Texas Tea

[Tonar8352]

That's right; Black Gold!!
I have done several gold finishes over the years and generally use black as a base coat for the gold powder. The gold has to be layered to build the opacity needed to bury the black and I can't tell you how many times I wished I could shoot clear after the black received it's first dusting of gold powder. Well I took care of that by doing one for myself. So this is what I did to produce my version of Black Gold.
Vintage style alder Strat body sealed with clear.

2 coats of gloss black lacquer.

Level sanded with 320 abrasive.

Dusted with gold powder.

This is as close as I can get to getting a picture that represents what it looks like after the clear is shot on.

Here is full body shot but I really need to figure out a way to get a good shot of what it really looks like because it looks unbelievable!!

 

[TBurst Std]

Sweeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bagman67]

Oh my.  That's quite lovely.


Do you have a dedicated gun for powder?  I recall you opining elsewhere that you prefer not to shoot the stuff because it never fully cleans up.

 

[dmraco]

I love flake.  What size did you use???

Looks cool

 

[Tonar8352]

Bagman, you remember well. I do not spray powder out of my guns but I do use aerosol. This is the ReRanch Les Paul Original Gold.

 

[dmraco]

Well that explains it.

I take out the screens in my guns when I use powder.  Always run a few ounces of pure lacquer thinner usually cleans it all up. 

 

[swarfrat]

Tonar, rattle can? Glad I don't have any money riding on a wager on that one.

 

[stratamania]

That looks great, I can only imagine what it looks like up close.

 

[line6man]

This might be one of the coolest finshes I have ever seen.  :headbang1:

 

[Updown]

Love it  :headbang:

Looks great 

Tonar you might need to do a video moving around it, to show the real effect, it's like the Metallic or Harlequin colours.
I have a Metallic Tobacco Burst and it's hard to show the real effect of it in a pic.

Great work as usual  :icon_thumright:

 

[dmraco]

I am glad to see Tonar experimenting with this finish.  As anyone who know me I am a HUGE fan of flake and have used it as a major part of my finishes.  But even subtle hints make the difference.  This is a simple red to dark red burst.  The flake adds so much.

 

[Jet-Jaguar]

That is really nice, and not something you see every day.

 

[phred]

Very cool.

 

[Tonar8352]

Doug nailed it on the neck plate for the Texas Tea Strat. Thank you Doug!!!!!

 

[bbl4ck]

That is a really, really cool and beautiful :glasses9: finish Tonar!
Cannot wait to see her complete.
Keep the picks a rollin' and  :rock-on:

 

[Tonar8352]

Here she is finished and assembled. This thing is really hard to get good pictures of so this is the best I could do.
This is a nice shot of the neck.

Doug's work attached to the body. Great job Doug.

Full rear view.

This is about as close a representation of what the color looks like.

 

[DangerousR6]

Thank you Greg, that is one stunning strat...The neck fits perfectly with that color.. :guitarplayer2:

 

[stratamania]

Now that just looks the bees knees.  :rock-on:

 

[sixstringsamurai]

Thats is about the best looking Strat I've seen.
Clean, and curly....
Nice work. :icon_thumright:

 

[dmraco]

Looks great.  Love the neck too. Flake is so hard to capture.  I am sure the photos do not do it justice...