Rattle Can Refinish Club

[Rabidhamster]

I have a dye job in the works. One piece Poplar Warmoth soloist . The thing is the dye really brought out the natural color of the Poplar and dyed the plain areas for a interesting mix of colors .
j.e. mosers yellow and green mixed

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Beautiful! Any updates or finished shots of this one? Looks like a shreddy pistachio

 

[fretno]

Thanks ! Yes the green mellowed right after drying but it’s pretty cool

 

[friskinator]

Satin and semi-gloss are so much more user friendly for DIY'rs and look and feel great! It's the obsessive shiny-finish that's the hardest to do and requires more equipment/experience and financial involvement.

That's a great idea. I'll definitely try that next time I do a refin. How do you approach the final polishing?

 

[bdplaid]

poopy

I figured, and it's discouraging. I like the look of the grain, but also want to o a flake finish. But I was also thinking the two might no work well together.

I might try metallic rather than flake silver, with a satin finish, over ash - kind of like unpolished aluminum. I don't want it to look like a piece of metal, just to look sparkly.

thanks.

 

[MPU]

Here’s mine, -85 Ibanez RB850 refinished in Royal Violet (I didn’t find the original color code so I had to go by eye.) Great sounding and playing bass.

 

[JIO]

That's a great idea. I'll definitely try that next time I do a refin. How do you approach the final polishing?

With satin, a light buff with a soft scotch-pad is sufficient to knock off any nubs etc. You want the coat before it too be as smooth as possible, and mostly leave it alone once the final coat is shot.

 

[JIO]

I figured, and it's discouraging. I like the look of the grain, but also want to o a flake finish. But I was also thinking the two might no work well together.

I might try metallic rather than flake silver, with a satin finish, over ash - kind of like unpolished aluminum. I don't want it to look like a piece of metal, just to look sparkly.

thanks.

Very fine metallic paint (Pelham Blue or Firemist Gold for example) won't be 'sparkly' but it will have a nice metallic sheen and should conform nicely to the grain.

 

[TwinDad]

I figured, and it's discouraging. I like the look of the grain, but also want to o a flake finish. But I was also thinking the two might no work well together.

I might try metallic rather than flake silver, with a satin finish, over ash - kind of like unpolished aluminum. I don't want it to look like a piece of metal, just to look sparkly.

thanks.

OK I have no idea what I'm talking about, but crazy idea, maybe you stain and clearcoat the wood, and then overcoat with Invalid Link Removed... Not even sure this is the right thing, there must be a mostly clear paint with sparkly bits in it... this might not work, might look too much like the sparkles are floating on top of the wood, but... maybe at least that thought will get your creative juices flowing? The basic idea being to put the sparkles over the wood, instead of in it, but in such a way that it gets the effect you're looking for as sparkly wood...

 

[bound'n'blocked]

OK I have no idea what I'm talking about, but crazy idea, maybe you stain and clearcoat the wood, and then overcoat with Invalid Link Removed... Not even sure this is the right thing, there must be a mostly clear paint with sparkly bits in it... this might not work, might look too much like the sparkles are floating on top of the wood, but... maybe at least that thought will get your creative juices flowing? The basic idea being to put the sparkles over the wood, instead of in it, but in such a way that it gets the effect you're looking for as sparkly wood...

I sprayed two coats of that over a seafoam green base coat, hoping for a "seafoam pearl" type color and have yet to see any effect. Maybe more coats will help but I'm not too impressed. Shame too, because the video I saw seemed to be pretty impressive.

BnB

 

[Klondike]

I sprayed two coats of that over a seafoam green base coat, hoping for a "seafoam pearl" type color and have yet to see any effect. Maybe more coats will help but I'm not too impressed. Shame too, because the video I saw seemed to be pretty impressive.

BnB

Pearl has to be added to the paint, not the clear.

 

[bound'n'blocked]

Pearl has to be added to the paint, not the clear.

That may be the case, but the video I watched on YouTube of that product indicates it produces a pearl effect.



BnB

 

[micguy]

I don't do paint, but I do my own finishes. I'm king of the Minwax satin finish - no buffing - much easier than gloss, and it doesn't blind people in the audience or show fingerprints.

In the DIY spirit of this thread, I also baked the wood for the thumb rest so it'd match the baked body wood better.

 

[JIO]

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I don't do paint, but I do my own finishes. I'm king of the Minwax satin finish - no buffing - much easier than gloss, and it doesn't blind people in the audience or show fingerprints.

In the DIY spirit of this thread, I also baked the wood for the thumb rest so it'd match the baked body wood better.

The devil is in the details! You left out -"feels good!" - satin is a very user friendly finish. (wait a minute - satin... Satin? ... nah, just a coincidence...

 

[BassGreaser]

I sprayed two coats of that over a seafoam green base coat, hoping for a "seafoam pearl" type color and have yet to see any effect. Maybe more coats will help but I'm not too impressed. Shame too, because the video I saw seemed to be pretty impressive.

BnB

You can use this.

PEARL RATTLE BOMBC Foam

 

[bdplaid]

I used some of that Rustoleum pearl over white one time and it definitely gave a shimmery effect. Very subtle even with a few coats, but it was there

 

[JIO]

I used some of that Rustoleum pearl over white one time and it definitely gave a shimmery effect. Very subtle even with a few coats, but it was there

Real pearl is always a 3 step process; white base-coat, an even flow of pearl over the white, and clear coat/buff etc. Really hard to do a good job - the object is a very thin layer to allow the white to effect it, making it clearer and brighter. Over-buildup and it looks thick and cloudy. Good luck for amateurs, really - can you imagine how good the car-spraying guys are to pull off a flawless pearl finish on a whole car!

 

[bdplaid]

Real pearl is always a 3 step process; white base-coat, an even flow of pearl over the white, and clear coat/buff etc. Really hard to do a good job - the object is a very thin layer to allow the white to effect it, making it clearer and brighter. Over-buildup and it looks thick and cloudy. Good luck for amateurs, really - can you imagine how good the car-spraying guys are to pull off a flawless pearl finish on a whole car!

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Actually I know that but could never do it. What I did was adequate for the bass I was using. It was far from a Cadillac level Pearl job but was good enough for the beater onto which it was going.

 

[Rambazamba]

It's not the greatest job in the world but for my first try I'm happy and it's much better than I expected. Next time I need to seal the screwholes before I do the wetsanding...

 

[BassGreaser]

It's not the greatest job in the world but for my first try I'm happy and it's much better than I expected. Next time I need to seal the screwholes before I do the wetsanding...

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Nicely done for a first timer! What color is this? It looks amazing.

 

[Rambazamba]

Thanks, it's Mercedes "Silberdistel Metallic" (thistle green metallic), colorcode 881. Depending on the light it changes between silver, gold and light green.