AprilEthereal777 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Brazilian is definately very easy to work with, but i prefer the tone of other timbers myself. I dislike QLD Maple, but that may be because Ive always had bad experiences with the merchants. To get a nice light blue, you need nice light coloured timber. I'll probably post up a thread for the blue guitar soon, but otherwise just go to my website and view it in the diary. You'll see the maple is VERY white. The get a blue over a non white surface, you'll need to tint the clear. Thanks a heap for this insight Perry. That certainly opens up some options for me with available tonewoods. If you ever want the 'secret' on good QLD Maple supplies....PM me! Off to http://www.ormsbyguitars.com/ for a look see......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 you can mask, but scraping looks cleaner in the end. I use a blade of some sort, mostly an exacto knife, but a chisel if its there and handy. Candy can be stain/dye + lacquer, or actual candy paints. It just needs to be suspended over lacquer, and not touching the wood itself. There is a clear coat over the light blue, although I didnt get a photo. If you know what Im talking about with my method, and you use it on your own builds, credit me why? you didn't invent the candy process, maybe you should be crediting whoever did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 I'm pretty sure he meant the way he does it. Not everyone paints the same way. Just like staining. I always credit David Myka, he was the one that I talked to to get the hang of it, now I added my little spin to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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