2228 project started :)

[yevetz]

Have a read here - The Guitar Refinishing and Restoration Forum :: View Forum - Guitar Finishing and Restoration

Search for stripping or paint or refinish.

The guys here advocate heat gun for poly finishes. I think the RG2228 is a poly finish... and apparently, that kind of finish can't be stripped off even by airplane grade paint stripper.

But I may be wrong.

Thanks

 

[yevetz]

I got a sanding machine!!!

 

[yevetz]

I still do not know what picture I'll put on it. Maybe an Ibanez logo?

 

[GorillaSalsa]

Maybe design your own thing? When I messed around with my 8-string, I left it brandless, because I feel like it's my own. One day I'll get the words "Gorilla Salsa" put on the headstock, but for now, it's staying blank.

 

[Konfyouzd]

that looks scary when you think about the price of that thing!

precisely the reason i looked at this thread. i figure if someone is cutting up a guitar that expensive it HAS to be good.

getting there

maybe try using paintstripper. way easyer and quicker in my experience

hell yea it is. i've done both (paint stripper and sanding). paint stripper makes life VERY easy. sanding made me wanna kill myself.

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

Yeah, I'm saving for a 2228 so I can do this to it..

 

[yevetz]

So!

Some progress

And also I found that hand sanding is WAY MORE ACCURATE than machine, so I'll continue with a hand work

 

[Konfyouzd]

Yeah, I'm saving for a 2228 so I can do this to it..

whoa. who is that?

 

[matttttYCE]

whoa. who is that?

One of the guitarists from After The Burial (note the word "BURIAL" in the bottom middle-ish of the picture haha). Either Trent or Justin...I can never remember which one is which.

 

[Konfyouzd]

ha... i didn't even notice that. thanks man!

 

[Andrew_B]

did you buy a belt sander or an orbital sander or a palm sander?

 

[yevetz]

did you buy a belt sander or an orbital sander or a palm sander?

orbital

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

One of the guitarists from After The Burial (note the word "BURIAL" in the bottom middle-ish of the picture haha). Either Trent or Justin...I can never remember which one is which.

Exactly. It's Justin Lowe from ATB. I love guitars with bright, neon colors. I should've lived during the 80s I guess haha.

 

[lefty robb]

I would have just chemically stripped it, sooooo much easier...

 

[yevetz]

I would have just chemically stripped it, sooooo much easier...

Dude, the goal is not a stripped guitar The goal is working on stripping

 

[Andrew_B]

ahhh yea orbitals arent the best for this type of thing since its difficult to keep the area flat....

a belt sander will take off the majority on the flat surfaces then you just do the sides and round over by hand...

bit late now though lol...

 

[yevetz]

 

[Jeroenofzo]

This is looking great.

But please watch out with sanding the top, don't be like that guy who sanded his Loomis unevenly!

 

[Rayne Mann]

Looks like a nice piece of Basswood! Or is it Alder?

 

[Yoshi]

Basswood.