I'd actually consider it now! I'm thinking about just going straight over a poly finish but I don't have the fortitude! thank you for showing this, I think the final product looks great!
Tech tip: you can make an easy "frying pan" handle to hold the bolt-on style guitar body as you do the finishing work. Basically a piece of wood that fits where the neck is. You can also add an eye bolt on the far end of the handle, so you can hang it to dry. Also, always start with the hard to reach areas first (inside the cutaways). Those are the areas you can't avoid and area easier to reach if you don't apply finish to the top and/or back first.
Thanks for the expert tips mate! 😀👍 I did consider making a neck handle for it, But I still couldn't find an appropriate place to hang it at home 🙈 Great shout about the cutaways and other tricky parts 1st - noted for future - Thank you! 🙏
Your pcikup foam was a great idea if you have no place to hang a guitar. My DIY tele was made easy by the matte Saman stain in cherry. I only needed 2 coats-mainly to cover a couple tiny bare spots. Then, a couple coats of Minwax and it ws done.
Steve. For a First Timer, you did a super nice job of refinishing this guitar. looks very nice. I want my wife to watch your videos on this project, since she likes to refinish furniture. You found an interesting paint product.
Thank ya kindly mate! It was a bit of a surprise the end result was that good, considering I'm utterly useless at all things DIY. Mostyl down to the ease of use of the product. The stripping the original paint off the guitar was way less fun 😂. That would be awesome if you can get your wife on board! Imagine having those skills at home!? Refinish everything! 😂👍
Looks like a great solution for those of us who live in apartments and don’t have real workspaces. My dining table is my workbench, lol. Anyway, I wonder if they’ll come up with a system to help people mix the colors - seems like it would help to have an app where you can take or import a photo to select a color, and then the app tells you which color finishes to buy and how much to mix . . . and if you make a mistake of pouring too much, using the camera to detect the correct shade so the app can suggest how much of each color to add to get back on track for the desired end result. Most people don’t have advanced color mixing skills, so it would really help make it fully idiot proof! Have you ever tried using dyes? Would be cool to get your take on how dyes compare to this sort of finish - future video suggestion! 😬😉
Totally! That's exactly the ideal scenario for using this stuff 👍 That's a fantastic idea re mixing the colours via an app! I'm sure the technology probably already exists for other sectors 🤔 idiot proof is exactly what i need! The bolt stuff is a water based dye/stain, I've never tried anything else this was a first time. Thanks for the suggestion though 😀👍
Nice one mate - I'd highly recommend doing it on an unfinished body. Unless you enjoy stripping guitars 😅. That part was the least fun, but applying the finish was quite fun and therapeutic 👍
Turned out quite nicely, congrats. I've gotten similar results, but with rattle can, (damn the dust) clear, wipe on poly or Danish Oil, the goopy stuff you get from squeezing coffee danishes, I think....
@@stevecassidyguitar I spray painted a body twice with nice results. No pro result though but good enough 😅. I used Molotow spraycans which are meant for graffiti. They don't spray as hard as 'normal' spray cans and cost about 6 euro's a can. But the fact that you can dye your guitar in the house and have ultimate control by wiping it on seems like a very smart move. Go Bolt 🤘
Tried it many years ago and it was a disaster, but that was with aerosols which went well until i applied the clear gloss laquer and it reacted with the colour coat. i was in tears, they did refund my money. So i took the cowards way out and asked my local car body shop to refinish it. Needless to say the finish was like glass and no blotchy patches. Not cheap, but perfection never is. Good luck with this one Steve.
Thank ya Barbara! 😀👍 That must have hurt, especially if you were happy with the colour pre-laquer 😬 I've heard of people taking guitars to car body shops for refinishing. I feel like I'd need to know someone who works there first as I doubt it's a service they normally offer. Did you just walk in off the street and ask someone? Would be very cool to have that done, then there's a whole world of auto coplours and metallics etc to explore 😀
@@stevecassidyguitar I knew them as a customer, they had repaired several of my cars over the years when they suffered the dings and scrapes that happen in supermarket car parks. What i didn't know was that the owner was also a guitar collector until i showed them the mess i was in, so i struck lucky. They did say that it would be done between other jobs when the spray booth was available. i offered to remove my mess but they said no, they had all the gear to remove the laquer and be able to match the colour that i wanted. They also refinished my Fender Bonnie Raitt signature Strat that Fender made a mess of. It came back exactly as per her original was with a Blue Burst fade finish, i still have that guitar it has a special thin neck that cost me a fortune from Musikraft.
