Trying to love the unlovable

[Greg_L]

Thanks dudes. I guess it's not bad, so far, for a total hack like me. There's still time to fuck it up.

I found a little bubble/imperfection in the glitter coat, and it's right on the end of the upper horn near the strap button location. I'm thinking it's something to do with how I'd hang the guitar to dry after glitter bombing it. That glitter spray is a strange product and I suspect gravity and/or the way the solvents flash off had something to do with it. It's not bad though and it's not in a bad spot, so fuck it. I'll bury it in more clearcoat.

[vomitHatSteve]

Shiny!

[Greg_L]

Here's after a quick new coat of clear.



It's hard to get on vid in here but the depth and sparkle is really starting to pop.

[rayc]

Glossy and even...well done.

[Greg_L]

Glossy and even...well done.

Thanks. I have high hopes now, which is probably a bad thing.

It's still gonna get several more coats of clear, then final sanding and polishing.

[WhiskeyJack]

Looks badass chief!! good luck with the rest of it.

this was my favorite part man. Like watching Frankenstein's monster come to life. Great vids can't wait to see the final bit.

[Greg_L]

There is only one gold strat player I'd ever try to cover....

[Greg_L]

Ah, now I know why you're making a spangly gold strat... (you probably mentioned that already)

Lol he's not the only reason, but he's a good one.

I wanted to try a difficult finish. I have a decent paint gun and big ol honkin air compressor but I didn't wanna use all that. I'm not good with it anyway. I've painted car parts here and there - never a whole car. I wanted to rattle-can something metal-flakey and see if I could do it. The color is definitely Dick Dale inspired.

[JD01]

I'm patiently awaiting my punked up cover of Nitro.

[Greg_L]

I'm patiently awaiting my punked up cover of Nitro.

Lol having a guitar that loosely resembles Mr Dale's will not make me any better at covering his songs.

[JD01]

I'm patiently awaiting my punked up cover of Nitro.

Lol having a guitar that loosely resembles Mr Dale's will not make me any better at covering his songs.

Worth a try though, eh?

[Greg_L]

Worth a try though, eh?

Yeah maybe. I haven't recorded the reverb unit and Deluxe in a while.

[Lt. Bob]

I love metalflake and I have a red metalflake tele thinline but I used a much less work intensive method ....... cradit card!

I was gonna put a pic up but my Android will NOTR let me get the pics into my computer without going thru google or one of the other social things.
Will not let me simply stick a USB cord and get them.
And my iPhone shows the pics but the puter says the files aren't supported.

So imagine a bright sparkly red tele thinline with buckers

[Greg_L]

I think I'm about ready to do the final level sand and polish this thing.



It's really hard to get a decent indoor pic of this damn thing. This is nearly two full cans of triple thick clear coat, and it's looking pretty smooth and deep. There's a little orange peel but honestly it could probably pass for "good enough" just as it is. But I'm gonna sand and polish it out. If I can pull off the polishing process successfully then this thing should end up looking pretty bad ass and I'll finally be done with this shitty guitar that I probably won't ever play!

[rayc]

Deep gold flake - yum.

[CeeBee]

Says a lot for modern musical instruments when the best thing about them is the paint job

[Greg_L]

Is a 30 yr old guitar a modern instrument?

I guess this thing could technically be considered "vintage".

[WhiskeyJack]

Beauty buddy!!!! It's going to look like a million bucks !!!


Don't hang it up though. We need at least one tone test out of it.

[Greg_L]

Well I guess I'm pretty awesome.




This sumbitch has FAR exceeded my expectations. It's like glass.

So deep and shiny and sparkly.

I wet sanded it to 3000 grit and buffed it with car buffing stuff on a drill buffer. Came out amazing. I'm in shock.

[Greg_L]

Wow - that's a fantastic result. Well done!

Thanks!!!