Stans LP build

[wokkaboy]

love the colour and the gloss Stan, how long you reckon you have to wait for it to cure ?

assume at least couple of weeks

should look unreal when its assembled. You going chrome or black hardware ?

[stan]

I think you will be fine Pablo, if it says fine during the main drying, then it seems to come up fine, lucky bugger...

Thanks andrew, the clear added the extra depth, yeah and we all enjoy shiny guitars

Wokka, I honestly have no idea for curing, but have been well bitten so far, just when you think it is dry, a clamp or finger will leave and impression, even after a couple of weeks. I probably have overdone it on the layers a bit and under the hard exterior is a soft middle (bit like me... lol.

I have a heat lamp used for reptile tanks , so thinking of making a drying cabinet...

Black pups and chrome hardware for this one, but black hardware would look awesome too... have a black revamp kit on order for another project, might just make it onto this one...

[wokkaboy]

cool sounds good Stan. Think its worth seeing how black hardware looks, I reckon it will go well with the dark green

[stan]

wokka, planning to do exactly that, black would work well

[gavinturner]

She's looking awesome Stan. Gloss is no bad thing. There is now light at the end of the tunnel! Gonna be a beaut when she's finally buffed.

cheers,
Gav.

[bargeloobs]

Too bad about the satin man, on a positive note nice job with the gloss, you've made a pretty good trade off I reckon. It's gonna look seriously sick mate when finally done.
Just for shits n giggles give nitro a go some time. You won't have to worry about that leaving fingerprints in clear after 2 weeks bullshit, honestly...you can handle that stuff within mere minutes.

[stan]

sounds good Nigel, might try the N product, especially if it dries that quick. Finger prints go right into the colour, not just the clear, that is why so my full on re dos.

Funnily, using the same black on the Harmony Jazz project, and it is cured and easily handled...

My sister's LP kit arrived today - Pearl white for this one

[bargeloobs]

"Funnily, using the same black on the Harmony Jazz project, and it is cured and easily handled..."

I wonder if it's something to do with the hollow body seeing that you'd have a warm pocket of air drying from the inside too, I could be totally wrong of course:P

[stan]

Hey thanks Gav!

Could be lots of things, Nigel, type and density of wood, amount of coats, type of day on which it was applied, time of day, alignment of the planets, rotation of the earth, true magnetic north.....

this stuff is as close to alchemy as we get, that's for sure

[garystewart62]

Hi Stan. How do you make your headstock decals? I'm wanting to create something unique to me for my 1st build.