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I am trying to colour match my Grandpa's old Chrysler colour, and I found a dead-on match in this DupliColor line:

from : localhost/see they have primer, primer/filler, base coats, and a clear coat. My questions are:

1. Is this paint appropriate for a mahogany/maple guitar body? Should I look for something else?

2. Do I need grain filler? If so, what brand/type will work with this paint?

I bought a slab of poplar to practice my finishing technique on before the real Warmoth body arrives, so there is a margin of error here.

Thanks!

You totally need grain filler when ever you work with Mahagony. I usually use 2 or 3 coats to be sure. I use the stewmac stuff, but I hear just about anything will work. Duplicolor stuff is nice, but a little thing. I'd recomend using higher quality sanding sealer and clear, but I'd have no worries using their color coats and primer. Maybe do like two cans of color and then spray a can of stewmac clear over it.


Originally Posted by ratherdashingI am trying to colour match my Grandpa's old Chrysler colour, and I found a dead-on match in this DupliColor line:

?!?

Originally Posted by Gamera?!? lol, no ... the colour is actually called Glacier Blue. It's basically a metallic light blue. It looks badass on a guitar body (he had an LP clone with the same finish, as well as a violin).


Originally Posted by mnbaseball91You totally need grain filler when ever you work with Mahagony. I usually use 2 or 3 coats to be sure. I use the stewmac stuff, but I hear just about anything will work. Duplicolor stuff is nice, but a little thing. I'd recomend using higher quality sanding sealer and clear, but I'd have no worries using their color coats and primer. Maybe do like two cans of color and then spray a can of stewmac clear over it.

Okay, thanks. I will def. get some grain filler. As for the StewMac stuff, I was concerned that the DupliColor paint would lift the water-based filler. Same with applying a different brand of clear coat. I am getting this mainly because paint manufacturers always say other brands MAY lift the paint. Is this true?

I suppose it's always a possibility, but I wouldn't worry about it. I've actually got some duplicolor clear lying around and lots of extra stewmac grain filler. If I can find a piece of wood to test it on, I'll do that for you. Don't think I have any though. I really wouldn't be concerned about that though - especially if you go ahead and use stewmac sanding sealer too. In addition to giving you a nice flat base, it seels the wood.

Here's the project I'm working on at the moment. The body and neck are Warmoth, the finishing supplies are Stewmac. I sprayed 10 coats of nitro lacquer, level sanded to 600 gritt, then sprayed one more thin coat of lacquer. NOTE: This is NOT yet cured and NOT BUFFED.
That looks really cool!

Question: would ANY water-based grain filler suffice? I am in Canada, and I don't want to wait for the stuff to get here in the mail. I'd rather just go to the hardware/woodworking store and buy it. I want to practice some more finishes before the Warmoth stuff gets here.

Same goes for the clear coat. I am OK with using poly, so would a can of Varathane do the trick?

Thanks!

Poly isn't AS good, but it's what most manufacturers use these days so it should be alright. I actually prefer lacquer based grain filler to water based, but stewmac only sells water based so that's what I went with. Anything should be fine. I was actually under the impression that Stewmac won't ship finishing stuff to Canada in the first place. If they won't, you may find that duplicolor clear is the best you can do. It's not bad by any means, just not as good as stuff designed specifically for instruments.