Mikes ST-1 Build

[MikeL]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from mike on October 23, 2014, 21:24
That's one incredible guitar! Very jealous!
What did you use as the clear coat may I ask?

Acrylic white basecoat, then sanded to find imperfections, then re-basecoated.
2 coats of custom mixed large flake metallic purple.
2 cans of Tamiya Smoke, this is a translucent tint paint, one coat looks like sunglasses but I used that to build up the sunburst so the metallic can still be seen through it at any angle and catches the light.
Top coat is just 6 thin layers of automotive clearcoat (spray cans from Supercheap) with the final coat 1200 sanded, then cut, then polished twice.

[MikeL]

Ok, some pics of it in daylight. I tried some in full sunlight but the metallicness of the paint messed up the photos.
If you click the pics open in a new window you can then click them to full size.

[AJ]

mmm looks stunning