I watched the entire video, which I haven't done with any other youtubers videos on guitar refinishing, great job keeping it interesting, Steve! Good job, the guitar body looks great!
@ 5:49 I know it is something that is in the past now but if you try again in the future it may be (trying not to tread on eggshells here) to have a lump of wood with a similar tone to the gee-tar. Apply a wipe from each bottle Let it dry Compare bottle shade with dried shade - Is there a difference? Let than influence your decisions going forward - and as an afterthought - maybe these paints can be applied on to of existing colors anyway? If so - you can design your own artwork bro!
Thank you mate! Solid advice and much appreciated 🙏 My inital thoughts were to apply a coat of red, then a coat of blue, and re-assess and repeat with each coat. But Bolt said the best way to do it is to mix it first as the "wet" colour in the bottle is true to the dry solid colour - and they were pretty spot on with that. I could still try it the other way though - I have enough paint left. That's also an excuse to buy another guitar body... then a neck... then have another partscaster party! 😂
@@stevecassidyguitar when you see videos of guitar manufacturing plants they tend to be sealed temperature and humidity controlled places with minimal human intervention. On the other hand as you said: experience is a great teacher and a great skill learned. Go for it bro!
Thats a bloody good job you done there :) The bolt stuff looks a decent way to go with it. Think a colour change is on the cards for something now 😈 If i were going for a colour meself id want to use a wood stain then top coat in osmo (i bloody love the satin stuff) :) i just cant stand all the finish removal, soooooo much sanding but theres no avoiding it. You done a bloody good job there though sir :) The fully rebuilt geetars gonna look amazing!!! :) I hope you ise the jet neck to make it a fet jazley :) This has been an awesome little asventure :)
Thank ya kindly mate! 😀🙏 Yeah so this stuff is a water based dye/stain. I might have to chech out what Osmo is - I'm up for adding another protective layer in future 👍
Hello from Bolt Guitars! We love the video Steve and well done on getting a superb finish. Can’t help but feel like there’s a challenge in it. Can we make a magenta? Let’s find out.
Hullo mate! 👋😀 Thank you again for providing the paints! If you can make a Magenta - please let me know! 😂🙏 An Artist commented earlier that we might need a deeper blue and 10 parts red to 1 part red - I think 🤷♂️. Would love to see more some more really offensive, striking, flambouyant 80's colours 😜👍 Thanks again mate! 🙏
No sweat. We use tiny apparatus as part of our development and have been experimenting and can tell you that the red goes a long way! For pure magenta you’ll always struggle, but you can get a shocking eighties electric pink with the red blue and white. It’s close, but there’s nowhere near the amount of blue you used and more white that you’d expect. I’ll be in touch with an update.
@@robclarke2330 Nice! I was too scared to use the white incase I ended up back to the original colour of the guitar 😂🙈. Soz I ment to say 10 parts Red to 1 part Blue in the previous comment too 🙈
I expected you'd get waaaay better weather than here mate! 😯 9% Is probably more Scottish than me! 😀👍 I'm apparently, Irish/Danish/French & Klingon 🤷♂️
@stevecassidyguitar Turned out really well .. seems good alternative to spray and not too expensive ... good job . Look forward to final build .. cheers 🍻
The problem with mixing paints is that they're kind of additive and things tend towards dark brown the more you mix. You want to start out with the most vibrant paints possible, generally. I'm very interested in this though, as I have an Ibanez Mikro base in walnut that's completely unsealed and the paint(or stain rather?) chips too much for my liking(dings should feel earned!), if they have a similar colour i might rub some in and see what happens :)
This stuff doesn't have that rock hard shell finish, it still feels like it could ding easily. I think that's a part of the pitch thier going for is that it might age/wear quicker a bit like nitro. I didn't know that going in, and time will tel how it wears. I'm gonna try and gig it tomorrow, So will see how it holds up in that environment 👍
@@stevecassidyguitar yeah, I'd probably put some additional sealant on it. I'd probably go with the 2/3 red and 1/3 black if I was doing it. Let me know how it goes!
