How do I shot pearloid web?

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:08 am

Basically, I want to know how to apply a pearloid finish like the above. It looks fantastic, and I want to know.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:11 am

I'm guessing that's a plastic veneer that's just glued on.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:15 am

How easy is that to do, then? I know Brandoni make pearloid covered strat bodies, but they're rather expensive.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:25 am

I don't really know, but I'm guessing that if you could find the pearloid plastic veneer, it would be pretty easy. Just cut it and glue it on. Although I suppose if you didn't want the added thickness you'd have to plane the body down a bit.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:28 am

Nah, actually, looking at it again, the plastic curves round the contours and meets, so it's like a moulded casing around the guitar. That'd be way harder, and not something I think you could do yourself. Unless you have a vacuum moulding device?

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:29 am

Gavin wrote:Nah, actually, looking at it again, the plastic curves round the contours and meets, so it's like a moulded casing around the guitar. That'd be way harder, and not something I think you could do yourself. Unless you have a vacuum moulding device?

Damn, it's like silverising lego pieces.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:33 am

Gavin wrote:Nah, actually, looking at it again, the plastic curves round the contours and meets, so it's like a moulded casing around the guitar. That'd be way harder, and not something I think you could do yourself. Unless you have a vacuum moulding device?

That's what I was thinking too.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:09 am

I thought that sort of thing was basically just a sticker over the finish. I've seen pictures of guitar with shiny/flashy/holographic bits on it and every time it was a sticker. I don't know for sure if this thing is but it looks that way to me.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:06 pm

Good question, I'm just as curious.

Warmoth just added this to their showcase, and you gotsa wonder how it's done:

Post by **Hurb** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:13 pm

lookin at the warmoth, it looks like its a veneer. but i reckon you could find some pearl lookin paper and do a paisley type finnish.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:49 pm

I don't know how thay do it, but paper is a good answer.

Notice Warmouth only did the front. Wrapping the edges is the beyotches. I wonder if you got pearly in a single layer how bendy it would be--might not be bad. I would like to see it on a Tele with a sharply delineated edge, better still with binding. Then it would have a natural stopping point.

I don't think I would want to encase an entire guitar in thick plastic unless it was to make a statement that all differences in wood tones are a hoax on electric guitars. Does the difference matter, and will anyone hear it from my basement? That sort of thing.

Mr Mustache · Post by **Mr Mustache** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:55 pm

a guy i know has a strat covered in TWEED!

it's awesome I wish i had pictures

found it here: http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6174