Using a Panelbeater to refinish a guitar?

mr_sooty · Post by **mr_sooty** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:04 pm

A friend of mine once had his Stingray Bass refinished by a panelbeater. Seemed to come out alright. Anybody else tried this? What kind of paint do those guys use?

Kev77 · Post by **Kev77** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:59 pm

I hear Ash.,.,., you have awoken the paint Kraken

robnobcorncob · Post by **robnobcorncob** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:17 pm

Sorry, sounds stupid. Ask ASH really nicely and see if he is refinishing..... A great panelbeater paintjob will be far worse than a great ASH paintjob.

Post by **Capt. Black** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:19 pm

I think they use auto paint. But don't quote me on that.

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:19 pm

robnobcorncob wrote:Sorry, sounds stupid. Ask ASH really nicely and see if he is refinishing..... A great panelbeater paintjob will be far worse than a great ASH paintjob.

He's not, at the moment.

Kev77 · Post by **Kev77** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:20 pm

Kev77 wrote:I hear Ash.,.,., you have awoken the paint Kraken

I recall this is a bugbear of his.,.,

mr_sooty · Post by **mr_sooty** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:55 pm

Yeah I've asked ash about it before. He wasn't keen.

Post by **Slowy** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:15 pm

Capt. Black wrote:I think they use auto paint.

So did Fender. But don't tell anyone.

mr_sooty · Post by **mr_sooty** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:48 pm

slowfingers wrote:
Capt. Black wrote:I think they use auto paint.
So did Fender. But don't tell anyone.

Yeah what I meant is does anybody know anything about modern automotive paint and whether it's suitable for guitars? I imagine it may have changed since the 50s.

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:09 pm

mr_sooty wrote:
slowfingers wrote:
Capt. Black wrote:I think they use auto paint.
So did Fender. But don't tell anyone.
Yeah what I meant is does anybody know anything about modern automotive paint and whether it's suitable for guitars? I imagine it may have changed since the 50s.

technically I get all my paint from an auto shop.....seems to work OK to me. I had a guitar painted at a boat builders once about 15yrs ago....was ok

cholera · Post by **cholera** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:10 pm

I can't remember his name on here but Chris from Razorwyre used an auto guy to paint his warmoth thingee...He was n't super stoked but it was pretty good for the price. Alternatively I went and spoke to the guy from Chaos guitars (not sure if you have heard of them, its a one guy outfit making guitars in Lower Hutt), I saw a couple of his refinishes and am about to pull one of mine apart to get him to paint mine...Guess you could see how mine works out first, but he does seem keen to get more work like that. PM me if you want to know more...by the way, some of the guitars he has out there are pretty slick. If Iwasn't such a brand snob I'd probably buy one...

Post by **Capt. Black** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:37 pm

slowfingers wrote:
Capt. Black wrote:I think they use auto paint.
So did Fender. But don't tell anyone.

Well duh. If you name them after a piece of car....

Tonemaker · Post by **Tonemaker** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:42 pm

Is it Nissan that has the new self healing auto paint? That would cool for a guitar... I wonder how long the self healing part lasts, and what the longevity is like...Oh the idea is all over some other forums...

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:15 pm

Tonemaker wrote:Is it Nissan that has the new self healing auto paint? That would cool for a guitar... I wonder how long the self healing part lasts, and what the longevity is like...Oh the idea is all over some other forums...

self healing paint.....WHAT BLOODY NEXT

.....would be no good for emo's then

Post by Bg » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:29 pm

Flying cars next

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