Tuff Dog Tele

[Andy40]

Looking good on the quilt so far DK, cant wait to see how the burst turns out.

[dave.king1]

Looking good on the quilt so far DK, cant wait to see how the burst turns out.

Sadly the burst was turning into bovine waste so once again has been sanded carefully back and the whole top is now CG.

I had been agonising over this for a few days and decided to bite the bullet, not going to meet the original vision but I think the end result will be better than where it was headed.

I don't think I'd try another burst on a quilted or flamed top, but never say never

[wokkaboy]

Hey DK, I liked the look of the top being all CG so good decision. As long as you didn't sand through the paper thin quilt top !

[dave.king1]

Hey DK, I liked the look of the top being all CG so good decision. As long as you didn't sand through the paper thin quilt top !

Possibly in one very small spot, but if it is it's barely noticible

[Simon Barden]

It's very hard to get a good burst if you don't use a spray.

[dave.king1]

It's very hard to get a good burst if you don't use a spray.

That's still an option if I have gone through the cap anywhere Simon, I have a good spray setup and both airbrush and detail guns for small stuff.

I would need to know what paint will go over DT stain and under DT top coat before making that decision.

Welcome back BTW

[Simon Barden]

Just had a few days break down in Falmouth UK with some friends. Had two days of good weather, then two days of heavy rain - then a good day again when we had to come home. The friends down there had a 25' Folkboat and a 16' RIB. Sailed the yacht on the Friday then had fun in the RIB taking pictures whilst they raced, on the the Saturday, .

This is the yacht:



Falmouth is the one of the largest natural harbours in the world (somewhere between 3rd and 5th depending on what you read) and is normally very sheltered from all but southerly winds. Saturday just happened to have quite strong southerly winds (force 5-7), so quite a short chop built-up as the day went on, to make things interesting.

[dave.king1]

Just had a few days break down in Falmouth UK with some friends. Had two days of good weather, then two days of heavy rain - then a good day again when we had to come home. The friends down there had a 25' Folkboat and a 16' RIB. Sailed the yacht on the Friday then had fun in the RIB taking pictures whilst they raced, on the the Saturday, .

This is the yacht:



Falmouth is the one of the largest natural harbours in the world (somewhere between 3rd and 5th depending on what you read) and is normally very sheltered from all but southerly winds. Saturday just happened to have quite strong southerly winds (force 5-7), so quite a short chop built-up as the day went on, to make things interesting.

Hard life looks like fun

[dave.king1]

Don't take long to get punted off the front page around here.

Finally hit the dog with the first coat of intensifier, the CG came up like it had been nuked and the BS looks like intense BS

I have decided that the black burst on the top was fraught with danger so sanded it back to the CG under it, there are minute little flecks of black in the quilt that I am here to tell you were in the timber when I got the kit that it's not down to my incompetence

[dave.king1]

Mandatory pics now taken, the BS actually looks darker and less translucent in the flesh.

The dark spots are where a forearm cut would be on a Strat and just below & behind the control cavity, the glaring black smudge at the back of the neck pocket will be under the scratch plate so I paid little attention to it when sanding back.