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jingle_jangle wrote:Kilz is the worst kind of slow-drying enamel. You can't paint anything but wall and trim paint over it...

Your point?

Jealous of this!!

IvanMunoz wrote:Jealous of this!!

Not me. Here is mine.

jps wrote:

IvanMunoz wrote:Jealous of this!!

Not me. Here is mine.

Awsome!

The inlays look great, too. As do other details:

mmmmmm skunk stripe, mmmmm checkered binding.......




How do I get in your will?

coolhandjjl wrote:mmmmmm skunk stripe, mmmmm checkered binding.......




How do I get in your will?

Right after me.

Mine will be at MARC in a couple weekends for your viewing and playing pleasure.

Welcome, Nathan!

The 'before' pictures are grim, that was a very dark stain that was used. Please be careful if you use any chemicals to remove the color. If you are unsure of the hazards of a chemical, I suggest that you search for its Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on the SIRI website:

http://hazard.com/msds/

If I am not able to get most of the really dark stains out any suggestions on what my best approach to restortions this bass should be. If i cant get the stains out enough to to mapleglo would burgundyglo be a fesible color to finnish this bass? Acetone does seem to help to cut the stain somewhat. I scrub with the steelwool (Though a much lighter grade (00) then Paul recommended, need to pick up some number 3 wool) then I sand after that. If I am careful about round over would 80 grit paper be okay to sand the body, 100 grit works well, but I think the 80 grit might allow me to get alittle deeped to get some of the black streaks left by the stain in some of the grains. Thanks for all your input so far! Im going back to sanding.

Nathan, I'm thinking you will never get enough of the stain out to make this a nice MapleGlo again, my favorite BTW. You might ask how to seal the wood with clear so you could go with a color like Burgundy but not get contamination from the leftover stain.

So I think I am going to go with either the burgundy color or walnut. What do you suggest I do to prepare the bass to take either of these colors. Also I need to pull the truss rods to unbend them and rethred them is it okay to leave the rods out of the neck for an extended amount of time or should that be a one day job to get them out repair them and get them back in there. Also a another issue that has been hanging over my head is the neck binding has been removing and either the fingerboard or neck has been sanding down so that there is no lip where the binding once was except at the top and bottom of the neck. I really would love to rebind the neck. What will be the best approach in doing this, the bass needs a refret so i figure might as well address the binding at the same time.

jps wrote:Mine will be at MARC in a couple weekends for your viewing and playing pleasure.

yeah? You're sending me your bass? thanks!

Hey Nathan...welcome and nice project

marc61 wrote:

jps wrote:Mine will be at MARC in a couple weekends for your viewing and playing pleasure.

yeah? You're sending me your bass? thanks!

Er, let me rephrase that!

Wait, I said MARC, not Marc's.