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!