Fabric finish
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Fabric finish
Thought I'd share a couple of pics of a fabric finish I did a while ago on a body I built. Finally got my A into G to assemble it. The neck is something I've had lying around for a while (Mighty Mite perhaps?). I'm not thrilled with the headstock so I think I'll modify that at some stage.
As always, it was a learning experience. The most (in hindsight) obvious one being that the 'wet t-shirt' effect happens with white fabric when doing this so you have to prep the surface you're adhering to because it's going to be visible. If I was doing this again, I'd paint the body white first.
As always, it was a learning experience. The most (in hindsight) obvious one being that the 'wet t-shirt' effect happens with white fabric when doing this so you have to prep the surface you're adhering to because it's going to be visible. If I was doing this again, I'd paint the body white first.
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Re: Fabric finish
So cool! How many coats of varnish on the fabric?
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Re: Fabric finish
I think it was 4 coats of epoxy before the texture of the fabric stopped showing through. The top of the body is arched so the epoxy kept running off I'll definitely do another one at some stage. It was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.
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Re: Fabric finish
dig it ... nice to see someone else on here gluing fabric to guitars
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Re: Fabric finish
It's just one piece of fabric so no seams. The photos don't show it but the sides and back are painted matt black so I didn't have to worry bout joins.codedog wrote:Wow, that looks fantastic! Are there any "seams" visible?
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Re: Fabric finish
I think people are put off by thinking it's difficult or worrying that it will kill resonance and sustain. The resonance thing I imagine could be an issue if you did the sides and back too and used some sort of resin that didn't go hard enough.werdna wrote:Very cool. More elegant than most. I don't know why more of us don't do this kind of finish.
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Re: Fabric finish
Farrrrkkkk that looks cool!!!
What epoxy system did you use?
What epoxy system did you use?
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Re: Fabric finish
That looks excellent. Something I've thought about doing as well....some day maybe. Super smooth looking finish!
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Re: Fabric finish
This: https://www.bunnings.co.nz/norski-epoxy ... _p00261124jeremyb wrote:Farrrrkkkk that looks cool!!!
What epoxy system did you use?
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Re: Fabric finish
That looks fantastic! How did you do the edges? That would be difficult to make look nice wouldn't it?
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Re: Fabric finish
I've wanted to do this for years, pink Paisley tele!!!!
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Re: Fabric finish
I recall doing something similar to a bike when I was a kid. Snakeskin starts out a similar way too I think.
Mine never looked this good though. Great job.
Mine never looked this good though. Great job.