I have been using Brasso to bring home a nice shiny gloss and then run some Nu Finish car polish over that and it looks very glossy without the sticky feeling. 1500 or 2000 grit W & D done dry is another option but does take it back to satin look.
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I have been using Brasso to bring home a nice shiny gloss and then run some Nu Finish car polish over that and it looks very glossy without the sticky feeling. 1500 or 2000 grit W & D done dry is another option but does take it back to satin look.
Nice idea, thanks! I think the shiny neck with the satin body will look best. I'll try that when it it is good and dry, I think that will solve the issue...Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
Ok so let's put this in the correct thread...
Just did the clear coat on the decals, seems to have no reactions or nasty stuff....... marvellous!
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Brilliant idea with the routed headstock,looks cool.
Wayno.
Final coat of clear on the headstock, now the waiting game for the poly to harden.......... I'll give it a week or two......
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That ,ist have been a fiddly little job getting the F decal cut into shape and positioned right. Just thinking about it make my toes curl!
Ha yes it was! I had two luckily as I messed up the first one. Ended up cutting the second a little too big, laying it on with some decal coming up the rout edge and then using a scalpel to cut to size when it was dry...Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
Looks really cool.
Thanks Sonic!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
This is the build I am most excited about so far (except the Macklay one, but that's for a different reason)
I'm really looking forward to hearing how it sounds with the three pickups wired together, and the satin body with the gloss neck and mod strat plate is coming along nicely. I have a stock squier strat and a squier Tele which I modded with humbuckers. The strat, a beautiful guitar, rarely gets played as it doesn't have sounds that I really like, I keep coming back to the LP. The Tele is kinda out of a job as the LP does that, so I'm probably going to sell the squire guitars and keep this one if it works out as good as I hope!
You can never have too many. I get it though, my G style guitars don't get used much, they are all a bit too similar. Also I've discovered that I actually prefer F styles after thinking I wanted a les paul for ages. I suppose I'll have to build a strat at some point....