your advice and suggestions requested

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:20 am

pinkandblue wrote:
mage wrote:it stripped that easy? it must have been nitro. that's too bad... well, I hope it turns out well in the end. where are you getting the paint? reranch? do they ship to ireland?
Super easy, I highly recommend the product I used, it was odorless and you could even apply it with your bare hands!

Don't know where I am going to get the paint from, but I don't plan doing it myself. Gonna take it to a spray room... Any suggestions with regards to where I should buy the paint from? I do plan on applying a Nitrocellulose lacquer.

What's reranch?

see this is what kind of worried me, you stripped the whole guitar but you haven't even thought about where to get the paint yet. you know that nitro shell pink is not an easy color to find right?

reranch is the site you linked to before that had paint prepping instructions. they also sell spray cans of nitrocellulose laquer in the vintage fender and gibson colors. they only ship to the US though. you'll have to ask some of these irish and UK guys about where to get some paint. good luck.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:29 am

manchester guitar tech sells nitro aerosols in the uk. they have shell pink.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:33 am

alright, well, that certainly was good luck

James · Post by **James** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:12 am

Is there any reason why it should be nitro?

James · Post by **James** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:14 am

Also, there is a shell pink strat on that site as an example.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:16 am

James wrote:Is there any reason why it should be nitro?

maybe so he can get the exact color. i imagine it'd be tougher to find shell pink in an aerosol outside of guitar finishing places.

pinkandblue · Post by **pinkandblue** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:57 am

mage wrote:
pinkandblue wrote:
mage wrote:it stripped that easy? it must have been nitro. that's too bad... well, I hope it turns out well in the end. where are you getting the paint? reranch? do they ship to ireland?
Super easy, I highly recommend the product I used, it was odorless and you could even apply it with your bare hands!

Don't know where I am going to get the paint from, but I don't plan doing it myself. Gonna take it to a spray room... Any suggestions with regards to where I should buy the paint from? I do plan on applying a Nitrocellulose lacquer.

What's reranch?
see this is what kind of worried me, you stripped the whole guitar but you haven't even thought about where to get the paint yet. you know that nitro shell pink is not an easy color to find right?

reranch is the site you linked to before that had paint prepping instructions. they also sell spray cans of nitrocellulose laquer in the vintage fender and gibson colors. they only ship to the US though. you'll have to ask some of these irish and UK guys about where to get some paint. good luck.

Oh, I already have a re-mailing service, it doesn't matter that they only ship to the U.S.

I stripped it because the body was scratched and dented, and I didn't like it. I am gonna prepare the body perfect, and then take it to get professionally resprayed. I may not even up using an Aerosol paint, I believe a professional painter can mix a color, (maybe with a little flake?) and spray it on in coats then apply a clear nitrocellulose lacquer using an air compressor. So I really don't have to worry about where to get the paint. Also, I want contribute to aerosol contamination as little as possible. So far this project has been fairly environmentally friendly and I'd like to keep it that way if I can.

So I've decided this is guitar is going to be a present to my Dad, so I am building it with him in mind. He's a gigging piano player (does mainly covers), but has played guitar for years. He just started playing this Japanese Fender Telecaster live on a few songs...

When I was a kid he bought this same model Tokai with a tobacco burst finish, it needed a fret job so he sold it on but always regretted it. I think this guitar will be a good thank you for all the guitars he bought me over my life.

pinkandblue · Post by **pinkandblue** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:24 pm

James wrote:Also, there is a shell pink strat on that site as an example.

I like that pink, but I'd like to go a just a little bit darker...

deadonkey · Post by **deadonkey** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:46 pm

where in dublin are you?

i'm in drumcondra.

pinkandblue · Post by **pinkandblue** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:58 pm

Sandyford!

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:39 pm

pinkandblue wrote:Also, I want contribute to aerosol contamination as little as possible. So far this project has been fairly environmentally friendly and I'd like to keep it that way if I can.

you should probably know that nitrocellulose lacquer has huge amounts of vocs and is terrible for the environment. they've been trying to ban it for years here in california.
also, they don't put cfcs in aerosols anymore, so there's little difference between you spraying the paint at home and someone else doing it for you.

pinkandblue · Post by **pinkandblue** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:42 pm

bubbles_horwitz wrote:
pinkandblue wrote:Also, I want contribute to aerosol contamination as little as possible. So far this project has been fairly environmentally friendly and I'd like to keep it that way if I can.
you should probably know that nitrocellulose lacquer has huge amounts of vocs and is terrible for the environment. they've been trying to ban it for years here in california.
also, they don't put cfcs in aerosols anymore, so there's little difference between you spraying the paint at home and someone else doing it for you.

Hmmmm good to know! Thanks for the info!