kitsch Posted December 12, 2006 Report Posted December 12, 2006 I know some of you have used mirror perspex to cover the body of the guitar, and was wondering if anybody knows a way to apply the mirror perspex finish to a les paul style carved top. Can it be bent?? Cheers Quote
biliousfrog Posted December 12, 2006 Report Posted December 12, 2006 I personally doubt it but I have seen some mirror vinyl that can be smoothed over most shapes if heated with a hair dryer. It's quite tricky to do unless you've had experience with vinyl before, I worked on car graphics for a few years so I'm quite good at it....most people end up wrapped in the stuff. when it's heated it gets very soft & stretchy & the glue gets really sticky, the trick is to use a little water on the back so that the glue doesn't stick until all the water has been squeezed out. Quote
kitsch Posted December 12, 2006 Author Report Posted December 12, 2006 Thanks, however I was looking at the morror vinyl alternative earlier, but basically a company that sells them told me that this type of chrome-like vinyl will only last for a couple years or so, before it loses its mirror fx...That's why I was gonna go for a more permanent thing such as perspex... My first choice would be actual chroming, but "do-it-yourself" chrome painting doesnt really turn out any good, and professional chroming is just too expansive... Thoughts?? Quote
Prostheta Posted December 12, 2006 Report Posted December 12, 2006 Wood shifts around too much for chroming or any film finish. You could possibly vac-form a plastic substrate to the top, then a film of chrome or mirrored vinyl, and then perhaps some protective cover. I'm not 100% if you can vac-form Perspex although you can do pretty much anything else with it.... Quote
Desopolis Posted December 12, 2006 Report Posted December 12, 2006 you could allways do it with a thin sheet of aluminum. shape it, glue the hell out of it. then polish it up super high grit and it will be damn near a mirror. then Laq it. that is TOTAL theory, and Id 33% expect it to be very hard and/or fail Quote
biliousfrog Posted December 13, 2006 Report Posted December 13, 2006 As far as I know, you can't laquer over aluminium or stainless or galvanised steel because they release a chemical which protects the surface from corrosion. To paint over such metals an etching primer is needed which eats through this barrier to produce a surface which can be painted. Quote
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