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tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:01 am

I know there was a thread about roughing up a Poly finish and then just painting away but can't remember.... What grit of Sand paper should I use? Any tips?

Thx

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:03 am

start with 120 to get all the rough stuff out, then move on to 220, then finish up with 320.
but, if it were me, i'd pull out the epoxy remover and just strip all the paint off.

aen · Post by **aen** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:05 am

pfft. I'd find osmebody wiht a heat gun and do it in an hour.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:05 am

bubbles_horwitz wrote: if it were me, i'd pull out the epoxy remover and just strip all the paint off.

Fuck that, I've stripped before and I wont do it again. That shit is nasty! Poly is a bitch to strip.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:08 am

whatever.

aen · Post by **aen** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:09 am

tribi9 wrote:
bubbles_horwitz wrote:start with 120 to get all the rough stuff out, then move on to 220, then finish up with 320.
but, if it were me, i'd pull out the epoxy remover and just strip all the paint off.
Fuck that, I've stripped before and I wont do it again. That shit is nasty! Poly is a bitch to strip.

aen wrote:pfft. I'd find osmebody wiht a heat gun and do it in an hour.

Srsly, I took the finish of a tele in 45 minutes, and it just smelled, uh, hot.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:19 am

Did u get any burns on the wood?

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:33 am

tribi9 wrote:I've stripped before and I wont do it again.

You and me both, dahling.

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:26 pm

I did it with my Squier Tele Custom. I think I used 600 to dull the finish and give the primer something to grab on to.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:43 pm

600 sounds a bit course. Maybe start there and get up to 320 or even 220. You want it rough, but not jagged. I have done it both ways and I think roughing is perfectly acceptable for a non-vintage instrument. It can still be nicely done. It may not make the purists swoon, but it will be a custom color, and protected.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:06 pm

DGNR8 wrote:600 sounds a bit course. Maybe start there and get up to 320 or even 220.

I think it goes the other way. 60 is really coarse, 600 pretty fine?

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:23 pm

NickS wrote:
DGNR8 wrote:600 sounds a bit course. Maybe start there and get up to 320 or even 220.
I think it goes the other way. 60 is really coarse, 600 pretty fine?

60 is freaking course, so 320? 600? Which is it?

ludger wrote:I did it with my Squier Tele Custom. I think I used 600 to dull the finish and give the primer something to grab on to.

Is that the one you painted white? How did the finish turn out?

aen · Post by **aen** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:23 pm

tribi9 wrote:Did u get any burns on the wood?

nope.

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:48 pm

DGNR8 wrote:600 sounds a bit course. Maybe start there and get up to 320 or even 220. You want it rough, but not jagged. I have done it both ways and I think roughing is perfectly acceptable for a non-vintage instrument. It can still be nicely done. It may not make the purists swoon, but it will be a custom color, and protected.

Yeah, I couldn't remember what grit I used. I was going to type 220 but then looked at the pic and it looks like 600 on the table. Maybe I worked my way up there.

tribi9 wrote:
Is that the one you painted white? How did the finish turn out?

That's the one...(only I painted it light green). It turned out pretty good. I sanded through on a couple edges and didn't go back to fix it 'cause it's barely noticeable with the white primer underneath. Plus this was only a practice run. What I would do differently next time is go up higher with the grits. I stopped at 1500 (which is pretty good but not "floor room shine" good).

You can see in the neck pocket the white primer to compare with the colour.

luke · Post by **luke** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:01 pm

I can't remember what grit I used when I did this to my black poly finished LPJ body, but I do recall it being really fine, but we used an air sander which totally took off the poly (we just got a shit load of white powder) and when the finish felt like a nice matte finish, completely smooth too, we laid down the new colour. You can effectively turn the old finish into primer for a new finish.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:42 pm

Im doing my shiny new Mustang, since I love everything about it (except the color) the neck, the weight of the body and how everything fits perfectly!

As soon as I have my muso Tele done (About 3 days, I'll start)

Sorry, I already made up my mind and did a little test sand area on the body....

I'm going to try to get the paint guy at the auto suply store to visually match the blue on that JV strat that sold for like $1200 bux

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