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I finally refinished my headstock. Check out the pics. I printed the logo myself and did all the prep and painting. What do you guys think?
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I purchased this neck from Monte a forum member about 6 months ago. The logo had been sanded down. So I purchased the necassary equipment to make metallica a gold logo and refinished the headstock.
First I primered the headstock to fill in any scratches and then block sanded it. I then painted the headstock white. After lightly sanding the headstock, so that future coats of clear would adhere, I applied the decal. I removed all airbubbles from the decal and let it sit for 2 hours. I then clear coated the headstock using clear acylic. I let it sit for 2 days and then block sanded. I repeated the clear coat and block sanding about three times to level the clear and remove unwanted lines around the decal I applied. After leveling all the lines I blocksanded the clear one last time and buffed it using rubbing compound.
I think the most important thing to remember when doing something like this, is that it is time consuming. To get professionaly looking results make sure you take your time. Rushing the process will only give you poor results.
[ August 30, 2003, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: Keith Gutierrez ]
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I purchased this neck from Monte a forum member about 6 months ago. The logo had been sanded down. So I purchased the necassary equipment to make metallica a gold logo and refinished the headstock.
First I primered the headstock to fill in any scratches and then block sanded it. I then painted the headstock white. After lightly sanding the headstock, so that future coats of clear would adhere, I applied the decal. I removed all airbubbles from the decal and let it sit for 2 hours. I then clear coated the headstock using clear acylic. I let it sit for 2 days and then block sanded. I repeated the clear coat and block sanding about three times to level the clear and remove unwanted lines around the decal I applied. After leveling all the lines I blocksanded the clear one last time and buffed it using rubbing compound.
I think the most important thing to remember when doing something like this, is that it is time consuming. To get professionaly looking results make sure you take your time. Rushing the process will only give you poor results.
[ August 30, 2003, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: Keith Gutierrez ]
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