I know, I really wanted to, but I want the ghost shadows when I fade the guitar.Great undertaking, good job. I would have stopped at just the lemon color alone....that is a sweet color.
I know, I really wanted to, but I want the ghost shadows when I fade the guitar.Great undertaking, good job. I would have stopped at just the lemon color alone....that is a sweet color.
That's funny you mentioned Tru-oiling the rear b/c I've been on the fence about stripping the back and sides, and Tru-oiling them.Beautiful work! I sanded and tru-oiled the rear and sides of my Tribute Les Paul. That was quite a lot of work - what you have done goes way beyond the steps I took. Outstanding work!
Anyone say Photoshop? Works on a phone...got to Play Store and download it, open it up and look for your pictures...I suggest using the Facebook Profile setting, back out, save and it'll turn up in your gallery or wherever you took them from. C U soon!Alright fellas, hopefully everyone had a quiet holidays. I ended up having some free time late last week, so I hoped into the trenches and stripped the front of my 2016 Les Paul Traditional, that I had been trying to fade out in natural sunlight, and a tanning bed.
All I have to say, is that I'm glad I stripped the finish off the front. I tried a heat gun/scraper, and sandpaper, but I ultimately ended up using acetone to get everything off. That finish didn't want to go anywhere. From what I was able to remove with the heat, it looked like catalyzed lacquer, and vinyl sealer was used to finish this guitar.
I ended up wiping Tru-Oil on the wood, then I sprayed:
-3 sealer coats of clear WATCO lacquer in a 50/50 mix.
- 1 wash coat of lemon yellow
- A wash coat of RAF blue/brown shader band
- A wash coat of cherry red ainline dye for the sunburst band
- 4 coats of WATCO lacquer thinned in a 50/50 mix
I took pictures of the process, but unfortunately, it will not let me upload the pics. It says the files are to big. So if anyone could help me out with the upload I will send you the pictures if you could upload them because I really want to share the results. Thanks
HAH! You got it! Never mind...Figured it out. Here ya guys go!
You are brave. I know I would make a complete pigs ear If I tried hat on mine.Figured it out. Here ya guys go!
Haha! It's all good. Post it!* must resist posting the clown-burst meme.
Haha! It's all good. Post it!