Brian Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Saw Kirk's urban assalt ESP figured I would add this one into the mix of finishes under $50 All told the most expensive part was the Stew Mac polishing compound's Anybody else have some quicky's? Maybe I should start a contest to see who get's the coolest looking at the lowest price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Yeah... look at my gothic mock ;-) Just black stain, and tung oil! It costed me around one buck (okay okay... if I had to buy the stain and oil it would have been a bit more, but I think still less than $10) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeAR Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Heres my latest Strat finished. Sandpaper - $8 Polyurathane Paint and labour - $70 Cutting compound - $5 Thats Australian dollars too. Works out to about $49 US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Both of my RGs were done for less than $15 that's including the cost of brushes. I think I spent $25 total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reksa Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 http://www.sunpoint.net/~justokastik/bluestrat1.jpg http://www.sunpoint.net/~justokastik/bluestrat2.jpg Those have to be copy pasted to the address bar . Here is my completely self made stratocaster style guitar. The finish is made by using blue dye and polyurethane lacquer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 Here's an Ibanez RG 7 string with the same finish as I have on my Gothic mockingbird. Only 12 of the original Ibanez exists, but for a couple of bucks you can make your guitar no. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 im going to do a mirage paint job on my one strat project (16 bucks form autozone for the stuff) ill post pics when tis done Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 Well, the Planarian Jellycaster (only slightly louder than the Paisley Telecaster) used a lot of stuff I had laying around. The main investment was 6 cans of spray lacquer for about 4 bucks each. That's $24. The MC Escher paper, spraymount, transparency, paint pens, sand paper, and brasso (rubbing compound) might add up to another $25. It's not all done yet, I'll post pictures when the whole kit is done. Should be soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 Jehle: I am very excited to see how your project turns out I am planning on doing the same thing with a "Spiderman" poster I have & want to know the results you come up with Don't forget to give the play by play photo pictorial Any idea when you will be done with it??? Dave K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 I tried a number of different things, just like I did for the custom logo. No surprise, I used that 3M photomount again to attach the paper. Everything else made the paper swell and ripple. The photomount is a dry adhesive and has worked for me in the past to hang posters on foam core (some of them many years old now). The secret from there was to put a number of dry coats of lacquer over the paper. By dry, I mean to just lightly spray the clear coat over it. If you spray enough so that it looks wet, it soaks through the paper and softens the adhesive. If you do that, the paper swells up and wrinkles. Yuck. After a number of dry coats, I started to really load the clear on. No problems so far. I've also taken many more pictures along the way. So, I'll post them in detail if you or anyone else is interested. I just keep waiting for someone to say, "OH NO! DON'T USE PHOTOMOUNT!" Surely, I have not stumbled into another thing that hasn't been tried. As for when it will be done, I'm going to add the last of the black lacquer and the clear coats to the body by this weekend, which means I should be ready to wet sand and polish by the following weekend. Putting the pieces together shouldn't take too long, so you should be able to see and hear it by Valintines day! Woo Hoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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