it was much cooler here today so got some coats of which laid flatter colour is candy dark cherry over the same base as the blue one, this is 4 coats I haven't cleared yet but got some HS 2k clear I might put over both as shine is way better and flows better out of the gun not sure if I go darker, I've put a pearl white binding should contrast well, took a fair bit of work on the body had a lot of dents and scratches I had to, the hardest part was scrapping out the old binding
Last edited by phrozin; 15-02-2025 at 03:11 AM.
Those are just amazing! Not something you see everyday, that's for sure!
After a busy day I got the ES painted I put 3 more coats of cherry red, then hit it with 6 coats of clear which ill sand it with 1000grit an more than likely put 3 coast of 2k clear so this is the final colour the pictures don't do justice once 2k clear ill leave it for a few days to harden and cut and polished will look pretty good when done and the pearl binding
I've got a new set of Grover vintage machine heads I purchased 2 years ago for my Artist AP97 Honey Burst les Paul but got sick and never used, I'm going to put some Gibson 57 pick ups in it
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I love that binding! Was it already on the guitar or did you install it yourself?
No it originally had a cream binding but when I 1st stained it the binding was all cracked so I put it away till I had the time to put new binding on it, think I got it off ebay, it was a prick of a job replacing it took couple of hours to scrape the old 1s off normally I've have 3 to 5 on the go I've done about 100 guitarsOriginally Posted by Moparnut
I repainted the Tele wasn't happy with it I stripped it back to bare wood I spent a lot of time getting it really flat, I used a different base on this one 6 coat of candy and 4 coats of 2k clear ill give it a couple of day before I polish it and put it back together, I've started work on the led Paul ill post some pic soon, I use the flash on the camera as its quite dark
Wow, Phrozin, that is so perfect. Do you plan to do any polishing with it? It doesn't look like it needs you to do anything at all more.
ill give it a few days and ill sand flat with 1000grit then 2000grit and then polish it, the great thing about 2k clear is off the gun finish would have already polished it but I used a plasticiser in 2 pack to keep it flexible as wood expands and contracts with the weather and would eventually, crack over time I did a les Paul and just left it in my work shop for about a year and it cracked big time its actually the 1 I'm doing atm
got the tele done I re did it in candy apple green over silver base put 6 coats to get dark enough look really dark and green under lights came up pretty good, done it all with lacquer apart from the candy I did base and clear with rattle can
ES is bit off yet having some issues with it, I've got a led Paul custom in white and gold hardware im going to put 3 pick ups into it and a strat I'm going to start next week heres couple of pic's of the tele which is finished
You're in factory mode! The Tele looks spectacular. Sort of a combination of British Racing Green and California Hot Rod ;-)
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