Sully's Guitar Garage - Refreshing a faded flame top strat body

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This body at one time had a very vivid purple dye on it. Sadly, it faded like crazy over the years, so I wanted to refresh it. You could do this a few different ways, and I wanted to do the least impactful first, which was to shoot purple candy coat over the finish. Tinted clears (what's also known as candy coat) are commonly used in many transparent finishes.

When I didn't like the shade of the candy coat that I used, I decided to delicately remove the finish, expose the bare wood, and use aniline dye to bring it back to it's former glory.

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[diaztec1]

Sully

were did u find that color purple dye, thats just what I need, a deep purple like the stain you put on that body, I want deep purple, but still want the grain to show, please tell me what you used dor blk dye, and purple.

Thank you Brother..

[jsullysix]

@diaztec1 This came from LMI, but you can also get it from stewmac, woodcraft, all kindsa places.

[evilguitar9430]

where can I get grain filler and dye?

wood shop?

homedepot?

[jsullysix]

@evilguitar9430 check out LMII dot com. They've got all ya need and a whole lot more!

[diaztec1]

Thank you Sully!!

[jsullysix]

@JTRiffs I would expect not to find the same shade. I think that Duplicolor makes some in a limited array of colors. Google's gonna need to help ya from there. :)

[jsullysix]

@JTRiffs I really don't remember what the cost of it was (this video is over 2 years old), but auto stores would be the place to look. It's not expensive. However, if you get a spray can of it, your color choices are limited. None of this is cheap, really; especially when you factor in the time that you've spent on it.

[jsullysix]

@TheFallenDidntTry No sanding after I did the "sand back" phase. This was cleared with Acrylic Lacquer, shot form a gun.

[jsullysix]

@willcobbsail It's a common practice, works just fine. :)