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Pickguard Epoxy pour experiment!

#21
WI Short Scaler said:
Very cool. I'd seen some youtube clips where people were doing stuff like this, thought it looked cool.

As you can see in my avatar I have one bass that's got so many colors that I like the white pg. My other MM is candy apple red with a Grumpy face airbrushed in. Now my bronco is daphne blue and white pg, that bass could use some more "detail" being color or something.

Look forward to seeing that on your bass! :thumbsup:
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Thanks! I hope it works out... as someone else pointed out... I only get one shot at this (per pickguard) lol

If it does work out, the next step is to use the original pg as a template so I can make several "looks" and choose the one I like the best. I think I need a good cutting system for that, where I can cut a slab of epoxy to the right shape w/o messing up it or the original pg.
 
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JRA said:
i tried it on a fingerboard and it was a medium-to-huge fail! :D
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With so many people epoxying fingerboards on fretlesses, I'm surprised I haven't any with interesting designs...

Something like this would be pretty cool!
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diegom said:
With so many people epoxying fingerboards on fretlesses, I'm surprised I haven't any with interesting designs...

Something like this would be pretty cool!
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Oh, I've thought about that and/or pouring it over the body itself but there would be some challenges. You'd *have* to dam the neck because you really wouldn't want and runoff that would be a pain to sand off later.

Having said that, if you had the right cutting tools, you could make a sheet on a non-stick surface (like the baking sheet in my pics) and cut it to spec and use a layer of wet epoxy to essentially glue it to the neck... That's nice too because you could do a big sheet and then cut out the choicest part for the fretboard...
 
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Furthermore, if you are familiar with the cure time of the epoxy, there is a point where is no longer runny, but not fully cured. If you know what a "fruit roll-up" treat is... its like that, but a bit thicker. You can prime the neck or body with a thin coat of epoxy and the apply your semi-cured sheet while its malleable for a form-fitting surface. Once fully cured, wipe it clean and do a light top coat of clear epoxy, chop it while wet and blowtorch it flat and it should look killer.

Next kit bass I get will definitely be getting an epoxy skin.
 
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