tkcrabby Posted February 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I already know the "color" I want , but I was wanting to know the "best" type and or brand of stain to use in my case,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I want to end up with a blue that has a hint of Turquoise in it,,,,,,,,,, also Drak had mentioned needing to use a "bleach" in the side of the top which has some red in it since I'm using blue,, he said that IF I were using a brown or most other colors I;d be ok without the bleach BUT that it would show through the blue if I didn't bleach it in order to "match" the two sides of the top. I already have a couple of spray guns and he'd told me before that either should work BUT I wanted to know what type or brand of finish he uses and where he gets his from. I live in an area that I can't really get what I need but by mail order so, I wanted to find this out and order from where ever I needed to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 dude just do some testing on some scrap wood figure stuff out have some fun take ur time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkcrabby Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Ok Guys, I'm FINALLY back,,,, been a LOT of stuff going on in my life and those of my family,,, anyways,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I finally have ALL of the parts to do this guitar now,,,,,,,,, BUT I've yet to buy the dye or stain nor have I bought the clear coat finish to protect it all........... here's the problem,,, I'm fairly sure I'll screw this up if I do it UNLESS I decide that I'll be satisfied with a "wipe on" finish,,, like a semigloss poly............... I know this would NOT be the best thing to do BUT I'd be absolutely sick if I messed this body up,,,,,,,, I should have started out doing a couple or three cheap pawn shop Strats till I got the hang of this ........................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkcrabby Posted November 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Update: I ended up getting one of the guys here to do the finish on the body. (He did a GREAT job to) I'm now in the process of putting it all together. Here's a picture of the front and back of the body . http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/tkc58/100_0458.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/tkc58/Frontdone.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/tkc58/Frontdone2.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/tkc58/Backdone.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/tkc58/Backdone2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Beautiful! Can't wait to see it all put together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Beautiful! Can't wait to see it all put together. no other way to tell you this! clear out some of your old pms or something! it says your box is full and no one can send you pms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkcrabby Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Here it is , pretty much done except for the string trees and the decal for the front of the headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougK Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 (edited) god I've been going back and forth about shooting mine clear or sticking with the blue plan... you absolutely reinforced it for me. That is amazing! Edited December 14, 2007 by DougK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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