Non-PBG RBX Style Bass Guitar Kit RBX-20 from DIY Guitars

[wazkelly]

Hey buddy, a while back I put the lab coat on and experimented with plenty of things for the Red J Bass and one of those was cheap Red Food Dye bought at Woolies.

To be honest it looked better than the watered down Cherry Red Colortone bought from the DIY Guitars closing down sale but having been around the car industry for over 20 years I know that out of all colours Red fades the quickest of the lot. Besides, the food dye did not have a natural looking Red hue and was displaying orange tendencies where I was chasing more toffee apple crimson red hence ending up with fountain pen ink & colortone blended mix.

If you have some Red & Yellow left over suggest experimenting with those plus maybe some humble cheap black ink pad ink where a drop added to say 5-10 drops of red will give you a brown shade should you be seeking a tobacco burst effect. Personally I would just go with a Cherry burst using the 2 colours you already have.

[Simon Barden]

Here was my one and only food dye and cake icing attempt for a friend's young son.

[FrankenWashie]

Here was my one and only food dye and cake icing attempt for a friend's young son.

That's a great effort! How did it taste?

[Simon Barden]

Rather sugary for my taste due to the high icing:cake ratio, but little Ashley loved it.

[FrankenWashie]

Rather sugary for my taste due to the high icing:cake ratio, but little Ashley loved it.

Cake is merely an icing delivery vector.

[andrewdosborne]

Awesome looking cake, reminder to self to go and check out the new Star Wars movie

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[Alkay]

Hey everyone,
It's been awhile since I have been on here but the bass is ready to stain again.... after sanding it back to bare wood. Looked rubbish.
I have been experimenting with mica pigment.
I used water and mica solution on a test piece of pine. It didn't take.
I used mineral turpentine and mica solution on a test piece of pine. It sort of took but was very light.

Could I use oil paints and mineral turpentine to thin the mixture so it can be applied as a wipe on?

Or is that just too far out there and a big no no?

I'm just trying to use what I have on hand if possible.

Cheers,

Alkay.

[Alkay]

Hey buddy, a while back I put the lab coat on and experimented with plenty of things for the Red J Bass and one of those was cheap Red Food Dye bought at Woolies.

To be honest it looked better than the watered down Cherry Red Colortone bought from the DIY Guitars closing down sale but having been around the car industry for over 20 years I know that out of all colours Red fades the quickest of the lot. Besides, the food dye did not have a natural looking Red hue and was displaying orange tendencies where I was chasing more toffee apple crimson red hence ending up with fountain pen ink & colortone blended mix.

If you have some Red & Yellow left over suggest experimenting with those plus maybe some humble cheap black ink pad ink where a drop added to say 5-10 drops of red will give you a brown shade should you be seeking a tobacco burst effect. Personally I would just go with a Cherry burst using the 2 colours you already have.

Thanks Waz I think I'll give your advice a go instead of the mica I just mentioned. Worst case scenario I can sand it back again haha.

I'll just do a cherry red over the body first and then a black border and blend it in. I don't like the lemon yellow colour that much.

Cheers,

Alkay.

[wazkelly]

Hi Alkay, good to see you making some progress on this one.

Had a bit of a fail using black ink pad ink on my latest Tele build and would give that stuff a big swerve unless you want everything very, very black. It didn't want to dilute down and just soaked in really deep and then would not wash off? Seemed like it had a bit of an oily finish too which made the sand back to bare timber an even harder job. I should have spent the extra $5 on black fountain pen ink as I already know how that stuff works out and much easier to work with too.

[Alkay]

Hi Alkay, good to see you making some progress on this one.

Had a bit of a fail using black ink pad ink on my latest Tele build and would give that stuff a big swerve unless you want everything very, very black. It didn't want to dilute down and just soaked in really deep and then would not wash off? Seemed like it had a bit of an oily finish too which made the sand back to bare timber an even harder job. I should have spent the extra $5 on black fountain pen ink as I already know how that stuff works out and much easier to work with too.

Hey Waz,

Yes I just found that out. The black ink for stamps is really black. I'll see how it looks when dry but I can also sand back again. You can't actually see the reds and yellows I have done with the photo.

Anyway here is a pic:



Cheers,

Alkay.