Got some extra wallpaper laying around?

doober314 · Post by **doober314** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:48 am

My parents had a roll of wall paper in their closet that they weren't ever going to use, so I grabbed that and slapped it on a guitar. It's floral but whatever. Looks pretty good to me.

Here's what I did to my Mockingbird.

Just traced out the pattern, glued all the pieces down, and went nuts with the clear coat.

Took a while because paper doesn't work well going from a flat face to a curved edge.

Heavy coats of gloss to try and get it to look like porcelain.

One of the easier bits to do.

And done... I guess.

There's still a lot of wallpaper...

Might not work out too good with Fenders and all the contours (unless you're super patient), but a cheapo acoustic or something with sharp edges should be really easy to do if any this appeals to you.

cur · Post by **cur** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:24 am

+1 cool

good work

How did the seams work out?

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:46 am

That's awesome, I would totally rock that!

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:00 pm

doober314 wrote:
There's still a lot of wallpaper...

Looks as though it's melting into the wall in this shot.

There's a lot of guys over at reranch doing the same thing with fabric. They mostly do the front and back and then burst the edges.

How much clear did you have to use?

doober314 · Post by **doober314** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:08 pm

cur wrote:
How did the seams work out?

From a distance you can't really tell. Up close, those curved edges can look a mess. The wallpaper pattern hides it sort of well though. I'll try to get some pictures of that when I head back home.

cooterfinger wrote:
There's a lot of guys over at reranch doing the same thing with fabric. They mostly do the front and back and then burst the edges.

How much clear did you have to use?

I'll have to check out some of their guitars. I know I was trying to do something like the paisley telecaster. Thought it would look better without the burst, plus I don't know how to do a burst.

Probably used 2 or 3 cans of clear coat in the end.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:46 pm

haha, love it!

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:56 pm

Suits the 'Bird really well.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:47 pm

That's the perfect thing for a Rich.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:08 am

I was thinking about paisleying the tele body I ended up selling to Rhysyrhys. I think this looks really cool.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:19 pm

mezzio13 · Post by **mezzio13** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:23 pm

That's amazing looking! And such an unlikely combo to boot!

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:48 pm

very cool, i might want to try that on my next project.

rlm2112 · Post by **rlm2112** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:29 am

Haze wrote:

First thing I thought of

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:41 am

I love mockingbirds, i love the wallpaper look, win win!

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