the epoxy looks absolutely killer, awesome result
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the epoxy looks absolutely killer, awesome result
Long story short.
Epoxy too old and not adhering properly led to me being sad for a while and sanding the ever living crap out of the back and sides.
We're using it as a test for the beatle bass and ebonizing with red wine. Pics soon
hey Iceadj, good luck and look forward to pics
Two fresh (before the ebonizing takes effect), one in progress of ebonizing and drying. 320 grit and BLO this evening.
looking good Iceadj
Test for the Beatle bass complete and successful.
After wiping with meths I wanted to put a little red int he colour. So used a mix of maple and jarrah.
welcome back, it looks good
The back is currently curing. I'll be wet-sanding in 2 weeks.
I'm not sure this is relevant, but I've done an enormous amount of epoxy work on my yacht, and one very good trick to get durability and gloss is to apply at least one coat of epoxy, sand it smooth as a b's bottom, then coat it with several coats of varnish or polyurethane, sanding lightly between coats. You end up with a very high build surface, with a lot of depth.
The main advantage here is that epoxy, left unprotected by a marine varnish/poly, will yellow very very badly in short order when exposed to any amount of sunlight.
Your fabric idea is genius.
John
will you be doing a custom pickguard? and also nice work so far!
Wow! :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by iceadj
What a fantastic build! Would love to give this a try some day
We did do it the first time, but it just wasn't hard enough. Maybe more coats were needed though.... I had it to 1200. Although, I've got to admit, anyone needing clear on epoxy - Brasso, then Silvo. That top one is only sanded to 1500 then brasso. Silvo gets it even better.
Do you know anything about the Feast Watson Glass Finish Countertop Epoxy aging?
No pick guard, BUT, if I ask very nicely my partner may make me wooden pickup surrounds out of ebonized cypress.
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Originally Posted by crundes
It's fun, it'd work well under a paper or wallpaper finish too. I've seen it done (similarly) to do a homemade pink paisley :)
Pretty sure Fender used wallpaper for their paisleys. This is looking so cool, great stuff.
Used Brasso and the silvo for polishing to a high shine, then paste wax and buffing. More buffing and a final spritz when it's all assembled. One sad thing is that the holes were not drilled quite right at the factory..
Neck on. Tremolo on tonight, control plate is currently drying.
looks great Iceadj, so this has a Bigbsy tremelo ? What holes weren't lined up the tuner holes ?
Yup, B5 (?) style bigsby trem.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
2 of the tuner holes were slightly out, NBD, but the neckplate holes weren't the best so the screws don't sit quite right, although it did mean I had to replace the neckplate for it because it was REALLY out with that.
as long as you got the neck plate screws sorted now. So its an after market Bigsby tremelo or the one from the kit ?
All the hardware it post.
It's done now, just the final set up (had to chip the nut that'd been glued in out and sand it down, but the radius of the slots is different to the neck so that a a fret go-over).
sounds good Iceadj, we will need to see photos please of the finished build !
She's looking amazing. I really love this build. More photos please! I would also love to hear a sound demo when you are done. A really amazing job.
cheers,
Gav.