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Veronica Fortune
| | Posted on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 11:08 am: | |
I'm an in-a-band-guitar-player's Mom. My son has an Ibanez he bought black. He says that under the gelcoat, then under the black is this really cool color green. He wants to know if there's a way to remove the gelcoat, and the black WITHOUT hurting that green. He wants that green to be the main color....... Any ideas? |
JohnS
| | Posted on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 11:08 am: | |
Veronica:
My off the cuff guess would be, no. At least not for a person with no special knowledge of poly, paints, chemical strippers and their makeup.
BTW, how does he know that there is a "cool green" underneath?
If he wants to change the color, and do it right, then I'd say to strip it completely (after first identifying the relacement green he wants), then redo the paint and poly clear coat. There's also lots of sanding and polishing steps in between.
Somebody here wrote an article on do-it-yourself paint jobs. I'm not sure if there's a mention to it in a past message or if they sent the article to me and I just haven't had time to post it somewhere. If your son's interested, I'll hunt around for the info.
JohnS
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Stefano
| | Posted on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 11:08 am: | |
Hallo Veronica here is another hint
Since Ibanez in general tend to have a huge amount
of clear coat and if the balck isn't thick you
could try to remove it and then buffer the clear
coat underneath without touching the green.
Another hint is, go on the Jemsite.com on the
forum and ask the dozen of Ibanez maniacs what are
their suggestions.
Sincerly
Stefano G |
thetonezone
| | Posted on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 11:08 am: | |
that was me that wrote the article. let me tell you, its a pretty expensive process to recoat a guitar. and there is really no way to get a top coat off without ruining anything underneath. chemical agents can even be hard on the soft basswood bodies found in most ibanez guitars.
chances are if you have a guitar and you are actually willing to refinish it to begin with that it isnt worth what it would cost you to do a professional refinish yourself and far less than what it would cost to have someone else do it.
if you wanna have a look here's the IP of someone who posted it.
http://members.home.net/knup/faq/gtrPaint.doct.
mike |
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