Shellacing tweed case??

Jim Barth · December 23rd, 2005, 09:10 PM

I used the mixture of 1/2 Bullseye amber shellac and one half denatured alcohol to do a tweed Reissue Bassman and it came out great.

Has anybody used this on a tweed Fender case?

How did it turn out?

Tele295 · December 23rd, 2005, 10:00 PM

I've heard that it's harder to do a case, because the cardboard of the case absorbs differently than the wood of an amp. Not a lot of success stories.

Ericwest53 · December 23rd, 2005, 11:02 PM

Mine's a knock off copy I got with my tele, but I varathaned it good and thick with some "glamor glitter" in the mix. It soaked most of it up and I think it's more durable.

Like with the amp covers, there's a reason they went away from it. It wasn't very durable.

:)

EJL

December 23rd, 2005, 09:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jim Barth TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 35	Shellacing tweed case?? I used the mixture of 1/2 Bullseye amber shellac and one half denatured alcohol to do a tweed Reissue Bassman and it came out great. Has anybody used this on a tweed Fender case? How did it turn out?

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Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,403 14 Photos	I've heard that it's harder to do a case, because the cardboard of the case absorbs differently than the wood of an amp. Not a lot of success stories. __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

December 23rd, 2005, 11:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ericwest53 TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 96	Mine's a knock off copy I got with my tele, but I varathaned it good and thick with some "glamor glitter" in the mix. It soaked most of it up and I think it's more durable. Like with the amp covers, there's a reason they went away from it. It wasn't very durable. :) EJL __________________ -Sometimes at my age I run out of adrenalin, but I've still got plenty of gall.- Me- -Some people play music out of love; Some for money. Myself, I play mostly out of Pure Spite...- EJL-