02-19-2019, 01:16 PM | #376 |
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Stain it, then paint over it in the spring.
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02-19-2019, 03:42 PM | #377 |
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I feel your pain, bro. School of hard knocks.
But when God closes one door he opens another--
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02-19-2019, 05:09 PM | #378 |
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I have that stuff. Or something like it. Thing about that stuff is the edges. You need to keep it all from sliding off somehow. You could do very thin coats and build it up, or I was thinking of carving 1/2" deep reliefs in the areas where there are no cavities and filling them with epoxy resin. Heavy though. I might do like Digr said. Still mulling it over.
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02-19-2019, 05:25 PM | #379 |
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Engraving, filled with epoxy, don't think I've ever seen that. Yeah, heavy though.
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02-19-2019, 07:19 PM | #380 |
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I've got plans for the next guitar floating around in my head. The head stock as a flame to go with the flamed Maple neck:
And a body like this, but done better:
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02-19-2019, 07:48 PM | #381 |
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I once repaired a nut on a bass that was actually pulled out of alignment by an offset headstock design. The pressure exerted by bass strings is way more than guitar strings, but still, I'd worry about how much responsibility is on the nut to handle that bend.
Maybe a locking nut... they don't do that on basses AFAIK... |
02-20-2019, 09:18 AM | #382 |
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Your headstock design looks like a painter's palette.
Likey.
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02-20-2019, 06:37 PM | #383 |
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Made a new short handle stick to use, and a taller rotisserie type mount so I can spin the body 360 while I apply finish.
I decided to go with boiled linseed oil thinned with lacquer thinner, and some lacquer based pigment. I'll cover it with polyurethane gloss finish as a top coat. I tried a bunch of combinations of oil and lacquer and dye. The linseed has a slight yellow cast, which helps with the color I want. About 7 parts white, 2 parts green and 1 part blue comes up pretty close. I like it.
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02-20-2019, 06:54 PM | #384 |
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Looking good, it's got character.
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02-20-2019, 06:54 PM | #385 |
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Here's that epoxy resin
Very tricky to get it smooth with coat thin enough to use on a guitar. Maybe a telecaster because their tops are flat.
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Quote:
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101, I know, but it bears repeating.
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02-20-2019, 10:36 PM | #387 |
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It's ok, I've got them wadded up nice and tight and tucked under my box of sawdust next to the gas can.
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02-21-2019, 01:15 AM | #388 |
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02-21-2019, 01:11 PM | #389 |
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Cover it in fertilizer!!!
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02-22-2019, 11:40 AM | #390 |
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Done work in half an hour, then to the shop! I'm going to run down the body with 0000 steel wool, then give it another coat of goo. The feedback I'm getting from the guitar finishing people leads me to thinking I might just quit with 3 coats of oil and skip the poly. Or just do one light coat and rub it in. The poly won't bond with the oil, they say. Why bother if you're Ok with satin finish, etc.
So we'll see how these next 2 coats go.
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