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SX photoshop help
- Thread starter zeppelinbass95
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yeah cool. I was thinkin a little darker purple sorry I left that out. Do you guys think I could buy the white one they sell on rondo and just paint it, let it dry, and switch it out?
Sure, if you do it right, you can paint (almost) anything.
I've never done a pickguard, but I've done enough other stuff to imagine it'd be fairly easy. Start with some light sandpaper and rough up the surface (but don't go TOO wild) and start with a layer of primer and let it dry. Check the instructions of the paint for drying time... even if it says only a few hours, I usually wait overnight just to be safe. After the primer, spray on the color and let dry. You may need to do a couple layers of color, make sure to sand a little in between. After the color, you could hit it with a layer or two of spray gloss for a nice shine.
Between sandpaper, primer, paint and gloss, it might cost you almost the same to just order a pickguard from somewhere though.
5sg.
I've never done a pickguard, but I've done enough other stuff to imagine it'd be fairly easy. Start with some light sandpaper and rough up the surface (but don't go TOO wild) and start with a layer of primer and let it dry. Check the instructions of the paint for drying time... even if it says only a few hours, I usually wait overnight just to be safe. After the primer, spray on the color and let dry. You may need to do a couple layers of color, make sure to sand a little in between. After the color, you could hit it with a layer or two of spray gloss for a nice shine.
Between sandpaper, primer, paint and gloss, it might cost you almost the same to just order a pickguard from somewhere though.
5sg.
Or you could just paint it with Krylon Fusion, it is made for plastic...worked on one that I did. No primer needed, didn't even need to sand...Don't know if they will have the color you are after though...
Possibly the best invention since sliced bread.
Works wonders on plastic, just as he said.
http://www.krylon.com/products/fusion_for_plastic/
Probably not something they sell on their website...you may have to drive to any hardware store...heck...even Wal-Mart would probably carry it.
Probably not something they sell on their website...you may have to drive to any hardware store...heck...even Wal-Mart would probably carry it.
Or you could use Krylon Fusion! lol
(sorry... never used it. Mental note for future reference! hehehe)
5sg.
