Phroz STA-1M, ST-M, TL-1

[phrozin]

Hey guys been doing a bit of work on my st1 i done this as a test what i have done is did the yellow dye and i used a Old Baltic stain then a lacquer over it, I wanted to know how well the stain would go as a burst and how it would go as done with spray and if i had any reactions with the clear lacquer. after a few different try's i wanted a better spray friendlier and that didn't soak in to the yellow, 1st off the stain has no body to it and soaked in to the wood so what i did was thin the stain using the 50ml bottle of Old Baltic with 50ml of gp thinners then i mixed up 50ml of clear lacquer then i added it to the stain mix which gave it more like a paint that didn't soak in to the yellow dye or the wood then it was really easy to get the burst that i was after, I didn't want super dark and transparent then 8 coats of Clear lacquer over the top here a couple of pics it came out better than i was expecting and opens up a few different colour combo's, i haft to polish it in a couple of days but pretty pleased with it.

[ILRGuitars]

Stunning work yet again. Just love the finishes you are achieving. Keep them coming.

[Guvna19]

Stunning work yet again. Just love the finishes you are achieving. Keep them coming.

totally agree with that statement, pleasure to watch Phrozin, thanks for sharing

regards
Guv

[phrozin]

hi guys and girls i been doing a few test runs on some rit dyes to see what works and what doesn't here are the ones i have used all except yellow were packets i diluted them in 120ml of fluid anymore than 150ml made them to light and required 4 or 5 coats i did 3 coats let them dry and wiped them down with wet sponge to the colour i wanted

here what works and what doeesn't

Yellow works great
Dark green didn't work just looked black
Navy blue didn't work just looked black
Scarlet worked great
Teal worked great
Kelly green worked great
Denim blue didn't work just looked purplish
Tan worked well
Black worked well

Going to try
sunshine orange
tangerine
pearl grey
wine
Fuchsia
Purple

here is a try of Kelly Green this is just my test body where i try things on it wont stay this but will give some of you guys what they sort of look like i have already posted pic's of some of the colours already
here what it looked like under 5 coats of clear tentative polish, i will try a few more this week but my lad brought a new car and wants me to cut polish it for him so ill be busy for a few days. If you want me to try other colours just let me know and ill do it

[DarkMark]

And I test things on a scrap piece of ply wood. Hats off to you, sir.

[blinddrew]

That green is gorgeous

[Sonic Mountain]

Man I love that green! Nice one.

[FrankenWashie]

ooooooh. I so want to build a green guitar now.

[phrozin]

Hi all decided to leave it the green and black, done final polish and assembled it looks better than i thought that's it for a couple of a months or so as got heaps of stuff on my plate atm

here we go still the rit dye kelly green 3 coats with a mix of clear and black to tone down the harshness or the black for the burst, 8 coats of clear lacquer the pick guard i made out of alloy as cant buy them for the floyd rose and painted black couple coats of clear and did away with the neck plate

[Simon Barden]

That's lovely, Phroz. I find it hard to believe but I think you are getting even better at this!