Miro Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 haha, after two hours looking at a mother-of-pearl inlay on my guitar, trying to figure something cool and cheap, I got this method: You need: - Transparent glue (any that gets hard when dry) - Purple or glitter (I'm from Brazil, I dont know how they call that out there, it's a lot of very small metallic "dots" of any color... most used on children's school work) Do it: - fill the inlay a little with glue and some 'purple' - put glue over the 'purple' and more 'purple' - do it again - wait until it dries (24 hours) and check out In the end, the inlay gets really shiny when light bounces over it. Comments please. C ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 just done something simular with solder fillings and clear resin. Looks cool as. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo2 Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Idea is there... some pictures will help but... i can just see it looking like a block of glitter Perhaps its just me not being very imaganative... chuck some pictures up and we shall see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 It probably DOES look a lot like a block of glitter-- but a cool block of glitter. I've seen whole guitars with that look, and I think it's purdy cool. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Lots of people do this already, it's very handy for doing Celestial types of scene's. Larry Robinson does this quite a lot...well actually he uses anything that isn't nailed down ! Jem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gun Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 For people having no idea of what you're speaking about: some pictures or links please??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miro Posted July 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 I'll post some pics soon... maybe a pictorial how-to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Tutorials are always welcome here N maiden im with you on this one as well.. block of glitter it is.. bot hey its shiny so its got to be cool? ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Ok.. Edit feature still isnt back as of yet so double post it is to correct mistakes... Sorry GregP... it wasnt Maiden who mentioned glitter being cool hehe ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Now that's an idea! How 'bout some big ole bassboat gelcoat metalflake inlays? That would rule! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 (edited) It probably DOES look a lot like a block of glitter-- but a cool block of glitter. I've seen whole guitars with that look, and I think it's purdy cool. Greg ← You sure bout that? Clicky Lol. Just an example of what happens when its done wrong. Im sure these inlays look infinitly better than that mess of a bass. Edited August 6, 2005 by Marzocchi705 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Gadzooks, that's horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 no shine in this photo, but you get the idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 is that supposed to be a cloudy, moonlit sky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 is that supposed to be a cloudy, moonlit sky? ← you'll have to wait and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 Yeah, a tutorial for what you did rhoads would be great, especially a pictoral one... even if it's on a normal piece of wood, not a fretboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 Why do you need a tuturial? Seems pretty straight forward. Mix epoxy with lots of glitter, pour it into the cavities that you have routed for it, sand the fretboard, polish the fretboard. Now you have polished glitter inlays. So perry, does that "you'll have to wait," mean you put lights in the fretboard too? That's the vibe I'm getting. I'd like to see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 no thats another project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 Damn, you stole my idea already. Now I have to come up with something better than a backlit, moonlit, cloudy sky made from glitter and epoxy. I think it would be neat to make a solid colored guitar with a metal flake design painted on it that continues onto the neck as a glitter inlay. ...I guess you're going to take that idea too. Man, that's what I get for being vocal. Show us some pictures of the whole guitar you have that inlay on when you get it finished up. I'm interested to see how you tied it all together. Execution is everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 Re-read your own post. Think. Ok, there is now no need for me to post pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyspacemonkey Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Say I wanna put one of these "glitter" inlays onto the actual guitar body...would I pour the glitter glue in before or after i paint the body? Before would mean I'd have to mask it up when painting...which won't be easy considering my pattern...and after would mean I'd sand off some of the paint...it's a lose-lost situation lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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