verhoevenc Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Has anyone ever tried doing a grain fill with epoxy BESIDES black or clear? IE: what would happen if you took some of that stewmac stain and mixed it in with your epoxy and then filled the grain with say... red? Cause then you could have a cool "red and white" (provided you're useing a light colored wood) natural looks. OR if you shot say... blue over that, you'd have blue finish but with what I'm guessing would turn out as purple grain 'low-lights' (opposite of highlights??) Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 You know you can tint normal clear grainfiller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted September 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 You know you can tint normal clear grainfiller. ← Yeah, I know, hense my question, has anyone done just that, and how did it turn out. ie: anyone got pics of this? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Well I wouldn't know that if someone hadn't done it(der). Do a google image search for a gibson voodoo guitar. They were painted black, then grainfilled with a red tinted grainfiller, then laquered with semigloss laquer. It's been done to death actually, hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted September 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Hahahaha, thanks. I wouldn't have even realised that's what those were lol. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Mariah Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Coolest guitar I've seen like that was a Jackson that was white with a blue/green grain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPLOAD Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Well I wouldn't know that if someone hadn't done it(der). Do a google image search for a gibson voodoo guitar. They were painted black, then grainfilled with a red tinted grainfiller, then laquered with semigloss laquer. It's been done to death actually, hehe. ← cheers, i was always wondering how they did that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 Some of my favourite finishes involve using contrasting grain filler. Example 1 Example 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 MOMMY! I love that black bass w/ white grainfiller. How would one go about tinting filler opaque white. hmmm. Maybe stewmac's white colortone in clear grainfiller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted October 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 Ok, went to the home depot today, and bought the ONLY epoxy the guy said they had that would dry clear. It's Famowood Glaze Coat pour-on high gloss epoxy coating. And even though it's a COATING I though "eh, it looks pretty thin to start out, it'll geti nto the grain, plus the guy says it dries really hard. Opinions? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 Wouldn't it be really hard to sand the grain filler flush without sanding through the black coat underneath? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 You can put a finish on really thick before it totally fills the pores. So, "no." It'd be easier to sand grainfiller than epoxy though. So you'd have to worry much less w/ the colored grainfiller as opposed to colored epoxy, but if you take the right precautions, I don't think there's need for worry. It doesn't matter if the finish gets a little dulled while you're sanding anyhow because you're clearing over it in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 I have a really good feeling there will be sand throughs if you use epoxy. If you've never worked with it before you don't realize how messy it can be when you spread it over a whole guitar. I'd try to find some regular grainfiller to tint personally, it would be a lot easier to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted October 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 PRS did a beautiful example with it's "modern eagle" guitar. Blue stain with white grain: Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 You don't fill the grain on maple because there is no grain to fill. PRS got the white and blue effect by staining, sanding back, and staining again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3Va1L Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 wouldn't it be simpler to stain black then use tinted grainfiller then just sand back till only the grain lines are filler, then some clear (matte preferably) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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