Custom Guitar almost done, Finishing HELP!!

Re: Custom Guitar almost done, Finishing HELP!!

haiz69 said:
Would it be possible to wipe the burst on the top maple, and then spray the black on the back? Could I use water based for both, or should i used water for the top and alcohol for the back? Thanks for all of the help!
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Yes. Look over the process I described earlier, except this may be a better order:
1) Mask off maple top
2) grain fill back & sides, if necessary
3) seal and prime back & sides
4) remove mask from top
5) wipe on black water-based dye, allow to dry, and sand back to highlight figure
6) wipe on blue water-based dye (mixing in red if needed to reduce green cast)
7) 3-6 clear coats on top
8) mask off top to edge of where you want solid black
9) apply 2-3 coats of black lacquer (either can or mixing black pigment with clear lacquer) to back & sides
10) airbrush burst, blending into solid black field
11) clearcoats, sanding, buffing, etc.
12) rock 'n roll

The point I didn't make clear before is that the black on the sides & back isn't dye - it's black lacquer. Completely opaque, and uses pigment instead of dye.

Hope this helps.

Chip

P.S. This is just how I did it after lots of false starts, but KMC and others may have much better ideas. Definitely check out ReRanch 101 and the forum there.
 
Re: Custom Guitar almost done, Finishing HELP!!

Okay that sounds like a great idea, But the airbrush burst sounds a little complicated. The black laquer is see-through? Where can I find it? Thanks for all of your help!

P.S. If I cant get ahold of an airbrush, how could I get the burst?
 
Re: Custom Guitar almost done, Finishing HELP!!

haiz69 said:
Okay that sounds like a great idea, But the airbrush burst sounds a little complicated. The black laquer is see-through? Where can I find it? Thanks for all of your help!

P.S. If I cant get ahold of an airbrush, how could I get the burst?
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You could try a burst with the black lacquer or black alcohol-based dye mixed with a little lacquer (say alcohol/lacquer 6:1 maybe?). Either aerosol can or Preval unit, and the cardboard cutout method described above.

The black lacquer is opaque, not see-through. You could lay down a ton of black dye, but it still wouldn't look the same IMHO. ReRanch offers the black lacquer in aerosol, and they also have blue alcohol-based dye in aerosol.

CHip
 
Re: Custom Guitar almost done, Finishing HELP!!

Do you think it would look decent with a lot of dye all the way around? Its not my first option. I was thinking about maybe doing the burst from black to blue on the top maple all with dye, and then using the black laquer for the rest. How dark could I get the mahogany with black spray dye? Alcohol or Water based?

By the way Fresh, I greatly appreciate all of your help, and patience in this matter.
 
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