India Ink on Alder strat body

[LushTone]

I thought I'd improv a little on this. After not loving how the India ink built up (it looked a little paintier than expected), I decided to sand it back a little. Liking the progress I kept going till I could see some wood. I used the 320 block, but it kept filling up with the ink dust, despite vacuuming it out often. This resulted in the dust acting as a sort of polishing rouge, so I then used a synthetic wool (fine grit - 0) to scuff up the surface. I have a good feeling about this and will be doing the poly in the next few days.  :guitaristgif:

 

[LushTone]

Ok, got a couple of nice coats on after jigging up a way to suspend the body. Not bad so far. I plan on doing a few more coats and start assembling the guitar in the next week.

 

[Great Ape]

I like that look! :icon_thumright:

 

[Luthier Vandross]

I like that look! :icon_thumright:

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[musicispeace]

Wow LushTone, clever approach. Very interesting, I never would have thought of ink. Looks like its turning out cool. Congrats.