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That is absolutely stunning. What a head-turner

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Looks amazing Grant. Looking forward to hearing the twang from all the way up here...

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Also where did you get thee logo... i need one.

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StrummersOfThunder wrote:Also where did you get thee logo... i need one.
The seller no longer is active. His decals were the best. Most don't use the correct metallic ink. I have a late '64 onwards logo from him if you're interested. Like this....actually, these guys look like the biz. Maybe try them for a pre-'64 logo?

http://oldfret.com/lt/1964-68-Custom-Te ... -Decal.htm
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Love the tint on that neck Grant, thanks for sharing

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Voxshall wrote:Love the tint on that neck Grant, thanks for sharing
Cheers - in case anyone is ever doing the same thing, for every 50ml mix of clear (which is 30-50% thinners), add in 3-4 drops of yellow amber and 1-2 drops of medium brown. Adjust as you go...lessen or increase the drops to fine tune.

https://www.stewmac.com/Materials_and_S ... tains.html

I'm using Mirotone nitro, HVLP gun set to 40psi with a fine tuned air/lacquer ratio. The gun is shyte and the air and blend dials are too loose.

ALWAYS USE A PROPER MASK, and ventilate!!!! My mask is a 3M like this https://www.officemax.co.nz/Safety-Firs ... YXEALw_wcB
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How many CFM does your compressor do? You need an awful lot for HVLP!
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jeremyb wrote:How many CFM does your compressor do? You need an awful lot for HVLP!
Doh, actually, it just reads High Pressure Gravity Feed Spray Gun.

I'm sick at home so I went to find the box to detail it. What I found was, I actually purchased a brand new fancy gun ages ago and have never used it. Here I am using my old blue gun which I despise, and I have this all chrome fancy bling thing sitting unused, which I just "re-found" again.

This is an analogy of how screwed up my life is!

The new one requires about 14CFM....the old one needs 400LM. About the same. But that's for continuous spraying, and very heavy compounds. The demands for a guitar are much less and nitro, thinned out, is easy to spray. I set mine for around 40 PSI and it's only a smaller compressor at around 120LPM...Super Cheap auto. Works great...don;t let the tech sheets freak you out.
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GrantB wrote:
The seller no longer is active. His decals were the best. Most don't use the correct metallic ink. I have a late '64 onwards logo from him if you're interested. Like this....actually, these guys look like the biz. Maybe try them for a pre-'64 logo?

http://oldfret.com/lt/1964-68-Custom-Te ... -Decal.htm
I've used one of the Oldfret ones. I'm no expert on what constitutes the right kind of ink, but it looked great to me.

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Looks great so far ..... but that Flat bit where the jack is, is fucking with my OCD haha
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willow13 wrote:Looks great so far ..... but that Flat bit where the jack is, is fucking with my OCD haha
Proper Tele of it has that though!! 8)
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GrantB wrote:
I'm sick at home so I went to find the box to detail it. What I found was, I actually purchased a brand new fancy gun ages ago and have never used it. Here I am using my old blue gun which I despise, and I have this all chrome fancy bling thing sitting unused, which I just "re-found" again.

This is an analogy of how screwed up my life is!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cool story! Don't worry about it mate; men aren't supposed to survive multi tasking.

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GrantB wrote:
Voxshall wrote:Love the tint on that neck Grant, thanks for sharing
Cheers - in case anyone is ever doing the same thing, for every 50ml mix of clear (which is 30-50% thinners), add in 3-4 drops of yellow amber and 1-2 drops of medium brown. Adjust as you go...lessen or increase the drops to fine tune.

https://www.stewmac.com/Materials_and_S ... tains.html

I'm using Mirotone nitro, HVLP gun set to 40psi with a fine tuned air/lacquer ratio. The gun is shyte and the air and blend dials are too loose.

ALWAYS USE A PROPER MASK, and ventilate!!!! My mask is a 3M like this https://www.officemax.co.nz/Safety-Firs ... YXEALw_wcB
Bloody nice of you to share those details!

What Mirotone product do you use? The stuff down here that they market as nitro all seems to have a white base tint? I use the Mirocat PC stuff, which seems to be very closely related to nitro. It certainly got a lot of checking when I mistakenly left a guitar out in the shed during a few days of snow while off on holiday!

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Lostininverness wrote: Bloody nice of you to share those details!

What Mirotone product do you use? The stuff down here that they market as nitro all seems to have a white base tint? I use the Mirocat PC stuff, which seems to be very closely related to nitro. It certainly got a lot of checking when I mistakenly left a guitar out in the shed during a few days of snow while off on holiday!
I'll grab the details and post them some stage. Local supplier is very accommodating. This nitro isn't so prone to checking...but it does. Just probably more like the original.
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