Tonar8352
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I shot this Mary Kaye finish today so I thought I'd post the steps for you.
This is a very nice 1-Piece Swamp Ash body that weighs 3 pounds even. It has been filled, shot with clear lacquer and level sanded. There is information on filling wood on the board so I won’t go through that.
I mixed Mac-Lac Gloss White Pigmented Lacquer into McFadden’s Gloss Water White Clear. I mixed about 2 tablespoons of the pigmented white to the clear.
The pickling is mixed and ready to shoot. I added a little more lacquer retarder to the mixture than I normally do since I spray the pickling with a lot of air pressure and low fluid pressure. A normal mixture would shoot to dry and would not flow and level.
Here is the first coat. I try to load the sides and edges almost like a sunburst so you will notice that they are a little whiter. If you see vintage Mary Kaye Strats they have this effect. Some believe Fender did this to cover the end grain on two-piece bodies. I have found that the color will float up into the clear coats and it leaves the rounded corners almost bare of color so I load the edges stronger than the face.
Here it is ready for the clear coats. I’ll check it tomorrow for any holidays and if it is good I’ll start shooting clear on the following day.
This is a very nice 1-Piece Swamp Ash body that weighs 3 pounds even. It has been filled, shot with clear lacquer and level sanded. There is information on filling wood on the board so I won’t go through that.
I mixed Mac-Lac Gloss White Pigmented Lacquer into McFadden’s Gloss Water White Clear. I mixed about 2 tablespoons of the pigmented white to the clear.
The pickling is mixed and ready to shoot. I added a little more lacquer retarder to the mixture than I normally do since I spray the pickling with a lot of air pressure and low fluid pressure. A normal mixture would shoot to dry and would not flow and level.
Here is the first coat. I try to load the sides and edges almost like a sunburst so you will notice that they are a little whiter. If you see vintage Mary Kaye Strats they have this effect. Some believe Fender did this to cover the end grain on two-piece bodies. I have found that the color will float up into the clear coats and it leaves the rounded corners almost bare of color so I load the edges stronger than the face.
Here it is ready for the clear coats. I’ll check it tomorrow for any holidays and if it is good I’ll start shooting clear on the following day.