That's the 2nd time someone called me Blippi 😂 🙈 At least I didn't have to google who it was this time 😁👍 Thank ya kindly mate! 🙏 I didn't know a thing about editing 18 months ago... I've been grinding since then, and it seems to be paying off, in touching distance of the 3k 💃
Great video Steve. I have an old 1996 Epi SG in the back of my guitar cupboard that I've not played for years and always fancied re-finishing and modding it. I got it from a local guitar shop that always had loads of Epis but they were always much cheaper than in any of the other shops. I think it cost £199 when the normal price was £299 and also got a Sheraton for £299 than the £399 everywhere else. I think they were B stock as the SG had some laquer cracking round the neck joint and a brush bristle trapped under the laquer on the top that's always bugged me. Or should I just relic it ? 🤣🤣🤣
Thank ya kindly sir 😀🙏 Great scores there mate! Congrats! 😀👍 Either way, you should do something with it mate, revive it from the back of the cupboard! 😀 And I'd do something crazy with the colour - Have you ever seen a fluorescent Orange SG before? 😜 Whatever you do mate - have fun 😀👍
@@stevecassidyguitar I've complained about that in myself: I'll get my guitar projects to about 85%, when it's playable and FUN again, and then will never find a reason to finish the last 15% because I'm too busy noodling on the guitar while watching repair RU-vidrs ACTUALLY finish their projects!
Colour did not stick to the tongue! 0/10 would not recommend 😂 That looks great though 👌 I think to get closer to the magenta you needed a bit more blue and white
😂👍 I was too scared to add white, in case I ended up with the same colour as the guitar was originally or only marginally different. But you're probably correct with your recipe there 👍
Cheers mate! I totally get ya! 😂👍 It would probably be more fun to do on an unfinished body rather than a refinish. Removing the original finish was the least fun part 😅
It was off of either Ali Express or Temu. It was a factory 2nd - It's actually not in great shape - Wouldn't recommend, not bad as a spare for a future project, cost about £30 delivered iirc. I think they're all gone now. I've had it sitting here unopened for months
In theory kit guitars sound like a great idea but in practice they're definitely not. For the price you pay for a decent kit you can buy a new guitar with a guarantee. Selling a kit guitar is a no-brainer because only someone without a brain will buy it from you. Your project makes much more sense. Either buy a used guitar and refinish it yourself or refinish one of your existing guitars. Rory Gallagher's Strat could do with a little cosmetic work, if anyone has a little loose change to bid on it. Regarding the avoidance of bad smells in your family environment either change your diet or take a lot of long walks in the countryside. Putting on lots of coats is a good idea but I got caught red-handed in the Oxfam shop resulting in a ban from the premises and a lot of public embarassment. Enough stupidity. I don't particularly like the colour (your could have added a bit of glitter Gary) but it's good to see an alternative method of finishing a guitar.
Ha! Brilliant mate - so many great wee nuggets in here 😂👌 Selling a used kit guitar seems impossible, I have no idea who would ever buy one 🤷♂️ But yeah I think most people buying a kit guitars do it for the learning experience rather than the end product. Maybe not - but that's how I look at it. I did wonder how i could add some metallic or something, but didn't want to get too adventurous on the first go 😅👍
@@stevecassidyguitar Your learning theory has credit but honestly with the videos available on RU-vid, spare parts and the info available on the net, there's no reason why you can't have the learning experience with a used guitar. In practice it may be easier because you have to disassemble it before reassembling. Almost everyone has a smartphone. Lots of photos so you don't forget what you've done. I'm an old man. My learning experience was much more difficult and paved with many more mistakes and hazards
I hope you're just playing a character, because the affectations per minute count is very high. The content is interesting, and you seem like a nice bloke, but man, it gets a bit grating, like watching a children's TV program host. It's a bit (unintentionally) condescending.
Cheers mate - I'm 43 so yeah I'm 80x grumpier in real life 😂👍 This is still me tho - just amplified "a bit" for camera and "entertainment". I've always been like the class clown since i was a kid (defence mechanism for always being "the wee guy"). Can't please everyone 🤷♂️ thankfully there's loads of other great channels out there that will be far less irritating for ya than mine - you're spoiled for choice 😀👍
