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What Kind Of Paint

I made a stupid mistake when making one of my cbg, I made the cbg backwards (I kicked myself for it), cut the wrong side so the logo is upside down. It’s a all wood box with no stickers on it, the logo on top looks like it is printed on it or burnt on, it looks like it can be sanded off easily.

Here’s what I thought I could do with this cbg:

1. I could sell it for a left handed person or
2. I could paint the top of the box to cover the logo

Question is: What kind of paint works best for a wood cigar box and do you think this is what I should do or keep it for a left hander?

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Permalink Reply by Josiah Goldsmith on June 9, 2012 at 6:52am

Is that don't use polyurethane on any body, or just over paint? I'm thinking about using poly on my CBG build :S

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Petry on June 9, 2012 at 1:15pm

I used some water based varnish and after the quoted "drying time" it peeled off with masking tape. "New and Better" isn't.

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Permalink Reply by William McCauley on June 9, 2012 at 6:16pm

Can't go wrong with semi-gloss spray laquer, (imnsho).

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Permalink Reply by Josiah Goldsmith on June 10, 2012 at 9:54am

Ahhh, ok. I'll go for a Matt spray lacquer. If I got a paper covered one would pva work as a finish?

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on June 9, 2012 at 7:04pm

Never use waterbase poly its cheap but it sucks,. Good poly on necks, Thick coat of poly will kill the tone of your box. Japan make guitars with poly finish, amrerica make guitars with lacquer. If your building a solid body it may not matter, but if it's acoustic it will. You want it to sound like wood not plastic.

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Permalink Reply by jabes on June 22, 2012 at 11:23am

i couldn't agree with you more on the waterbase varnish, guy in the shop kept pushing it but if you try to overcoat spirit based woodstain you can get some annoying results .if you can wait the required time use proper varnish ..or oil, but lets not go there on this post ....;)

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Permalink Reply by Wade on June 8, 2012 at 7:27pm

can you trim the lid off the hinge and flip the lid right side up?

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Permalink Reply by TwoShoes on June 8, 2012 at 11:56pm

Josh,

I've recently started making my own boxes and spray painting. Here's one:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/cbg3-front?context=user

I've got a buddy at work who refinishes old jukeboxes. I was telling him of a finishing problem and he asked if I was using Varathane brand spray paint. Yep! It takes awhile for Varathane to cure (as opposed to dry). I really like the way it sprayed and the way it looks, but had some frustration when paint "dry" for days picked up a fingerprint. One even picked up some carpet fuzz <grr!>.

Same guy said if you apply VERY thin coats and SLOWLY build to a nice finish, Varathane will cure. However, he much prefers Krylon from Wally World.

OK... so I just tried Rustoleum for a clear finish on a Don Tomas box. It seems to have cured much faster.

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Permalink Reply by jim on June 10, 2012 at 2:51am

what ever you have to do like all the other wall hanger builders

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Permalink Reply by Josiah Goldsmith on June 10, 2012 at 9:56am

Me and my dad are both artists. Prime it and paint with acrylic if you want to paint it. But I'd leave it as it is if I were you. Adds mojo!

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Permalink Reply by Josh Thompson on June 11, 2012 at 8:21am

Here is the box that I messed up on. Thinking of painting it black the with some nice pin strips or somthing on it. Or I did see one person paint the American Flag on one and that looked nice, 4th of July is coming up too so would probably be a easy sell.