Removing a Warmoth factory finish
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DavyDave53
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If you don't see what you like in the Showcase, like what you see in the Showcase.
It's either that or you pay the 'Vanity Tax'.
It's either that or you pay the 'Vanity Tax'.
Cagey
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They're very tough finishes. You can get 'em off, but it may be more work than you want to do. You'll need to get a respirator, safety glasses or a face shield and some nitrile gloves. Then get some methylene chloride-based paint stripper, a brush, a scraper and about 1,284 sheets of sandpaper.
Warmoth finishes start at around $200. Seems hard to believe that even with the premium you'd pay for a custom build that it would cost more than something already in the Showcase.
Warmoth finishes start at around $200. Seems hard to believe that even with the premium you'd pay for a custom build that it would cost more than something already in the Showcase.
alterbridgefan
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Can you tell us what it is and what you plan to do with it?
Cagey
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Hmm. I see what you mean about the price. Seems an awful shame to strip one of their finishes off, though. Especially when it's not something too unusual to live with. Black is nice. Put some chrome hardware on there with a Maple neck. Or, do the blacker-than-black thing, with black hardware, pickups, black finish on the neck, Ebony 'board, no inlays. Mmmm... that'd be a sexy thing.
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How the hell...? I was about to insert a joke about gloss black over korina.... :toothy12:
Good deal. It will be a challenge, you could always use a blowtorch.
Good deal. It will be a challenge, you could always use a blowtorch.
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I like that one. A lot. :icon_thumright:
Well the price is right, :icon_scratch:Hard to understand how it hit the spray room with
those woods must be some black sheep grains, better get more details on that methylene
chloride stuff, I can't get it in my neck of the woods.
Would it be Ok with the glue on the top to body edge?
I guess there's more than one now wondering whats under that Black.
Should sound good with those Timbers.
those woods must be some black sheep grains, better get more details on that methylene
chloride stuff, I can't get it in my neck of the woods.
Would it be Ok with the glue on the top to body edge?
I guess there's more than one now wondering whats under that Black.
Should sound good with those Timbers.
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BK is prettier, but occasionally does get covered up. But walnut? That's even stranger than covering up BK. Maybe because it's not really as famous as a tonewood - so you don't use it unless you want the look. I can only figure it either had a gouge patched and covered, or it had a weird birthmark where the grain pattern spelled out something offensive.
I would expect that it was either a canceled order and they refunded a bit ($199{?} :laughing3: :laughing7: :toothy12
or that it was some really ugly black korina. I'm not sure I'd call ordering what you want a "vanity tax." If you're just shopping for cute pieces of wall candy, maybe, but many people here buy Warmoth parts for specific musical reasons, we do know how to do a lot of things ourselves, and we like to do that instead of paying extra - there seems to be a steady progression among the diehards from simple (screw pretty stuff together) to unbearably complex - I wouldn't be surprised if I meet Cagey in a couple of years somewhere in the Brazilian rainforest, totin' chainsaws and lookin' sneaky...
or that it was some really ugly black korina. I'm not sure I'd call ordering what you want a "vanity tax." If you're just shopping for cute pieces of wall candy, maybe, but many people here buy Warmoth parts for specific musical reasons, we do know how to do a lot of things ourselves, and we like to do that instead of paying extra - there seems to be a steady progression among the diehards from simple (screw pretty stuff together) to unbearably complex - I wouldn't be surprised if I meet Cagey in a couple of years somewhere in the Brazilian rainforest, totin' chainsaws and lookin' sneaky... 
