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Old 12-21-2008, 06:34 PM
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Re: The Jem ATD PMC Restore thread


Yeah, screw the documentary about the crew digging the frozen Lockheed P-38 out of the glacier and restoring it to flying condition. THIS is a project of historic proportions!
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Old 12-22-2008, 07:34 AM
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I'm using the electric tooth brush method described here:
http://www.jemsite.com/forums/f21/ma...ing-75764.html

It gets most of the stuff off but since it is so dirty theres a dark "shadow" left so then I switch to 0000 grade fine steel wool.
You need to be very patient since you don't want to scratch the maple or the inlays to much so it takes a lot of time especially at this level of dirtiness.
this neck is very old and worn so theres no clearcoat left on the boardto worrie about. If your neck is relatively new you need to be extra carfull not to take the clearcoat off, unless that is what you want to do.
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Old 12-22-2008, 01:35 PM
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I'm using the electric tooth brush method described here:
http://www.jemsite.com/forums/f21/ma...ing-75764.html

Wife's toothbrush huh? hehehe looks amazing so far. More pix!
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Old 01-01-2009, 11:56 AM
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ok, not much was done lately on this project so I thought I'll do a test deep. This is just a piece of plywood with a little bit of white sprayed on so it's very rough and was done just to see how the colors look together. one of the conclusions I got from this is that I need a brighter pink. The pink I used here looks amazing with the yellow on PAW style swirls but here it just not bright enough. Terrible weather to take pictures (to dark and cloudy) but there you go.





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Old 12-22-2008, 07:37 AM
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Avi, what a task mate !
I would be tempted to take the frets off and re-level the board..

good going man.
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Old 12-22-2008, 07:54 AM
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Avi, what a task mate !
I would be tempted to take the frets off and re-level the board..

good going man.
Yeah I thought about it but surprisingly the frets are ok and not completelly worn out as you might expect considering the state of this guitar. So I'll do it the hard way and just polish the frets later.
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Old 12-22-2008, 11:56 AM
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Avi, what a task mate !
I would be tempted to take the frets off and re-level the board..

good going man.
That was my first thought as well. Pull the frets, and just refinish the entire neck.
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Old 01-01-2009, 07:30 PM
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Re: The Jem ATD PMC Restore thread


Looking good so far . . . Purple and green look spot on but a brighter pink is needed. Can't wait to see it finished.
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Old 01-01-2009, 09:45 PM
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That swirl looks sweet as! You're right about the pink though, needs to be brighter. The orange and purple are perfect.
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Old 01-02-2009, 02:19 AM
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This does not qualify as a swirl , I didn't bother going through the whole process I go through for a guitar. I have a "side bucket" for these tests. As I said it was just to see how the colors look together. The green, orange and purple are great and exactly match the "leftover" swirl I found on the guitar. I think I'll try adding some yellow next time.

I looked at so many different PMC photos and there is so much variety. The purple is sometimes very bright and sometimes very dark, on the verge of black, and sometimes have a brownish quality to it. The orange/yellow thing is also changing from one guitar to another. Sometimes it looks like it starts out orange and gradually turns into yellow as the orange paint is getting thinner over the white base coat.
But you can never be sure beacuse of different lighting, different camera qualities, and even different PC monitors.
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Old 01-02-2009, 02:36 AM
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Re: The Jem ATD PMC Restore thread


I think that's about perfect You have the green spot on (I think that's the colour most folks tend to get too dark - or maybe that's my monitor )

Personally I think the pink is ok too, but if you want brighter then go for it
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Re: The Jem ATD PMC Restore thread


This is my fave pmc swirl





Yours is on track to look something like this one.


This one has really nice pink/purple


Is the paint being made from scratch? What type of paint is it? Haha ... I feel like a can't even ask that question anymore
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This is my fave pmc swirl




Man that's my favorite PMC, I bid $4300 on it and lost!



LOL I shoulda went $4600
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Man, you're willing to splash $4600 on a guitar? That would probably give you a 10 day stay in a 5 star hotel near Waikiki beach...
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Old 01-02-2009, 09:25 AM
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Man, you're willing to splash $4600 on a guitar? That would probably give you a 10 day stay in a 5 star hotel near Waikiki beach...
But then you would leave and still not have an awesome looking guitar.
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