SG Faded Rebuild with Lacquer

[ronnie]

Hi All,

Just bought me a Faded SG and I wanted to get it sprayed with lacquer to give it additional protection in addtion to adding New Buckers AY Signature and Burstbucker (this is incidental)

 

I wanted to ask anyone whether they can offer some advice on spraying the guitar?

 

Cheers

Ronnie

[Riffster]

I don't have step by step advice but I do recommend:

 

Do good prep work on the guitar.

Use nitrocellulose lacquer.

Many thin spray layers are better than one or two thick layers.

Lacquer takes a while to fully cure, be ready to wait a month before you use the guitar.

[GuitarJunkie]

Gibson used little to no pore filler on the faded SGs. As StiffHand said, good prep work is a must. Otherwise the lacquer will just seep into the wood and you'll be applying coat after coat after coat.

[lpdeluxe]

I have a Faded SG and it appears that the back of the neck was filled, but not anywhere else. Filling the grain pores would be the first step, then a sealer, before you start spraying a clear coat.

[AS90]

As above, you need to fill the grain or it will look shite. So you will need to sand it (not too much), grain fill it, sand it again, seal it with rustins, sand it again, shoot it with nitro (this is the only place to get it over here - http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/ ). You need a warm room to shoot the nitro so if you are planning on using a garage or the garden you will have to wait till summer. Be prepared to wait at least a month for it to cure before final sanding and finishing.

 

 

More info here...

 

http://www.reranch.com/reranch/

[lpdeluxe]

I have to add, I really like the appearance of the Faded I have. No lacquer in its future....

[AS90]

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+1

[jesse92]

you could always take it to a professional

[AS90]

you could always take it to a professional

 

Might as well sell it and buy the glossy special.