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I did clear coat it after I was finished painting. The burned areas seemed to absorb the clear coat! As for painting a guitar and then torching it, I was dealing with a factory Fender solid black finish. That's the extent of my torching paint jobs knowledge. As for the paint job, being that it's the first for someone other than myself, I decided to start off at $99. The client thought that was more than reasonable, so hopefully when I'm satisfied with the paint job I'll have a happy customer and another guitar to help build the ol' portfolio. Jay

This is probably when I stopped to figure out what the heck I should do now since all the paint wasn't coming off as I had hoped.

Here's the story behind "Rayna" ... I purchased her from an acquaintance somewhat hesitantly. I like all my guitars to be red. This one was black. I needed to strip the paint somehow and was suggested to by my dad (who's been involved in the welding business for years) that blowtorching it off could work. Needless to say it left quite the scorched look. So combining the scorched look with wanting a red guitar, the Devil Flambe scheme was born. I would suggest against taking a blowtorch to a guitar. It gets messy and you definitely need to be sure you are wearing proper protection from the heat and the hot pieces of paint that tend to fly off. Thanks guys for the comments and input on the price. I have actually been trying to sell Rayna since I never play her - $666, of course. Jay

I'm new to this place, kind of stumbled upon it while searching for some guitar ideas for my first time doing a custom job on someone else's guitar. A question ... for said custom job, the client is asking for a repainting of the body to black plus a flame job. Does $50 CAD (approx $40 US) sound like a reasonable price to ask for such a job? Here's my Devil Flambe Fat Strat that I completed last year. I'm looking forward to seeing what sort of work you other mesage board members have done, and hope to be sticking around in the world of guitar mods for years to come. Jay