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hugh · . Joined: 20 Dec 2009 Posts: 246 Location: the antipodes

I've got a dopey idea for a project. Want to reshape my first bass (bought 15 years ago?) into something more offset/jag-like. Headstock would be a biatch to reshape, but I always though that it looked cool. The body is hella late 90s new metal. That top horn is too long for my tastes. Wanna get the pickups going to separate channels and do some guitar amp/bass amp/separate effects chains tomfoolery.

Anyways, I want to get a couple of coats of paint on there in contrasting colours, the topcoat being a bit brittle. Not looking to do the relic with a screwdriver thing, just want something that will take dings and bumps well. Fuck it, maybe get a whole rainbow of coats on the mofo, that'd look sweet.

What should I do? Get each coat to a high gloss so that the next layer doesn't adhere to it as well? Put a layer of wax/some sort of soft finish between coats so the paint is on a malleable foundation?
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Dave · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:47 am Post subject:

I don't really know, but an alternative is crackle paints. You put on a coat of , let dry, and then a second colour that reacts and dries with cracks. A friend did it to a guitar, and I believe they are a certain brand. She called them Crackle paints, so gooogle that!
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hugh · . Joined: 20 Dec 2009 Posts: 246 Location: the antipodes

Cheers. From what I can tell you can get a crackle effect by putting a layer of glue between coats of paint, or use some crackle specific solution. Not quite the look I'm going for. I'm hoping to get a finish that ages super quick to reveal the lower layers.
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NickD · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:47 pm Post subject:

If you don't prep the original surface very well the paint won't adhere properly, that may get the effect you are after, but TBH just paint it properly with nitro and then bash it about a bit, that way it will look natural.

JohnnyTheBoy · . Joined: 04 Feb 2011 Posts: 539 Location: Middle England

I used this Polyvine stuff on my tv cabinet with good results..

Instructions

Hope that helps!

Tv cabinet..well, DVD player etc...

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jculpjr · . Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 561

No idea if this would work- but what about painting the body normally and then put it in a freezer for a few hours- then throw it in an oven at 200 degrees or so.

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h8mtv · . Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 1020 Location: Virginia

Here's how I've done it.

Heat the finish with a heat gun, then spray it with canned air until frosty shit spews out. Crackle goodness.
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