit of clearcoat.

Do you know what he's sprayed it with?
Yeah it will be either Amerthane or Caprithane. Both are 2k.

I would love to pull the frets and do it all properly but this has to go by Christmas.

It's all a big mess really. I'm so fucked 😄
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