Refinishing a RGA7 (All Your 56k joke Belongs To Us)
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Luppin
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Am extremely interested in seeing how the RGA7 looks with a natural finish, ever since I bought mine a year ago I've been itching to strip it down but I've been nervous about the wood looking kinda meh
simonXsludge
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I don't think it will look that great, to be honest. I tried to strip the paint from my RGA8 body a while ago and it was laminated together from like 4 slabs of mahogany. Not the most beautiful mahogany anyways. If you put on a trans finish, like trans black or something, it might look good. However, good luck!
ShreddingDragon
Silence the discord
Wow, that de-glossed surface looks awesome. Might be something to do to my RGA8.
shitsøn;2877186 said:
If the wood looks like shit (Like im expecting too), i will consider a somekind of veneer on the top. I just dont know where to get veneer here in Finland. Ill get some sandpaper tomorrow so maby i'll get few pics up here to show how the body looks.
Geognosy
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That guitar looks like it went through a soccer riot.
Geognosy
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simonXsludge
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Mind that applying veneer on an arched body is gonna be a bit harder than on a flat top.
Hahahahahaha!
Yeah, im aware of that, but wasting few planks for getting it right is worth the sexyness! The original wood is looking good too! I got home today and did this:shitsøn;2877656 said:
Check the volume pot's hole. Thats the why i would like a veneer on the top!
And theres no picture without a cat picture;
Early spring is what me and my cat love!
Edit:
Moar progress!
Too bad the clearcoat under the paint is damaged! Now i have to get fully throught it and especially sanding the horns will be a fucking nightmare!
Geognosy
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That's some nice looking wood. What are you using to sand - a soft block or what?
Eccentric sander with 40, 80, 120, 180 and 240grit. Im gonna use 40 and 80 until im fully through the clear primer, then up to 240 grit with the machine. After that im using 180>1200 to make it look sleek and shit!
ZeroS1gnol
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I wonder, and please forgive me if I missed it in your posts, how the hell did you end up wrecking those pot-holes? Holy shit, that's a nasty shame 
guitarister7321
Ibanez
They make red RGA7's? Where the fuck have I been?
Geognosy
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See beginning of thread... this beast is a chameleon.
damigu
stay tuned
that gaping hole was the first thing i noticed when i saw the new picture. what the hell did you do to the guitar?!
guitarister7321
Ibanez
Just saw the beginning, didn't realise there was a whole other part.
Didn't notice it on my phone's screen.The red looked nice on there, but I'm also liking the natural. The wood grain is pretty nice.
I wonder, and please forgive me if I missed it in your posts, how the hell did you end up wrecking those pot-holes? Holy shit, that's a nasty shame
Pothole happened when my solders started to break and the pot didnt work properly. I gave it a smack and it got straight throught the top! Atleast it started working for a while!
Veneer on the top would fix that, but installing it on this guitar will be hard. I got to give it a try!
ZeroS1gnol
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damigu
stay tuned
working with actual rust is a pain, because you can't just use any clear coat to seal it.
you pretty much have to use automotive clear coat. it's generally made for being able to seal rust spots--which is tricky because you have adhesion problems with most clear coats (the rust tends to powder or flake off, so you end up with bubbles in the clear with most clears).
and you obviously don't want to leave it fully exposed because then you get rust all over yourself as you play (which is dirty and not particularly healthy either).
you pretty much have to use automotive clear coat. it's generally made for being able to seal rust spots--which is tricky because you have adhesion problems with most clear coats (the rust tends to powder or flake off, so you end up with bubbles in the clear with most clears).
and you obviously don't want to leave it fully exposed because then you get rust all over yourself as you play (which is dirty and not particularly healthy either).
