Nandobang

That's pretty neat, Osorio. I would have made the stripes on the top also, as you did on the back. Day work takes our whole time. Sometimes I wish days were longer... Btw, nice to see another brazillian around here! - Fernando

Hi! Thanks for the feedback ^^ Yeah, I too was tired of the red/black/white colors always being used, but rare purple ones. The upper-left one says 'serenity', the lower-left says 'passion' and the right-one says 'love'. I'd rather have peacefull words on the body instead of war or violent ones. Not that I don't like, just to change for a bit Today I'll stain it purple and *maybe* paint the white stripes Later!

Hello everyone! After many reading on the forums, I finally decided to refinish my strat. Before, it was a plain violet finish, but unfortunatelly (or not) it cracked, and seemed like a plastic coat as I took it off the body. Pretty strange, dunno if that's normal Anyway, here are some pics of the body: as far as I know, its made of cedar. Has a nice grain, but not to be compared to flamed maple Body A Body B Body C Body D Now for the finishing project: it will be purple/violet, with white stripes and some japanese characteres. For everyone's sake, here's a pic, better than words Refinish For the purple areas, I'll apply some metal flakes also (not necessarily made from metal). Here's something I think everyone will kick me for: as I have no access to spray guns, only rattle cans, the 'metal flakes' will be put by hand.. I know, I'll have trouble when sanding the clears, but I've tested and ended up pretty good So, I'll be doing this refinishing along this week, and will be posting pics through the process, so it can, maybe, be useful for someone Later!

First of all, welcome to the forum! =] Man, you just solved all my doubts about metal flakes! Really thanks for joining in to answer me, I don't know how to retribute that, so thanks. So here are some pics of the body I am refinishing. As far as I know, it is made of cedar. It has a beautifull around the cuts.. too bad it doesn't show that much on the top and back.. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 (bad quality is due to cellphone's camera and my laziness to get a decent cam) Well, I'll try to start the work this week, so I'll be posting updates and pics. Again, thanks everyone!

Really thanks for the info man! Helped a lot =] Yes yes, I'm after full coverage with flakes, and probably will mix the colors as you've said. The idea of the light blue over the purple flake is interesting, maybe it can produce a different color based from the angle you look? Would be nice.. Again, thanks for all the info! I'll be posting pics as soon as I start the finishing process. PS: sorry for that, if any moderator wishes to move the topic, ok.

Heh, wazup? For 2 years I've been looking at PG's guitars... always amazing things. My strat' finish just cracked.. the strange is that it all came off like some old snake skin. Kinda looked like a shell, the finish wasnt really grabbed into the wood. Dunno if it's a bad finish or what.. Now I'm into refinishing it, which I fear to death.. Anyway, my goal is to get it purple with metal flakes, but I'm just not sure about a good way to do it First I thought in giving it a base purple, then a clear coat with the flakes, then the final clears. What you guys recommend? Another thingy: if I give it a blue base paint, and use purple metal flakes, will it have some purple-reflecting-blue effect? I'll post pics ASAP, Thanks ^^