Refinishes (show yours off!)

[El84man]

I thought it'd be cool to have a thread of refinishes/custom paint jobs. So feel free to post any you've got!

I recently caught the refinishing bug and decided black and blonde weren't doing it for me anymore. These are my first attemps, I learnt a lot and really enjoyed doing them... They aren't 100% perfect if you really go looking, however they are 98% there and I'm really pleased with how they turned out. I used acrylic lacquer from the autostore which I found really easy to work with. It looks and feel great as well.
The hardest part was choosing the colours!

Cheers

 

[=JL=]

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[paintguy]

Good stuff ^^^. Keep up the good work.

 

[G Man]

Before and after. Although I can't take credit for the work, NTL Guitar gets all the credit on that front.

 

[bsahin]

Before;

After;

 

[tonecontrol]

my `99 American Standard from natural to fiesta red, Marty Bell does great work!

 

[buckwild]

here's another Marty Bell Top Refin I had him do. The original top was stained really really dark so it was hard to make out the flame. He does great work...and fast too!

 

[David-R]

Before:

After

 

[27sauce]

A couple of '59 Juniors, I no longer own the red one.

 

[asintoras]

Great thread!
Please post the time spent on refinishing, the cost, or contact information of who did the work. I am planning on refinishing a cheap Yamaha guitar I have, so any information will be really helpful (I am not sure about doing it myself yet)!

Thanks!

 

[buddyboy69]

before

after

before

after

 

[mj07]

 

[Wake911]

before:

after:

 

[NWOBHM]

82' Hamer Special. Bought stripped refin by Stike at http://www.rowycokustoms.com/RK_intro.html

 

[andyk]

Refinished by GMW about 10 years ago. Forgot how much it cost, but no way I could do it myself:

 

[Shovelhead]

Here's my R7 Les Paul:

I did this for Jason Schroeder:

This one was for me:

Another one of mine:

 

[asintoras]

before:

after:

Hey, I have that exact same guitar (and color), but in much better shape. How hard was to peel off the original paint?

 

[claudel]

I did these myself in the basement with TransTint dye and Behlens or Deft rattlecan clearcoat...

Lots of help from the kind folks at the ReRanch forum.

 

[slider313]

1988 Heritage 140

Before:

After: with a big thanks to Jack Briggs.

 

[Mike9]

A Les Paul Studio I bought with a headstock break -

Before:

After: