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Old March 16th, 2010, 09:00 PM   #61 (permalink)
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That 3-piece back is really fine. Are you thinking burst?
No burst... I'm going to paint this one with a nice thick layer of copper paint... soon you will see...

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Old March 17th, 2010, 12:46 AM   #62 (permalink)
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The neck and body look good. I am always intrigued by the change the wood goes through from rough/scrap to cut and sanded guitar. I hope to come close on our build.
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Old March 17th, 2010, 03:21 AM   #63 (permalink)
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Thanks vt,

I went over the body with some glazing putty and after that dried I sanded it back and put a couple of coats of primer on the body. After the primer dries I will sand it back, use glazing putty if any spots need it and reprime it one more time. I sanded on the neck a while too.
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Old March 17th, 2010, 11:39 AM   #64 (permalink)
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No burst... I'm going to paint this one with a nice thick layer of copper paint... soon you will see...
Hence the name. Of course.
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Old March 18th, 2010, 02:14 AM   #65 (permalink)
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More sanding... filler, primer....

I am pretty close to calling the neck profile good. I rubbed a little shellac on it to get a look at it with a little gloss. Sometimes it is real hard to see shapes in bare wood.
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There's only one thing better than Metal Flakes, and that's More Metal Flakes!!!
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Just don't spill 'em on the 'puter Mike!

Neck looks great.
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I went to walmart last night and bought some new "luthier tools"
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Old March 20th, 2010, 04:56 PM   #71 (permalink)
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Well.... I have done it now... no turning back...
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Old March 20th, 2010, 05:17 PM   #72 (permalink)
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Looks fantastic. I can't wait to see the end result. Did you just spray a light coat of clear and then sprinkle the flakes on? Or some other method?
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Mmmm, sparkly goodness, looks nice...
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Old March 20th, 2010, 06:51 PM   #74 (permalink)
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I painted a light coat of Duplicolor metal specks burnt copper over the primer for a base color and I sprinkled copper metalflake on that when it was wet. Any spots that didn't get covered with flake I used some duplicolor clear and sprinkled on some more flakes to get even flake coverage. I emailed Duplicolor and asked then how long before I could put a 2 part catalized clear over the metal specks paint and they said to wait 24 hours but I will probably wait 2 or 3 days.
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I had a hard time painting the headstock since the maple had some decent flame but I did it... people will just have to look at the flame on the back of the neck...
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Yes!

You have reached the point of no return

Mighty fine...mighty fine!
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I'm diggin' the sparkly copper! Looks great!

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Old March 20th, 2010, 07:38 PM   #79 (permalink)
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I bought these flakes a while back for another project that I have not done yet.

"4oz Bling Penny Copper .015 Metalflake Metal Flake HOK"

I used about half of the flakes on this guitar. In a few days I will spray on the automotive catalized clear that I bought at NAPA.

Buckocaster, thanks for generously sharing your sparkleknowledge on TDPRI and answering all my questions... you are the Sparklemaster!
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