THRobinson
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- May 23, 2020
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Hey guys, I have an old Hagstrom LP.... yup an LP.... for the first year they called them an LP, Gibson threatened to sue, and now called the Hagstrom Swede.
Anyways... someone at some time stripped off all the poly coating and took it down to wood and looks like paint-brushed on shellac? maybe?
Use to be a deep red colour, based on photos, I'm thinking around an SG Heritage Red, or maybe the Cherry red on the back sides of many Les Pauls.
I want to restore this and I have no dyes/stains or scrap mahogany to test on. I simply want to strip it back down and make it red again. I'm really hoping with the popularity of these guitars and colours, that some people may be able to tell me exactly what I need to buy/mix to achieve these colours.
This is what I am going for.... (pic below)... plan is to stain it, use zpoxy as a grain filler, then debating to go Belhan/Mohawk vinyl sealer then nitro? or... the original was polyester, so maybe use something like Solarez.
I'm in Canada so, stuff like Reranch is a no go.
Anyone have any "recipes" for this colour?
Anyways... someone at some time stripped off all the poly coating and took it down to wood and looks like paint-brushed on shellac? maybe?
Use to be a deep red colour, based on photos, I'm thinking around an SG Heritage Red, or maybe the Cherry red on the back sides of many Les Pauls.
I want to restore this and I have no dyes/stains or scrap mahogany to test on. I simply want to strip it back down and make it red again. I'm really hoping with the popularity of these guitars and colours, that some people may be able to tell me exactly what I need to buy/mix to achieve these colours.
This is what I am going for.... (pic below)... plan is to stain it, use zpoxy as a grain filler, then debating to go Belhan/Mohawk vinyl sealer then nitro? or... the original was polyester, so maybe use something like Solarez.
I'm in Canada so, stuff like Reranch is a no go.
Anyone have any "recipes" for this colour?