IWishICouldShred Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Ok, I'm going to do a crackle finish on a guitar that we just finished routing. I want to do bright green as the bottom coat and black as the crackled part, but, I don't know if the black will come out opaque enough to cover because it needs to be sprayed. Any tips on this before I start? I looked at the old crackle tut. but I'm not sure how opaque the black top-coat will come out. Has anyone had that problem in the past? Also, any suggestions for what brand of glue I should get, and how much it will cost me? thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWishICouldShred Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 *Bump* I just heard that spraying an enamel over a lacquer will also produce a crackle effect- is this true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 *Bump* I just heard that spraying an enamel over a lacquer will also produce a crackle effect- is this true? ← it wrinkles...but it won't stick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 where is the crackle tutorial you mentioned?? link please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackKnight Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Why dont you just use this stuff, you can get it in b&q or home depot I image.. Paint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Do yourself a favor and go to the M. L. Campbell website. Click on "What's New" and look at the tutorial on how production shops do crackle finishes. They have distributorships all over and will sell in small quantities for just about everything that they make. The majority of distributors in anything resembling a city (Richmond has 185,00 people) do custom tint work. In the past I've done crackle finish with wet-on-wet fast-over-slow stuff, but it's nice to use a system developed to do this tricky finish.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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