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silly_rabbit_band wrote:I would shell out some money to have you petrify one of my guitars.

Fran will do it for some knee ointment and a 6 pack of lager. Or just have the guitar wake him up to offer him a glass of whiskey.

silly_rabbit_band wrote: This is beautiful, your a brilliant artist, even the cat play area you made is class! I would shell out some money to have you petrify one of my guitars.

Thanks. If you, or anyone else are interested in having something modified or built, send me an email; I would be happy to work something out. I added a biography to my website that lists most of the things that I do, but I am always open to trying something new.

I am unemployed at the moment, and I would like to be able to take this a lot further and built up some clientele.

The copper body binding is almost done. I used .25", 30 gauge copper stripping that is normally used for stained glass.

The polyurethane based glue that I had to use expands, and is a bit messy. I have some cleaning up to do, although it will be topped with a thick coat of clear, so I am not sure how much it will matter.

Teisco is dominating the first page.

wow. splendid work.

Narco Martenot wrote:

This is fantastic, I don't think I've ever seen a finish like this before... The copper looks a lot better than I originally thought it would, too.

Did it take a long time to get the petrified finish? It looks quite difficult. Good work!!

This is an amazing project!!!! really awesome!

Mityushikha wrote:

Narco Martenot wrote:

This is fantastic, I don't think I've ever seen a finish like this before... The copper looks a lot better than I originally thought it would, too.

Did it take a long time to get the petrified finish? It looks quite difficult. Good work!!

Yes, it is very difficult. Most of the actual hand painting took a few weeks or so. Overall, with the clear coats, it takes about a month and a half to three months to complete because there are so many layers.

For future projects, I think I am going to switch to a polyurethane clear -- I just need to figure out which one to use. The reason being is that I would like these finishes to be as durable as possible. Not to mention that stuff dries a lot more quickly, so it would make things go a lot more smoothly.

In the last photo with the binding, the paint is actually flat from wetsanding, so it looks lot more dull and depth-less than it will when it's finished.

I really like the sides of it, for real.

A photo I took at the request of my girlfriend.

I've been experimenting with copper patina. I was able to get some really great blue colours that I will use for some of the parts of this guitar.





I will post some new photos of parts soon. I've been busy applying clear coats and things like that, so there has not been much to show, although a lot of work has been going on.

all the photos you take with you in them remind me of "a clockwork orange" for some reason.

keep up the good work.

those patinas are beautiful, they remind me of satellite pictures of lakes.

Yeah, goes great with the petrified finish.

Mo wrote: all the photos you take with you in them remind me of "a clockwork orange" for some reason.

I think it's more like NM lives in a Wes Anderson film and somehow manages to post in our reality.

Narco Martenot wrote:

Mityushikha wrote:

Narco Martenot wrote:

This is fantastic, I don't think I've ever seen a finish like this before... The copper looks a lot better than I originally thought it would, too.

Did it take a long time to get the petrified finish? It looks quite difficult. Good work!!

Yes, it is very difficult. Most of the actual hand painting took a few weeks or so. Overall, with the clear coats, it takes about a month and a half to three months to complete because there are so many layers.

For future projects, I think I am going to switch to a polyurethane clear -- I just need to figure out which one to use. The reason being is that I would like these finishes to be as durable as possible. Not to mention that stuff dries a lot more quickly, so it would make things go a lot more smoothly.

In the last photo with the binding, the paint is actually flat from wetsanding, so it looks lot more dull and depth-less than it will when it's finished.

Yeah I'd definitely agree with using a more durable finish, I'd hate to take a chunk out of that... I hope we get to see the finished guitar soon

Some updates:

Control knobs -- the photo turned out poorly, but the tops are VERY smooth -- they look really nice in person:


Neck after a fresh coat of paint:










Ankylosaurus engraved pickguard:

i really like the knobs.
wonder about overall weight of this stuff?

I just piled everything on the digital scale, minus the tuners, screws, and control pots, it weighed in at 3.8 pounds.

I think stock, the guitar was less than 3 pounds.

This is turning out beautifully! I love the overall vibe of the guitar.

Disaster has struck... somewhat.

It was about 85 degrees here yesterday. I had a bad feeling about applying a clear coat to the body and neck while it was that hot and sunny. I've never, ever had any issues before, but something told me to not paint... But I did anyway.

The neck bubbled in a very strange way, and left craters all over the neck that melted down to the very first coat.

I couldn't believe it. I mean, it kind of looks neat, but I obviously don't want something like that on the neck. It is going to require a lot of work to fix this. Oh well, I guess.

shit. that's terrible. the same thing happened to me this summer when i was working on a refinish. hot, humid day and i was a bit too eager to get everything done. my paint cracked and turned to rubber all the way through. its especially sad because the thicker the paint is, the worse the effect. the body had to be sanded all the way back down and restarted from scratch. such a bummer.