how the heck do you get this colour?

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:27 pm

i want this shell pink but i cant find anything that matches it

for reference heres a reranch shell pink thread where all the examples are not orangey enoughreranch examples

is that orange tone just very yellowed old lacquer or is it really a different color?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:57 pm

That's shell pink with a lot of yellowing. Mark Jenny of MJT could do that for you.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:07 pm

yeah I think he does great work, but I was pretty excited about doing my own finishing and saving money

do you have any idea how he does the aging/yellowing?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:18 pm

Tinted clearcoat I think - try doing a search for 'slamon pink' though, since that's effective what that is. Or Coral Pink.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:21 pm

yeah salmon looks like what i want

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:04 pm

Just get the Reranch yellowed clear. It works great. I used it on my Musicmaster to turn metallic forest green into metallic hunters green, worked great.

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:14 pm

Check out reranch coral. I used it on a Super-Sonic.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:18 pm

dang the coral looks good too

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:45 pm

Dave's Guitars has an original Tahitian Coral strat. Lovely to behold. They even commissioned new CS strats in that colour.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:36 am

Would either use Coral or Shell + amber clearcoat. Coral will be a little darker than most yellowed Shell Pinks, but then the amber clearcoat might do that to reranch shell pink as well. Would definitely be one of those jobs worth experimenting with on similar scrap wood first.