Jupiter Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Aloha! I'm wanting to do a transparent black finish on my project guitar. It has a pine body { hehe... i know } and will soon have a fiddleback mahagony { basically like flame/quilt mahagony } top. I want the finish to look just like the trans black finish Ibanez puts on their BTB basses. I think the Schecter 007 7-string also has a finish like this. One of the biggest things i'm conerned about is the very obvious difference in the natural colors of the woods i'm using { pine is very light-colored... mahagony is medium reddish brown }. Would a trans black finish cover this well? If anyone could offer me a step-by-step instructional on what to do { including the clearcot/laquer stage }, it would make me happy enough to where i just might pee myself. Oh, and if i can, i'd like to avoid using anything that i'd have to shoot out of a paintgun... i don't have one of those . Thanks a bunch! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted July 24, 2003 Report Share Posted July 24, 2003 Hey dude, go read my replies in this thread, doing black is the same as doing any other color, just add your base to your clear. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...=ST&f=10&t=1794 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Posted July 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2003 Thanks for the help, but i'm still a bit confused... ... Do you mean that i'd throw my stain in with my clear, and essentially spray my stain and clear at the same time? Also... What dye/stain would you use to do black, and what compatible clear would you put over it? I guess what i'm saying is, if you were doing this, how would you do it ?! I ask because your work always kicks so much ass. Oh...and one last thing that i'm still unsure of... do i spray sanding sealer at any point during the entire finishing process? If so, when? Thanks for all the help!!! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted July 24, 2003 Report Share Posted July 24, 2003 You can't use stain, you will have to use a compatible paint that you can mix with your clear, about 15% or so. If you use a component based Poly clear, you can mix base coat poly into it, if you use laquer, you'll have to use a black laquer. Don't over mix it, use 15 to 20 %, if you want it darker, just put on a couple more coats. you will need to spray with a gun this way so that you can actually mix the paints together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Posted July 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Yo! Well, i've slightly changed my plans, so i must ask a few more questions! I've found a neat olive green stain that i think i'm going to use instead of the black. This whole guitar is just an experement anyway, so i think i'll try something odd. I believe it's Minwax brand. I'm also thinking of doing the guitar in a satin finish after i stain it, much like some Warwick basses i've seen. How does one go about doing a satin finish over a stain? Just how does Warwick do it? Thanks for all the help you've given me, Jeremy! If this project is a success, then i think i'm going to make a replica of it out of a nicer wood { probably alder }, and do it gloss transparent black instead! Thanks! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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