Recent content by jimfergie

I ordered and received a 1 3/4" wide Strat neck from Warmoth, it works fine. I too have an American Strat and thought the Warmoth neck was way too crisp and the fret ends too sharp an angle. Before I finished it I took a couple coffee stir sticks from Starbucks and glued some 200 or 320 sand...

I was able to successfully strip all the paint, primer and sealer off, re sand, new Deft Sanding Sealer, new Ace Brand Black Lacquer and several coats of deft Satin before it started raining and get colder. After all that I'm very happy with the finish so far, absolutely no flaws, wood grain or...

all righty then, thank you very much, I will continue on and hopefully finish this thing before Christmas! Jim

two other things Paul, I bought the HVLP gun from Harborfreight and the instructions were poor. I didn't realize that the inlet pressure was supposed to be 30-50 psi and that the gun regulated the pressure down to the 10 psi or whatever! I tested it with 10 psi inlet and obviously did nothing, I...

no that's the kind of info we need! thanks. I bought a can of Ace brand black satin lacquer paint today just to test it. I sprayed it easily over a coat of Deft sanding sealer with no problem. Let it dry a couple hours and sprayed a coat of deft satin lacquer just to see what it would do. It's...

thanks for the advice Paul, the Naptha might have been the problem. I also have a truck tail gate I'd like to spray so I'm picking up info for that project too. I finished with all the paint removal, again a bit messy but it's all off and lightly sanded so I'm at least relieved with that. My...

another update, today I finished sanding down the back and front since they're flat. Obviously I could tell when to stop as the primer exposed itself right before the wood and sanding sealer. I don't want to screw up the original shape and edges. I bought some Klean Strip heavy duty stripper as...

an update, I tried to sand down the clear to see if I could, the drips sanded out OK, but I couldn't get a consistent finish to polish out. I decided to sand it and try again, base and clear coat again. I was just about finished sanding it all out with 220 and I noticed a tiny flap near the neck...

Warmoth alder strat body, I routed my own dual humbuckers and control area. I sprayed Deft sanding sealer and automotive primer and sanded in perfect. I wanted to spray it with Automotive base/ two part urethane clear coat in black to match my existing American Strat. I bought the Omni paint...

here's a  rather poor picture, on the left is a couple sprays of ReRanch Tinted Neck Amber, it's heavier on the bottom, it's fairly yellow. In the middle is the Warmoth neck with sanding sealer, pretty normal maple color. On the right is your typical Fender tinted poly finish, obviously some...

I bought my American Strat a couple years ago and the neck is satin on the head, but glossy on the back and front of the neck. I would imagine it would be pretty easy for Fender to spray the whole thing satin and then just buff the neck to bring out the gloss. The other day at the store there...

I'm trying to match my American Strat neck in color. I bought a can of ReRanch amber neck tint, but it's too yellow. In looking at the various necks down at the guitar store, most of the Mexican one's look like there's no tint at all, the wood is almost bleached in color. Most American Strats...

first time with Warmoth. I ordered a body and neck, 4 weeks later they came. The alder Strat body was fine, even though they couldn't rout the two humbuckers or control cavity for use with a pick guard with out routing the center single pickup cavity (that I didn't want) It's OK as I can rout...