refin my bass

[Greenfuz]

so yeah I'm thinking about refinishing my stingray copy but I've got no idea what colour I want

it's a really ugly sunburst at the moment, I'm open to pretty much anything

also any tips/paint brands that are cheaply and easily available in canada would be cool too

[ashdown]

swirl it!

[eatyourguitar]

if you do strip it before you paint it, you should use a pore sealer thats made for that sort of thing. if you dont seal it, it will eat 5 or 10 times the paint. there are lots of suppliers on the internet but most of them wont ship paint out of the country. try http://www.reranch.com/

[Mudfuzz]

if you do strip it before you paint it, you should use a pore sealer thats made for that sort of thing. if you dont seal it, it will eat 5 or 10 times the paint. there are lots of suppliers on the internet but most of them wont ship paint out of the country. try http://www.reranch.com/

All true. stripping a finish is a real pain, I done it twice [fender jazzbass and a upright] if you are just going to do a solid color vs trans there is no point in stripping, just scuff it up well and shoot what ever color you pick. Hell, that's what fender use to do, you can see on a lot of custom color vintage fenders where the playing wear has worn though the color into the burst

[eatyourguitar]

it all depends on how much time and money you want to sink in to it. some people believe that thin paint is good for the sound and others say its just hype. stripping is like 3 times the work and money.

[Mudfuzz]

it all depends on how much time and money you want to sink in to it. some people believe that thin paint is good for the sound and others say its just hype. stripping is like 3 times the work and money.

I think the thin paint thing is partly true, but only on bodies made out of light wood and that sound good to begin with.. but then you add the sound of the neck... pickups... bridge type... and on and on...

[Jero]

This interest me as well, though I have refinished a bass before. A squier pbass. I swear there was an 8th of an inch of plastic/resin coating that body. Nows the time to paint the body for my electra. Lucky for me, it's already stripped.

[jrmy]

I can't speak to the process, but as far as the color choice, I'd go with green... because of your user name...

[Greenfuz]

a sherwood green-like colour would be pretty awesome

also I don't think I'm going to strip it because that sounds like waaay too much work to put into this bass, and I'm probably going to do a solid colour anyway

[Mudfuzz]

a sherwood green-like colour would be pretty awesome

also I don't think I'm going to strip it because that sounds like waaay too much work to put into this bass, and I'm probably going to do a solid colour anyway

Green is my favorite color so but Orange, black, white, yellow and purple would be cool too... but yeah on a cheapo just scuff it up really evenly so the new pain has something to hold on to and and either just shoot your color or do a some primer coat and then soot your color, then do a few clear coats over that then flatten/buff ect...

[Achtane]

Check out reranch.com

The guides and forums are immensely helpful. I refinned mine using their green stain. It was a nightmare, but you learn a lot through doing it.
It's a transparent finish so stripping it completely was awful work, man. You think you're down to the wood but then you have to deal with sanding sealer that is built to survive for at least a millennium.

+1 on all that scuffing jank. And of course green is the best color!

[Noise...]

it all depends on how much time and money you want to sink in to it. some people believe that thin paint is good for the sound and others say its just hype. stripping is like 3 times the work and money.

I think the thin paint thing is partly true, but only on bodies made out of light wood and that sound good to begin with.. but then you add the sound of the neck... pickups... bridge type... and on and on...

This. Thick ass poly didn't stop Jimi Hendrix from sounding like Jimi Hendrix on his Strats.


IMO, Scuff it. For a solid color it will save a ton of time and still come out great.