Marty McCann’s Surf Green Stratocaster

Surf Green Stratocaster finished

Marty sent me some pictures of his Mexican Strat refinish that he’d done. Marty wrote:

“Thought I would share my before, during and after pix of my lefty strat. I must say the paint and advice was spot on – has a beautiful almost factory finish that I’m now reluctant to relic! Thanks again for the help and advice – couldn’t have done it without you.”

Marty bought just one can each of White Primer, Surf Green and Clear Gloss nitrocellulose lacquers, plus a tack cloth and some abrasive papers.

As you can see below, the transformation from Wine Red polyurethane to Surf Green nitrocellulose is perfect.

Surf Green Stratocaster old finish

Surf Green Stratocaster old finish

Surf Green Stratocaster stripped

Surf Green Stratocaster stripped

Surf Green Stratocaster primed

Surf Green Stratocaster primed

Surf Green Stratocaster finished

Surf Green Stratocaster finished

 

9 Comments on “Marty McCann’s Surf Green Stratocaster”

  1. I stripped the original finish with a Heat gun and then sanded it down in the areas I couldn’t get off cleanly. Just be careful – easy to singe the wood and open up joins in the body.

  2. Funnily enough this is exactly what I plan to do to my favourite cheap imitation P-Bass! Think I’ll use the tinted gloss nitro so the colour is more Bakelite-ish.

  3. How did the finish get stripped? A heat gun and scraper? If so, roughly what temperature? Got an old strat I want to refinish

  4. As I said – the paint and advise made it easy, thoroughly recommend Stevens paints for a similar project

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