Gibson SG Special Restoration - Part 4: Grain filling, staining and painting
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- Опубліковано 28 гру 2023
- In this video the SG Special gets grain filled, stained, sealed and sprayed with Heritage Cherry Red nitrocellulose.
Grain filler: Timbermate wood filler
Stain: Feast Watson Prooftint
Sealer: Mirotone Mirocat 3244 Sanding Sealer
Base Coat: Dartfords (Rothko & Frost) Heritage Cherry Red Nitrocellulose
Spray Gun: ANI R160
Music: Number Station - Way Down Low
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I really liked the mahogany color. I thought you were going to stop there.
Yeah it was really nice actually and I’ve seen nice 70s SGs in that colour. But tradition got the better of me…
Looks fantastic with the walnut finish by itself.
Yeah I agree!
Perfect color for this model of SG, Very nice work!!!
Thanks very much! Yeah I agree re the colour - sunburst for Strats, Cherry Red for SGs!
You have to work around them but I like to use the foamy ear plugs to keep the threads clean. Get the ones with the string, cut the string, leave about an inch long.
That’s such a good idea - thanks for the tip! Do you use them in the machine head holes as well?
@@BeardsworthGuitars no just the threaded inserts. The plain holes can easily be cleaned out
That looks lovely after the sealer. I’d be tempted to clear coat over that, as I love the walnut colour.
Yeah it really does! I’m just a sucker for Cherry red SGs!
Awesome series, can't wait to see how this thing turns out. I love SGs and have one with a snapped neck I'm working on repairing at the moment.
that's gibbys best custom shop job right there, fantastic work..
Haha wow high praise indeed! Thanks for your support. Be sure to subscribe for more restorations :)
Wow !! I am gonna press the sub button right now ! hihi ! Cheers from Quebec !
Thanks so much for your support - it means everything! Cheers from Melbourne :)
Loving the series! I’ve just embarked on a restoration of a 66 SG special in a similarly sorry state so it’s super helpful to see how it’s done properly
Oh wow - would love to see that! Thanks for your support. Be sure to subscribe as there’s more restorations coming soon including a ‘69 D-28 :)
The walnut finish would have been a seriously classy guitar. That said, it was finished very well.
Yeah I agree. Maybe next time around I’ll have the courage not to paint it the same colour as every other SG! Thanks for your support
I did a Les Paul Junior in Cherry Red about 20-25 years ago, but I used Zar Dark Mahogany stain, which I'm not even sure is available anymore, but it really made the red pop. I like the effect of the walnut stain you used a lot though.
Oh yeah that would be lovely. I’d imagine it would enhance the deep reds? I need to re-finish the neck on my 1990 Les Paul Classic at some stage so will do some further experimenting then. I also have another cherry burst Les Paul awaiting a neck repair and re-finish!
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Great video. Quick question. What was the flash time between coats?
Thanks
Thanks very much! I try to leave 2 hours between coats. It will be dry to the touch way before then but the paint will continue to release VOCs and if you trap these by spraying the next coat prematurely you risk getting solvent pop. Hope that helps!
May I ask, why did you leave the bridge bushings on the guitar during entire sanding/painting process?
Great question. I touched on it briefly in the first video but in short, I usually extract them by screwing in the stop tail post and carefully leveraging them out. However, I didn’t have any posts on hand during this build. Given the studs were sitting slightly below the surface, I was able instead to just tape them off to avoid painting them, and not touch them when sanding. Hope that helps!
What's the fewest number of coats you could spray on? I'm about to do my SG special and I want the finish to be as thin as possible so that it will age more rapidly.
Hey, well there are a few things to consider here. Working on the assumption you want the paint to look glossy and level, and are just after premature checking and wear through of the paint, then you could do what Fender does with their Thin Skin finishes and seal the body with a polyester sealer, sand that good and flat, and then spray the colour coats on there. The stronger in colour you make the tinted lacquer, the fewer coats you need. So my advice would be to just spray until you have built the colour up sufficiently for your needs. Then spray maybe 4 coats of clear to give yourself enough thickness to sand / buff as desired. If you don’t use clear you run the risk of uneven colour because the sanding process will likely take off more paint in places like the edges.
In terms of how many coats, this depends on a number of factors such as fluid tip size on your gun, how much you thin the paint, how heavy you spray the coats, and how much you have to sand back to remove imperfections. So, while I can’t give you an accurate answer to this, I will say that the key to a thin finish is fastidious preparation. Hope that helps!
Hi! I'm on a sg junior project. I just finished the grain filler. Turn out great! Now I wonder to stain it like you or not. I'm scared to stain it and have an uneven stain with darker spots. I read that sanding sealer should be used BEFORE stain to have a nice stain. But you do the opposit right?
Sounds like a cool project! If you apply stain after sealing you won’t stain the wood because it’s protected by the sealer. I’m not sure how well stain would work over sealer. The key to avoiding blotches is good sanding (240 grit is sufficient), diluting the stain so you can build the colour up gradually, apply it reservedly - don’t slosh it on, and finally make sure you pre-treat any areas of end-grain with water or whatever you’re diluting the stain with. This stops those areas from absorbing so much of the stain which will give you dark or blotchy areas. Hope that helps!
@@BeardsworthGuitars thank you for your answer. So you mean if i diluted the stain with water, i should put just water before on the end grain area and then stain? I'm so scared to ruin it. I did already an sg project but i want like you said a more brownish cherry, more vintage than my classic cherry that i did...
Yeah exactly. Just apply the water like you would the stain. Doesn’t need to be soaked. Just wiped over. The great thing with stain is that it doesn’t tend to go deep if you pre-treat the end grain, so if you’re not happy just wait for it to dry, sand it back and go again. But also test your stain on a piece of scrap so you can get a sense of how strong to make it. No harm in making it more dilute and building up the colour with a few applications. More likely to get an even result this way.
@@1983Beardo great thank you so much. I'll do it!
Hey sorry - accidentally replied using my personal UA-cam account. I’ll get there eventually!
I wish i had seen this a month ago. I diddnt use sanding sealer as the brand i got was lumpy and not very transparent so i went straight to lacquer. Ruined the whole thing. Ive jad to rub it right back. :'(
What brand sanding sealer did you use?
Oh what a nightmare! Don’t let UA-cam fool you though - almost every job goes horribly wrong at some stage. Experience comes from failure, as they say!
I use Mirotone’s MIROCAT sanding sealer. It smells dreadful but goes on beautifully and sands like a dream.
I’ve got quite a few more finishing videos up my sleeve including a ‘69 D-28 and a couple of Strats. Hit that subscribe button to get notified :)
@@BeardsworthGuitars already have :)
Im going for a solid colour with that guitar now. Transparent colours are hard. My painting experience is with cars and lets just say this really is a different ballgame.
I hope that stuff is available in the UK
Thanks so much for your support :)
Mirotone are based here in Melbourne but I’m sure there will be equivalents in the UK. I’m going to investigate polyester sanding sealer soon as this seems to be the go-to for many of the big players including Fender and PRS before they switched over to Nitro over CAB
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Better let PRS know they’re doing it wrong as well ;)
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Quite good UA-cam guitar content… Shame about the extremely gay song at the end…
I aim to please.