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Airbrush attempt went South
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Airbrush attempt went South
Just joined the group and have only built 3 guitars so far but just ran into trouble on my latest project. Long story short: I built a ’57 LP Jr that came out fantastic but the neck was set incorrectly and was nearly unplayable. I cut off the body and made a new one and applied the burst and a few coats of clear before gluing in the salvaged neck. To finish up the neck joint with a bit more black, I dusted off my 20 yo Paasche airbrush, practiced a bit then went after that neck joint. As you can see from the photo, it came out horrible, and I have no idea why. Body was finished to this point with StewMac rattle can lacquer, and I used a 50:50 mixture of lacquer thinner to StewMac clear lacquer with about 20 drops of Mixol in 10ml total volume. Practicing on a re-sanded and vinyl sealed ply body blank I used for practicing painting the burst, it looked fine but not so much so on the new body. The body was wet sanded and wiped with naphtha before the airbrushing. I figured before making matters worse, I would see if one of the experts here might be able to offer some advice.
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This would be good to use as a council of elders question. Would you be willing to submit this and a couple more pictures from different angles ?
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I’m new here, so I’ll have to figure out what/where that is, but if that’s where it should be, then absolutely.
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https://dev.loothgroup.com/submit-council-of-elders-questions/
Once a month we get together on a Zoom call and answer questions live. It also allows for the asker of the question to interact live and clarify etc. We usually do it in the first week of a new month, which is coming up.
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Also, it kind of looks like something is in the airline like water or oil. Have you drained your compressor lately ?
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Good idea, and no, I haven’t, but I have a clear water trap inline and there’s nothing in it. Also, I shoot a little lacquer thinner through the gun before I paint, and of course, afterwards for cleaning. It does look line some sort of incompatibility or contaminant, though so I will look into this more.
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