Lightly wet sanded again with 2000 last night before applying vinyl stickers on front & rear of headstock. Applied another coat last night and then realised I didn't have enough left to finish things off. Thankfully local forum member Ozzbike had some and I am truly grateful for his assistance plus it was a good chance to catch up and see what he has been working on. Nice collection of Yamaha Basses too.
Here are a couple of shots taken about an hour ago, just before applying 4th TO coat on top. Apologies for weird colour variation due to poor lighting in my garage and the smartphone camera trying to compensate.
Before anyone jumps up and down, yes, vinyl stickers do sit proud of the finish and it is exactly what I wanted to achieve by adding a tactile 3D element. A bit like the old raised lettering on business cards when that was all the go back in the 90's. If I wanted something smooth, transfer decal paper would have been used. When the phone isn't trying to compensate for poor light the actual colour is way darker and the black logos don't stand out as much, hence the 3D aspect with raised lettering.
Edit: Why Pugsley Guitars? As this will be a birthday gift for my eldest son he also has a pug dog as a pet and thought this would make him grin....MJK are his initials.
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