Getting close. . .

Eighth Coat . . .



Nineth Coat. . .



Right, finished the second can and its starting to look a slightly lighter shade than it was about a month ago. One can is supposed to make it look like this, clearly mine doesn't but I dont fancy forking out another 15 pund plus 5 pund delivery for another can of invisible blonde or what ever the colour isn't.

Im waiting on delivery of a scratch plate, when it arrives I'll check the colour against the guitar and then make a decision on what to do next. Ive got a few avenues I can go down:

1. Bite the bullet and buy another can of white blonde and try and get a whiter blonde, if such a thing is possible.
2. Spray the tinted lacquer over the white blonde and go for the butterscotch blonde I was originally going to go for.
3. Be happy with the white blonde as it is and start the clear lacquer coats.

The truth is that Im starting to get impatient and I want to get on with actually making a guitar. Colour wise, Im going right off the butterscotch blonde colour, I think Ive seen enough butterscotch Telecasters in the last couple of months to see me right up untill Im the age of Keith Richards and whilst we're being honest Im starting to get sick of looking at Telecasters all together. My eyes are going tele shaped!!

More coats. . .

Sixth coat. . .



Seventh coat. . .

Pair of cans. . .

New cans have arrived, another can of white blonde and some clear gloss lacquer. I emailed the chap I got them off about the crap finish the first can of white blonde was giving. He checked the batch and apparently theres nowt wrong with the batch, its down to my bad technique Im afraid!!!
The plan at the moment is to put another half a dozen coats of the white blonde on and see what it looks like then clear coat it if it looks ok.



Ive been reading the tele forum and the fellas on there reckon I should be warming the cans before using them. This is supposed to increase the spraying pressure, make the paint and solvent mix better and make the coat dry quicker. I asked the paint chap if this was a good idea and if this was the reason I was getting a crappy finish - He said it wasnt and there was no need to warm the cans first - so I had a go anyway.



I had some paint left in the first can so I had a go with that, I put the can in hot water from the tap - didnt make an ounce of difference, still cack!!!!!

Fossilcaster. . .

Check this out!!!!! I was checking the finish before I started coat number five and saw this!! Its a pre-historic beast trapped in one of the coats. I'm going to keep it there, its on one of the sides. I wonder if I could do a Jurrasic Park - extract its DNA and create a drummer????

Wheres Wally (spraying booth). . .

Came home the other night to find the booth missing from the drive.

It had been blown up the drive and across the garden and landed on me wifes bedding plants. Andy Mac was in the garden when I got in from work and I thought he'd moved it, which is weird since it takes two to carry it.

The hereo that he is, Andy helped me return it to its home and secure it with a wheely bin.

Canny chuffed that it hasnt been damaged, its solid as a rock. The problem is it is properly sealed, all the edges have been doubley covered and pinned so as soon as a little gust blows it takes off, like a kite. That wheely bin should hold it!