aliendude012

cool suggestion, lovekraft, i'll look into it. got any pics of bikes that have that done? I'd love to see a finished product.

i have an 81/85 setup in my Explorer. it cost me just shy of $200usd for the pair, i got em at guitar center(chain store). you should look around a little more, and I wish i knew somewhere online to buy em that i could direct you to. but 180 each is steep.

what do y'all think about a black basecoat, some real dark (maybe navy) topcoat, and a real light black dusting? Would that work? or would it make it look speckled, etc. or would it cover it too much.

Thanks for the input, guys. Myka, im looking for more of a solid color finish, not a stain. I dont really want the grain to stand out. But thanks anyways, interesting idea. Frank, I like your idea a lot, im going to research it more. Like I said, what I'm really looking for is something as close to black as possible, that just looks blue in certain lights and certain angles. I can picture the color in my mind perfectly, but I just cant figure how to go about making it. And yea, I want a more solid color, not a stain. And it'll have about 30 gallons of clear laquer on it at the end. I want it to be like a mirror

I'm going to be painting my guitar soon and am doing research on coloring. i want to get a real dark midnight blue. like a black that you can only tell is blue if you look real close. i ran a search on 'midnight blue' and came up with only two threads, and neither were extremely helpful. Im thinking either spraying a black basecoat and then a real dark blue topcoat, or a black basecoat and then some kind of transparent blue topcoat. has anyone here done a midnight blue before? how'd you do it? Have any pictures of a finished product? Rust-o-leum has a midnight blue color, but im not sure i want to use their paint. one thread on here that came up mentioned plastikolor and autocolor both having midnight blues, but i searched their sights and couldnt find any. so any suggestions? whatever you got would be great. ps - this guitar has somewhat of an interesting history, and when im done(probly in about a month, have to get back from school first) i'll post pics and the story. thanks a lot, chris