Deadman's Build number 2 JR-1

[Dedman]

another beaut day here today and highly productive. I managed to get 3 coats of primer on with sandings between coats while still doing real work So black base coats tomorrow I think

[wokkaboy]

looking good Dedman, thank you for breaking the almost 3 hours of no posting on the forum drought !

[Dedman]

3 coats of black on, didn't take a pic, it looks just like the last pic except black :P Will start the spongery tomorrow, will try to get pics as I go but it's a messy process so I may not pick the camera up as often as I should.

[wokkaboy]

sounds good Dedman, don't worry about pics during the painting process but keen to see pics once it's hanging and curing.

What pickup you got for this baby ?

[Dedman]

What pickup you got for this baby ?

back on the first page, I got a pair of mini humbuckers, the bridge one will go in this, and conveniently the neck one will go in the ES-125 kit thats on its way

[wokkaboy]

ah cheers Dedman, thanks for that, the Wilkinsons should sound sweet

[Dedman]

so today it was onto the paint effects.
What you need to start. 1 nice guitar finished in the base colour , which is black. Some colours, in this case a bluey green and a green, both metallics. one of my greens is a spray can, the blue is just paint in a can and some more black, this can be spray can or in my case I'm using a touch up spray gun.


to start the process,I put down some green, I sprayed the paint into the glass bowl and dipped the sponge in it, dab most of it off on a bit of scrap wood then pat the sponge onto the guitar. Use a up and down motion, don't drag it or you get smears instead of splodges. After randomly doing that all over I give it light sand and then a mist coat of black. I just mix up a thin coat of paint but if you are using spray cans just stand back a bit further :P
result

So I just keep doing this, I mixed some of the green and the turquoise did it again and again then gave it a coat of clear for depth. I decided to call it quits for the day. Will be back tomorrow with some more of the green.

[wokkaboy]

wow the sponge creates a really cool effect Dedman, keep up the good work mate !

[andrewdosborne]

Yes, I'm liking this

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[Andy40]

I got a good feeling about this....its going to be sweet.