stevieb

I have found auto paint to be really durable and easy to apply. DON'T DO IT! Or, if you do, be careful. (I am assuming he means enamel, btw.) Enamel takes a long time to dry/cure. If you DO use enamel, BE PATIENT. Wait DAYS before you bolt the guitar back together. Otherwise, the enamel may still be semi-liquid, and you will get all kinds of ugly "pushing" of the finish when you bolt things like the bridge, neck, even the pick guard back on. I know, as I am currently refinishing a Mustang copy someone repainted in enamel, and got impatient. And do know, auto-parts store lacquer is NOT NCL. It's ACRYLIC lacquer. If you make mistakes, get dust in the finish, etc, lacquer is easiest to fix, followed by enamel. Poly is pretty much unfixable- mistakes either live there forever, or you take it off and start over again.

Actually, Terry, the part after the ellipsis was included just for fun- it was the "So far, this fantasy was too small. I needed to make it larger" that I was really referring to.

I am the Thread Killer Yeah, you sure put this one in an early grave...

Well, ever late to the party, I just read Mr. Knobs/Terry's facinating story- more than seven years after it was written. Well written, for sure, and it kept me up till after 2 am when I had SWORN I was getting to bed early tonite. I certainly hope no one takes what I say next as disrespect- I assure you, I throughly enjoyed the story, and would not wish to take anything from it or it's author. Interesting that he insist it is all true, although the side-story of the chain is a pretty dead giveaway that it is fanciful at best- but more interesting that he can't keep up the ruse entirely. He outs himself with this line: So far, this fantasy was too small. I needed to make it larger...I decided to take a bubble bath.