Very nice, that might be my new favorite color! I've been looking for a supplier of that color in the US, but it doesn't look like there are many options.
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Rattle Can Refinish Club
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Very nice, that might be my new favorite color! I've been looking for a supplier of that color in the US, but it doesn't look like there are many options.
I’m currently in the process of stripping one of my basses and plan on doing a spray an finish. Seeing all these amazing finishes gives me hope!
Yes, that's one of the paints I found, a little light on the details, but still digging.
My next Refin is getting the Roth Rattlebomb treatment. It's a little pricy for the paint because you need 3 or 4 different cans of the stuff but I'm going for one of those old school big flake paint jobs. If I feel real sporty I might even match the headstock but that depends on the neck I use.
I was thinking going the same route, but they don’t offer a flake and candy in a bronze.
Couple things:
1- That Finger board is simply magnificent! Any idea what the wood is?
2- by "bake it" you do mean you put it in the oven right? temp, time? Super nice looking bass!
The fretboard is Pau Ferro - I picked out one that looked the least like rosewood from Warmoth’s options. My rationale was to stay as far away from CITES issues as possible should I need to cross a border.
The thumb rest was baked in a regular oven - 400F for an hour or two - forget the exact time. I was going for color - baking got me closer to the baked ash cap than any stain I had.
And thanks - I like the look, too.
Maybe you can contact them and have them come up with some combination that would work.
I was thinking lay down silver flake, then red candy, then light coats of yellow to taste.
Bringing this back from the dead just to ask you- that fiesta red looking one in the picture with 3 basses... what where who when is that paint?!
Something happened to me tonight that had never happened before. I was doing some wet sanding to do of finish top paint coat before Poly on a project and I didn't pay a whole lot of attention on how much water I was getting in some a my channel holes. This project was one that I had cut down and filled in channel and control cavities. Long story short basswood body and filler swollen areas that I now have to allow to dry out and re sand and repaint.
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I had read that wet sanding with water could swell screw holes, so I used Naptha, which worked fine, but kind of smelly and, of course, highly flammable. It dries quicker than water, but otherwise works around the same with no risk of swelling. Good ventilation mandatory.
Just finished my first refin on this Peavey Fury. It got it's own thread but I figured I'd put the pics in here as well. Paint is base / clear hardware store lacquer (I assume acrylic lacquer but the cans didn't actually specify). I went through 2 cans of the copper trying to get the metalic to lay down evenly but finally had to settle for good enough so there's a bit of tiger striping in it. Did a bit of artificial relicing to draw attention away from the less than perfect paint.
This will likely get stripped again at some point to correct some of the flaws but for now, this is what it looks like.
This will likely get stripped again at some point to correct some of the flaws but for now, this is what it looks like.
Thanks. It's cut from .100" thick solid maple with a coat of boiled linseed oil covered in the same clear laquer I put over the copper on the body.
I just put my first coat of my finish on, and man I'm so excited for how it's gonna turn out.
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