FAO: Anyone who paints guitar bodies...

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FAO: Anyone who paints guitar bodies...

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A few weeks ago, I discovered a great little paint shop on Lankershim Blvd, here in the valley. It's a mom and pop sort of operation. Nice folks, too.

Anyway, I discovered this stuff:

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Absolutely amazing. It dries quickly, doesn't clog your sandpaper, comes in white, builds really nicely and comes in a 15 ounce can. The really good news? $10 a can before tax and NO SHIPPING!

I'm sure most of you guys can research the name and find a dealer near you. If not, here's the name and number of the shop:

Ray's Auto Paint and Supplies
6517 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91606

818.769.4344
213.877.1897

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Transtar Autobody Technologies, Inc.
2040 Heiserman Drive, Brighton, MI. 48114
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Hummmmm. good to know. Primer is hard to find in white
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dodgedartdave wrote:Hummmmm. good to know. Primer is hard to find in white
true! but, the good news keeps coming...they also sell 1 gallon cans of water-based primer in white for $52. Bust out the guns, dave. ((aug))
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Are you guys big city west coast chop shop car thieves?

So it works for nitro or are yuo done with nitro? I just got in a shipment wfs cream and shorelines. Folks is going to have what I have to do with them.
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DGNR8 wrote:Are you guys big city west coast chop shop car thieves?

So it works for nitro or are yuo done with nitro? I just got in a shipment wfs cream and shorelines. Folks is going to have what I have to do with them.
I'm still usin' nitro.
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Aug wrote:
dodgedartdave wrote:Hummmmm. good to know. Primer is hard to find in white
true! but, the good news keeps coming...they also sell 1 gallon cans of water-based primer in white for $52. Bust out the guns, dave. ((aug))
whats the benefits of water based and non-water based?
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zoinks wrote:
Aug wrote:
dodgedartdave wrote:Hummmmm. good to know. Primer is hard to find in white
true! but, the good news keeps coming...they also sell 1 gallon cans of water-based primer in white for $52. Bust out the guns, dave. ((aug))
whats the benefits of water based and non-water based?
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Shit. I forgot about this thread. I bought some KILZ and it supersucked. And now I think I am done with primer forever! The KILZ came out too fast and dripped in milliseconds. I have some light sanding to do.

I was looking at the Transtar web site and some of their primers are nitro! I haven't found the can like yours but if nothing else I will email them. Your can almost looks like the old generic labels. It should just say PAINT on it in block letters.

I asked a question about Butterscotch on Reranch--you'd think when I finally had a Strat or Tele question they would answer it. Nothing. After 15 viewings with no responses I just deleted it. I can fucking guess at it. I am trying to figure out how to do a butterscotch/blonde to look aged. I know the colors fade and get yellower over time, but I didn't know which would be more pronounced. I guess I really don't give a shit. There are so many variations in color over the past 50 years depending on whether it started as blonde or scotch.
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I read somewhere to get a butterscotch finish, do blonde then finish with a tinted clear coat. You just add as much tinted clear coat depending on how buttery you want it.
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They also sell that stuff @ Finishmaster, but yeah I just used it last week for my pedal casing it is sexellent stuff!!
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Is it like a primer/sealer? Kickass.. I used white duplicolor primer on my bronco but it was hard as hell to find it! The only shop that had it was advance auto parts, and I had to go to 3 different ones in greenville and buy all of their primer to finish the bronco. It was fucking insane how hard it was to find that stuff!
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DGNR8 wrote: I was looking at the Transtar web site
I refuse to click on a link to any site called Transtar.
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DGNR8 wrote: I was looking at the Transtar web site
I refuse to click on a link to any site called Transtar.
that sucks, cause that primer sands off into a perfect powder.

Also, I used the gloss clear (acrylic) over the laquer color and it worked beautifully. Fuck Reranch and their constant "we're closed: at a BBQ" bullshit. Also, fuck all those cheap-ass paints at Autozone/Pep Boys/Advance Auto Parts/etc...

If you want professional results, use the good stuff the first time.
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i would love to do a bit on how to mix laquer paints for guitars but im still just learning and i don;t think many people have an air compressor and all the nesseary materials.
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