A Jaguar project, **finished**

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:56 pm

rodvonbon wrote:
St. Jimmy wrote:hey rod, question for ya...what do you use for your clear coat?
Reranch clear nitro. I also used reranch Fiesta red for the color. It was real easy to use.

cool...i've probably been using all the wrong shit on my Esquire-ish project. LOL...your refins always look so fucking great dude!

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:00 pm

rod those look awesome. that swinger with string thru is boner!

SWINGTHRU

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:05 pm

St. Jimmy wrote:
rodvonbon wrote:
St. Jimmy wrote:hey rod, question for ya...what do you use for your clear coat?
Reranch clear nitro. I also used reranch Fiesta red for the color. It was real easy to use.
cool...i've probably been using all the wrong shit on my Esquire-ish project. LOL...your refins always look so fucking great dude!

Before wet sanding and polishing it, it looked pretty good, but not great. I think the key, besides allowing for cure time, is wet sanding and buffing. I sprayed in less than ideal conditions and there were little bumps and some lint stuck to it. I went from 600,800,1000,1200,1500 and finally 2000 grit sand paper, then I used a medium grade cutting compound then finess it for the final polish. It sounds like a lot of work, but really only took about an hour.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:08 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:rod those look awesome. that swinger with string thru is boner!

SWINGTHRU

It wasn't my original plan, but the Toronado bridge was only 30 bucks!

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:10 pm

rodvonbon wrote:
St. Jimmy wrote:
rodvonbon wrote: Reranch clear nitro. I also used reranch Fiesta red for the color. It was real easy to use.
cool...i've probably been using all the wrong shit on my Esquire-ish project. LOL...your refins always look so fucking great dude!
Before wet sanding and polishing it, it looked pretty good, but not great. I think the key, besides allowing for cure time, is wet sanding and buffing. I sprayed in less than ideal conditions and there were little bumps and some lint stuck to it. I went from 600,800,1000,1200,1500 and finally 2000 grit sand paper, then I used a medium grade cutting compound then finess it for the final polish. It sounds like a lot of work, but really only took about an hour.

question, which will make me sound so n00by...what exactly is "Wet sanding"?

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:16 pm

St. Jimmy wrote:question, which will make me sound so n00by...what exactly is "Wet sanding"?

It's just what it sounds like. There is a kind of sanpaper thats used in car finishing and the backing doesn't tear apart when it gets wet. What I did is filled up a bowl with warm water and a little bit of dish soap, soaked the paper and went about sanding. I think the water keeps the friction to a minimum and the dust won't be abrasive as your working. If the paint/clear isn't very thick it is easy to sand through it.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:19 pm

rodvonbon wrote:
St. Jimmy wrote:question, which will make me sound so n00by...what exactly is "Wet sanding"?
It's just what it sounds like. There is a kind of sanpaper thats used in car finishing and the backing doesn't tear apart when it gets wet. What I did is filled up a bowl with warm water and a little bit of dish soap, soaked the paper and went about sanding. I think the water keeps the friction to a minimum and the dust won't be abrasive as your working. If the paint/clear isn't very thick it is easy to sand through it.

awesome! great tip...any brand of sand paper for wet sanding that you could reccomend?

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:19 pm

While I think the Jag is beautiful I feel sad about getting rid of the original logo etc.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:26 pm

BobArsecake wrote:While I think the Jag is beautiful I feel sad about getting rid of the original logo etc.

The face of the headstock was refinished and had a repro decal when I bought it.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:30 pm

Ah I see, I suppose it did look rather clean for an original '65.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:38 pm

rod, is that the same swinger i played?
and btw, when are you going to sell me that jaguar?

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:56 pm

St. Jimmy wrote: awesome! great tip...any brand of sand paper for wet sanding that you could reccomend?

3M

robert(original) wrote:rod, is that the same swinger i played?

Yeah, same one. The finish is MUCH better than last time.

robert(original) wrote:when are you going to sell me that jaguar?

C'mon, I just put it together, let me get sick of it first

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:00 pm

that will never happen, you have like 30 vintage stangs, and a load of bad ass shortscales that you specially told me "im not selling any of them, no matter what"

lexx9 · Post by **lexx9** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:42 pm

The Jag looks awesome. The refinish is deadly! lexx

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:52 pm

Good fun and nice work, Ron-o.

lancer88 · Post by **lancer88** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:53 pm

that thing looks killer!

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:23 am

St. Jimmy wrote:
rodvonbon wrote:
St. Jimmy wrote:hey rod, question for ya...what do you use for your clear coat?
Reranch clear nitro. I also used reranch Fiesta red for the color. It was real easy to use.
cool...i've probably been using all the wrong shit on my Esquire-ish project. LOL...your refins always look so fucking great dude!

jimmy, deft clear works really well and is considerably cheaper than reranch. it's nitrocellulose and either $3 or $5 a can (i can't remember which) at lowes. make sure to get gloss. looks like this:

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:33 am

Your guitars always make me jealous.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:35 am

*points at ninjamike*

Hello you.

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:44 am

benecol wrote:*points at ninjamike*

Hello you.

Hey buddy,

Thanks for what you said to my boss, btw

A Jaguar project, finished

wow