Excellent advice throughout. I particularly liked at around 12.00 minutes the explaining of the issues which can be caused by the room temperature & the need to allow the first coats to sufficiently dry / flash off before applying more coats. It is similar to many years ago when I painted my motorcycle tank using cans of cellulose paint, and only allowing to top to be touch dry before I applied more paint. I must have done 4 or five coats. A month or so later the whole tank had a completely crazed / cracked finish. That was a good learning lesson for me, and so now with whatever type of paint I use I always follow the manufacturers instructions. It causes much stress long term. When wet sanding it's a good idea to add washing-up liquid or soap to the water to help prevent clogging of the wet & dry paper. Thanks for sharing your good knowledge.
Thank you for sharing your process and the importance of sticking to the recommended guidelines. Love that dye job and glad it turned out well in the end!
Fan of Highline. Tried water and solvent poly's. Water wait time is too long for me, so I prefer solvent automotive clear coat. So tough don't need pick guard. I spray, let dry overnight wet sand and spray. Know many like nitrous for some aged audio benefit, but not sure it's all that important on solid bodies. Plus it cracks over time and old timers using 40 coats on autos learned it cracks bad and the farther the coating gets from base material the more susceptible it is to issues. Solvent bases mandate ventilation and protection but still good idea with water bases. Then again I don't build for production. Hate rework so stick with what works.
Whooa! That bad boy shines! Nice work Jeff... I have to say I learn best from all Jeff's mistakes...lol! Really though, you honesty and humility to share your process and learning curve keeps me coming back to you channel... thanks Jeff! Cheers...
Looks awesome. Do the pads get softer or harder going up the "grits" of the compounds? All companys use different colour combinations and non of it makes sence to me. Also wish they would just put the grit size on the bottles.
Excellent video and tutorial Jeff! This was very helpful. Do you have a video that shows the dye and water mixing? What are your dye to water mix ratios?
Thanks, I don't really use a specific ratio. I mix the dry powder into some warm water and mix well. Then I grab a scrap piece and test the color. If its too light, I just add more dye, too dark, I add more water. I don't get too scientific with it. Lol.
Hey! Jeff, this is just great color and job!!! I realy like to see that you build this Thunderbird in this color! It was my dream to see Thunderbird not in "natural wood" color (cuz it just remind me wardrobe with 4 strings). Thank you that you made my deam comes true!))) p.s. thank you for this tutorial!
Thank u for trying to teach me dad. From American beauty. Thank u taking time hrlp & show & explain. I appreciate u i can say in words how grateful i am to have found u. If i was in administrative i would hire u to teach a class. Is how good u are. Peace baby doll
Excellent advice throughout. I particularly liked at around 12.00 minutes the explaining of the issues which can be caused by the room temperature & the need to allow the first coats to sufficiently dry / flash off before applying more coats. It is similar to many years ago when I painted my motorcycle tank using cans of cellulose paint, and only allowing to top to be touch dry before I applied more paint. I must have done 4 or five coats. A month or so later the whole tank had a completely crazed / cracked finish. That was a good learning lesson for me, and so now with whatever type of paint I use I always follow the manufacturers instructions. It causes much stress long term.
When wet sanding it's a good idea to add washing-up liquid or soap to the water to help prevent clogging of the wet & dry paper.
Thanks for sharing your good knowledge.
Very nice finish and some good tips!
Super nice finish.
Thank you for sharing your process and the importance of sticking to the recommended guidelines. Love that dye job and glad it turned out well in the end!
Thanks, Sometimes I need to learn things the hard way. Lol.
Love it !!!!! Awesome work !
Holy cow Jeff, that is gorgeous!!! 😲😎
Thanks man!
Fan of Highline. Tried water and solvent poly's. Water wait time is too long for me, so I prefer solvent automotive clear coat. So tough don't need pick guard. I spray, let dry overnight wet sand and spray. Know many like nitrous for some aged audio benefit, but not sure it's all that important on solid bodies. Plus it cracks over time and old timers using 40 coats on autos learned it cracks bad and the farther the coating gets from base material the more susceptible it is to issues. Solvent bases mandate ventilation and protection but still good idea with water bases. Then again I don't build for production. Hate rework so stick with what works.
Thanks so much for this video. I actually learn more from folks discussing/demonstrating their mistakes.
We all make mistakes. I don't like to hide them because there is so much to learn from them. Its how we get better.
beautiful, very good Jeff 💯💯💯💯👍
Thanks Giovanni!
Whooa! That bad boy shines! Nice work Jeff... I have to say I learn best from all Jeff's mistakes...lol! Really though, you honesty and humility to share your process and learning curve keeps me coming back to you channel... thanks Jeff! Cheers...
Thanks, I too learn the best from all my mistakes. Lol.
beautiful finish...nicely done...ptp
Thank you! 😊
Man that looks amazing!!
Thank you!
Looks absolutely fantastic Jeff. A lot more patience than I have these days.
It definitely requires a great deal of patience. Lol. Sometimes thats hard to do.
Love the dye work and the lessons learned.
Thanks. Big lessons learned here. Lol.
Stunning piece, outstanding work.
Thank you so much 😀
Looks really nice.
Thank You!
Nice finish
Thanks!
Great job .
Thank You!
Looks awesome. Do the pads get softer or harder going up the "grits" of the compounds? All companys use different colour combinations and non of it makes sence to me. Also wish they would just put the grit size on the bottles.
The pads seem to be firmer as well as smoother and the compound gets less gritty as you go up.
Excellent video and tutorial Jeff! This was very helpful. Do you have a video that shows the dye and water mixing? What are your dye to water mix ratios?
Thanks, I don't really use a specific ratio. I mix the dry powder into some warm water and mix well. Then I grab a scrap piece and test the color. If its too light, I just add more dye, too dark, I add more water. I don't get too scientific with it. Lol.
Hey! Jeff, this is just great color and job!!! I realy like to see that you build this Thunderbird in this color! It was my dream to see Thunderbird not in "natural wood" color (cuz it just remind me wardrobe with 4 strings). Thank you that you made my deam comes true!)))
p.s. thank you for this tutorial!
Thanks Ivan!
Thank u for trying to teach me dad. From American beauty.
Thank u taking time hrlp & show & explain. I appreciate u i can say in words how grateful i am to have found u. If i was in administrative i would hire u to teach a class. Is how good u are. Peace baby doll
Hi jeff, what kind of milwakee are you using for polising, my makita polisher is very heavy to use on guitar sides.
Btw Im apron guy 😀
This is the M12 Polisher. Its a pretty cool little unit. It also comes with an attachment for using Roloc abrasive discs.
Nice😃👍👍🎸
Excuse me, gotta go listen to some sprayer. They're my favorite band.
Yeah! Sprayer, Sprayer!
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