Willybomb Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 (edited) Gudday all, thought I might post my holoflash worklog after being inspired by the holoflash page here and some of the guitars on the VintageKramer forums. This is a Casino strat copy. Cost me AUD$50 after trading in an old Samick. I got the heat applied holofoil from: http://www.foilco.co.uk/ who sent me a couple of free samples. It's heat applied (ie, with an iron) and takes a bit of trial and error to get on nicely. You iron it on, and then pull off the backing sheet to leave the foil on. If you time it right you get a high percentage of cover, but if you don't it'll ripple up but still apply. They can supply it in a variety of patterns, and I found that the flat plain pattern didn't go on as well compared to the patterned one I was supplied with. It goes on a *lot* thinner than the stick on stuff, but is a lot harder to apply. Applying: http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2620/p2060102uc6.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5367/p2070106wz4.jpg Finished, with Hotrails(n) in the neck and a Fast Track2 in the bridge, after 3 rattlecans of clearcoat and a lot of cutting and buffing. http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5752/holofinisheded3.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3594/holofinished2vb1.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3746/holofinished3pp7.jpg Better photos, taken with my phone, of all things: http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/406/dsc00109bu2.jpg http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1533/dsc00111tc7.jpg http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/188/dsc00112fj4.jpg Willy. Edited July 7, 2008 by Maiden69 Pictures are too big and there is a 1 pic per post rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uv777 Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 hi i'm just looking at foilco's website. which pattern/product did you receive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Erm, I hate to break it to you, but that does not look great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 i agree that it looks a bit poor at the moment, but in quite a fun way that i imagine needs to be seen under some stage lighting to look its best personally i would spray a trans black burst over it, it could look ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willybomb Posted July 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 (edited) Thanks guys. It looks a lot better in Real Life - for some reason the holoflash doesn't photograph well. Just as a quick reason for how it is - this is my beater for teaching guitar (I'm a full time teacher) so it's a bit rough as I don't plan on being precious about it. I got some 107 and something similar to 800 (but isn't). I have heaps of it left as they sent out about 3-4 meters of each sample. Edited July 6, 2008 by Willybomb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 I edited your post because the pictures were humongous and took forever to load on my PC, also there is a 1 pic per post rule on the forum (which I haven't payed much attention lately...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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