Custom Chambered Pupleheart/Figured Maple Build
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dmraco
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I has a change of plans. I cannot use a tom-stop on this. Too much neck angle needed and poor planning on my part. I will need a strat style bridge. Still going to use some brass!!!
Neck is ordered....what else...purple heart and maple. I will let the shape be a surprise.
Neck is ordered....what else...purple heart and maple. I will let the shape be a surprise.
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"No plan survives first contact with the enemy" as von Moltke used to say... I am so very intrigued to see this progress, it's going to be very cool and unique!
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It's easy, and it doesn't take much. Depending on how hot/humid it is, you'll use between a 1% to 5% mixture.
Lacquer dries by evaporation, so the hotter or drier it is in your paint area, the faster it dries. Get a high-temp low humidity day, and the stuff will practically dry coming out of the gun. Since it skins over so fast, air and moisture gets trapped under the surface and that's what causes the dreaded "blush".
Retarder slows down (retards) the evaporation speed of the vehicle/solvent/thinner (acetone) by raising its boiling point, so the lacquer has a chance to get on the target and stay wet long enough for any microscopic air/moisture bubbles caused by atomization and/or condensation at the gun to escape.
A shot glass is close enough for rock 'n' roll when mixing, as it's not hyper-critical. 1 shot roughly equals 1% in a gallon. I usually mix by in a quart jar, so I'll do half lacquer, half acetone, and a shot of retarder. Gives me a roughly 50% lacquer retarded 4%, which works out pretty good with my rig and my painting style in moderate humidity and upper 80s to mid 90s temps. But, I'm sure everybody does it slightly differently because you have different spray guns, different pressures, different painting styles due to pattern selection, etc.
Lacquer dries by evaporation, so the hotter or drier it is in your paint area, the faster it dries. Get a high-temp low humidity day, and the stuff will practically dry coming out of the gun. Since it skins over so fast, air and moisture gets trapped under the surface and that's what causes the dreaded "blush".
Retarder slows down (retards) the evaporation speed of the vehicle/solvent/thinner (acetone) by raising its boiling point, so the lacquer has a chance to get on the target and stay wet long enough for any microscopic air/moisture bubbles caused by atomization and/or condensation at the gun to escape.
A shot glass is close enough for rock 'n' roll when mixing, as it's not hyper-critical. 1 shot roughly equals 1% in a gallon. I usually mix by in a quart jar, so I'll do half lacquer, half acetone, and a shot of retarder. Gives me a roughly 50% lacquer retarded 4%, which works out pretty good with my rig and my painting style in moderate humidity and upper 80s to mid 90s temps. But, I'm sure everybody does it slightly differently because you have different spray guns, different pressures, different painting styles due to pattern selection, etc.
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Interesting stop tail, never seen a curved one as such...DMRACO said:
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I sprayed the final nitro coats. Here is a pick of the side plates. Great flame on this purple heart. Now the hardest part, waiting for it to cure.
This is the first body I have not put any kind of dye, paint, or flake on. The wood was so amazing it speaks for itself.
This is the first body I have not put any kind of dye, paint, or flake on. The wood was so amazing it speaks for itself.
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I agree. Doesn't look excessive, but black ones wouldn't advertise their presence as much if it bothers you.
My dad was the original "too many fasteners" guy. If 5 were good, 15 were better, and 50 were just about right. "That oughta hold the little bugger!!" he'd say. He built a set of swinging doors one time that weighed so much by the time he was done that they wouldn't swing. Used gravity hinges, and the weight just made them gall :laughing7:
My dad was the original "too many fasteners" guy. If 5 were good, 15 were better, and 50 were just about right. "That oughta hold the little bugger!!" he'd say. He built a set of swinging doors one time that weighed so much by the time he was done that they wouldn't swing. Used gravity hinges, and the weight just made them gall :laughing7:
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Very cool, I like the look of the screws, it gives it that mechanical look or industrial look...I see something else there too... :laughing7:
I eagerly await pictures of your purpleheart / maple neck!
