Matching Headstock mini project

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:16 pm

So I got this place to match the paint on my fakeacaster but the "match" seems a bit darker.

Could it be I should have used a white primer as opposed to a gray? Maybe the freaking paint is just darker!! Oh well, that's as good as it gets.

I also got a Tele decal from DCjoe...

I still need sand the edges off a bit then clearcoat i. I will, tomorrow! Paint is a Satin lacquer with an added solvent so it cures faster....

Need some tuners!! Anybody? I got some stuff to trade?

boyecho · Post by **boyecho** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:23 pm

aw man, that sucks. i don't know about primer, but would it really matter that much?

maybe you can refin your guitar to match now.

is that one of the FSR 69 thinlines that were going around a few years back? i love those.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:41 pm

No man, that's a cheap Musoland Tele Thinline knock off. Still a pretty guitar.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:56 pm

do you have anymore paint? You can always go and do it again if you do.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:20 pm

Yeah, I do but the paint is just too dark! Can't exchange it cuz there are no refunds, as its a Custom color. Maybe if I show the how off it is they will exchange it?? So I guess I'm screwed!

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:33 am

go back and be an angry customer. you basically paid them for a custom color that THEY made for you

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:52 am

I will go back actually, Its way too dark! Hopefully they'll match it better for free (They should, the paint is visibly darker)

Here's a new pic. I clearcoted it, since the paint dried up pretty quick. 2 coats of color, 2 clear.

dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:05 am

Looks really nice! matching headstocks arn't done enought on teles.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:11 pm

STAIN THE NECK!!!!!!!!!!!!! Matching headstocks on maple work better that way, IMO.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:22 pm

I just called the store and they will do another match. This time it won't be a computer, it'll be the paint guy doing a visual match!

Muahahaha...

Sub I already clearcoated the rest of the neck, with this new stuff I got, is really shiny and smooth. I dont feel like sanding and staining.Tho' I should!

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:21 pm

tribi9 wrote:I will go back actually, Its way too dark! Hopefully they'll match it better for free (They should, the paint is visibly darker)

Here's a new pic. I clearcoted it, since the paint dried up pretty quick. 2 coats of color, 2 clear.

If I had a tele it'd probably look like this.

Wannnnttt

It even has binging... sigh...

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:20 pm

Thx Roachello,

I went to back to NAPA, the place I got the paint from. The paint guy visually matched the color, the new batch looks almost dead on. No charge (As they should).
I got back home and started sanding the old paint from yesterday, but since the clearcoat wasnt fully dry, I got a few little gooey chunks. (Lesson here wait until things fully dry if you need to sand) I think that when I recoat it with the clear, everything will just blend/melt in fine.

Was going to repaint the headstock today but I ran out of primer. So I headed back to NAPA; I wanted white primer, they only had gray and red, but they will have white primer for me tomorrow.

This guys are pretty friendly, have some a tonne of colors in their paint lab (Guy let me in there while he was mixing it, then he pumped it into an aerosol spray thingy) the clear they carry is really glossy and smooth. That's as good as it gets getting for getting paint locally. Wonder if they'll pump paint I bring in, I mean If I ever get a hold of some Nitro....

Sanded back

Gooey flaky dead skin like...

Glossy Clear

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:05 am

oooooooooooooooooooooooo

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:07 am

New paint match...

Muahahah...

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:48 am

tribi9 wrote:New paint match...

Looking good...

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:53 pm

Getting warmer.

Not a fan of macthing 'stocks on maple necks, but there's a lot of potential for kewl going on there.

markocaster · Post by **markocaster** » Sun May 04, 2008 8:57 am

there you go

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:41 am

I wanna see it finished!

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:46 pm

Waiting on the freaking decal (Should be here tomorrow) I found some conversion bushings in my parts box, so this bitch is getting da Kluzons!

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:56 pm

Fuckin' awesome.