The white guitar phase 2

The black dye kinda all came off in the cleaning process. And what a tedious fucking process it is, I tell you. Next time someone says they're bored, remind them they aren't in a 90 degree garage picking white paint out of the grain of a rosewood board. :embarrassed:

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This one is more accurate in the color.

And the piece in the background there is the control cavity cover. It already has clear lacquer on it. That shows the final, darker color. It's kind of a butterscotch. I call it "parchment." :lol:
That's for my marketing department.
 
The paint I used is primitive as hell and does not look like a modern, consistently toned finish. It has specks, streaks and blotches all through it that look neat. The pigments I used are both "earth pigments" made from minerals. The ones here are "flake white," which makes it opaque and, duh, white. The reason it's more cream colored here is because the base shellac is so dark to begin with. Use enough flake white and you can make pure white. I also added a little chrome yellow, also a mineral pigment, to color it a bit more.
Keeping the stuff mixed up is a constant job as it is merely in suspension in the shellac and not dissolved.
This pic shows some nice gradation. The neck now has one coat of clear lacquer on it.

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And if you ever wondered how clear is clear lacquer, the appearance of this dried run should clue you in on how yellow it really is.

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All jokes aside EG, we are all pulling for you. Hope this works out, and you can start playing it.
 
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