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  • Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

    Well someone was unloading this on Ebay for cheap so I figured what the hell... Anyways it appears someone tried that crappy stone finish from a can only this seems more sticky than the stuff I have sprayed before.

    They did a sloppy job of filling in a middle pickup with some strange spongy material. Not sure if the guitar had a single or double coil in the neck but it appears to have been filled as well.

    Ideally I'd want to strip this down to bare wood and start from scratch and fill the holes in with a block of wood and some glue.

    As you can see from the pictures the finish isn't like a thin layer of paint to touch it almost reminds me of being on a roof with asphalt shingles, it has that kind of texture and the stickiness of tar. Looking for the easiest way or removing this disaster of an attempt by someone.




  • #2
    Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

    LMFAO!!!

    Dude - some stripper and a plastic scraper or two should get it done for ya.
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    • #3
      Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

      try something like FORMBY'S furniture refinisher. You brush it on, wait while it bubbles up and then scrape it off. Just make sure you do it in a well ventilated area!!!! It will burn your nose hair out!

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      • #4
        Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

        I almost bid on that body. Try the FROMBY'S, it should work.

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        • #5
          Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

          Tonight's News: "Prehistoric Jackson Body found on ebay" [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

          Good luck with that project. Man, what a mess.

          Ben

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          • #6
            Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

            Use a sand blaster! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] No? Maybe a belt sander? Ok, I'll be quiet.
            Scott
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            • #7
              Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

              Don't use a block of wood. It will shrink, and you will be haunted by lines showing where the recesses used to be. Bevel the edges of the pickup recess and fill it with Bondo, which is designed not to shrink.

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              • #8
                Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

                [ QUOTE ]
                Don't use a block of wood. It will shrink, and you will be haunted by lines showing where the recesses used to be. Bevel the edges of the pickup recess and fill it with Bondo, which is designed not to shrink.

                [/ QUOTE ]

                Sounds like significant "shrinkage". Seriously though, I have never heard of wood shrinking. What planet does this occur on?

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                • #9
                  Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

                  If Formby's or the like doesn't do it pick up some "aircraft stripper" from your favorite automotive supply shop. Pretty toxic but it'll strip just about anything.
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                  • #10
                    Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

                    What exactly is aircraft stripper? This thing looks like it needs some HCL "hydro-chloric acid" to get this crap off. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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                    • #11
                      Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

                      Aircraft Stripper? Is that MEK or methyl-ethyl-ketone?
                      We used to use that at work but they stopped stocking it. That is some seriously potent stuff.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

                        I have used aircraft stripper before and it WILL work. It can be found at your neighborhood Bond Auto. If you don't have one in your area just try any parts store. There is a good chance they will have it. Oh yeah WEAR GLOVES and don't let it touch your skin!

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                        • #13
                          Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

                          I should probably mention here that aircraft stripper is also likely to dissolve plastics and dissolve the glue in glue joints so folks who're stripping something other than a 1-piece body should use with caution.
                          Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam!

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                          • #14
                            Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

                            Nah, don´t worry YAO. That kind of thing only happens to Newc (He wasn´t the seller by any chance, or? [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img])

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                            • #15
                              Re: Jackson Dinky refinish nightmare

                              That looks like a spray-on bedliner finish. Even if it worked, wouldn't it have absorbed all of the vibrations out of the wood?
                              I'll bet your OK with furniture stripper, but you could look up how to clean bedliner overspray from the rhinoliner folks if it doesn't work. We used to use Bix stripper, but I'll bet Formby's is good too.
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