Stratocaster Re-Rebuild!

[Cadorman]

That's right.


You all remember this.




Now it looks like this.

I sanded off the old oil finish this morning and have hit it with black grain filler. Got bored with it. Plus I was able to sand a couple of gouges out of the back from when we were discussing dampening the springs and I slipped with the pliers. I'm going to stain it cherry red and spray it with nitro. Oil over dye darkens the color too much.

I also have a W/B/W single humbucker pick guard coming from Warmoth. I had the tremolo screwed down tight with a block of wood wedged behind the trem block. I will put it back this way unless I can find a nice fixed bridge that will cover everything.

Stay tuned.

 

[Far Rider]

Wow. Hats off to you guy. I barely can paint a wall.

 

[Cadorman]

Sand paper is my friend.

 

[smitty_p]

Have fun with the re-rebuild…and good luck!

 

[Cadorman]

90% of the sanding done. I'm going to finish up in the morning. It's certainly a dusty mess with 320 grit. I'm glad it's super nice out for a couple more days.

Now I'm debating. Translucent red, or orange? I have cherry red and lemon yellow so I can mix up most flavors of orange. Remember, white pickguard.

 

[SG John]

Red!

 

[Cadorman]

Alright, I'll stick with red.

 

[smitty_p]

Transparent black.

 

[TVvoodoo]

Looks like it's still going to be backwards and I vote antigua just to be a poop

 

[Cadorman]

Transparent black.

I was told no. When the SG shows up that will be trans black and the Les Paul will be blackish with sparkles. Plus the Jackson I just picked up is black as is my SG standard.

Looks like it's still going to be backwards and I vote antigua just to be a

I thought that was a place @eSGEe likes to hang out with his pirate ship. Didn't know it was a color.

 

[TVvoodoo]

The Antigua finish is The Great Triggerer for so many guitarists, i think maybe thats why I love it so
This is only partway there, but a pretty classy photoshop concept I came up with, always wanted to complete.. but never had guitar to do it with

 

[Cadorman]

Wow. Hats off to you guy. I barely can paint a wall.

Do you want to rebuild a small block Chevy? I could pretty much do that asleep. I'm still learning this wood finishing thing. When I built my bass I got a toasted Swamp Ash body and used black grain filler before I stained it red. It pretty much ended up Burgundy and Adrian wasn't pleased. I think it was a combination of dark wood, and too much stain. It seems that the clear coats amplify the stain.

 

[Cadorman]

This is after 1 coat of red stain. It's a little more redish brown. Do I want more coats, or more dye in the water? I want it jump out at you red.

 

[Inspector #20]

I gotcha covered...plenty of this leftover. Send me your addy..

 

[Inspector #20]

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This is after 1 coat of red stain. It's a little more redish brown. Do I want more coats, or more dye in the water? I want it jump out at you red.View attachment 71616

Are you wanting suggestions about what product to try, or you want a solution with Red Rit Dye???

 

[Cadorman]

Are you wanting suggestions about what product to try, or you want a solution with Red Rit Dye???

I'm using Stew Mac Colortone concentrated dye. The instructions are a little vague. My question is if I want bright red do I need use more dye in the base? I'm going to try that and see what happens.

 

[Inspector #20]

I'm using Stew Mac Colortone concentrated dye. The instructions are a little vague. My question is if I want bright red do I need use more dye in the base? I'm going to try that and see what happens.

Which part number???

 

[Inspector #20]

Generally, more dye will get you more of what the first few coats yielded.

This is multiple coats of Cherry Red Rit Dye under U-Pol.

 

[Cadorman]

More dye definitely seems to help. I'm going to let this one dry and then see if I need to go with another squirt of dye.

 

[Inspector #20]

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More dye definitely seems to help. I'm going to let this one dry and then see if I need to go with another squirt of dye.

That looks good!!!!