Hi,

I'm not making anything from carbon fibre, I just stopped by to see if anyone has any experience or advice to offer on using the epoxy coating resin to finish electric guitar bodies specifically, but I guess any sort of wooden artifact.

I have a few guitar builds in the pipeline that will be made from fairly porous spalted beech, so I figured a good solid epoxy might perform better than the usual spray on clear coats.  This is just an off-cut of unfinished wood I've been using for test purposes.



I read in the product description, "Each layer of resin will also make a perfectly clear transition to the next meaning that multiple layers can be built up whilst still preserving excellent clarity," but I subsequently found in the FAQ, "Our epoxy coating resin is designed more to be a tough coating rather than an optically clear glossing resin," so I'm interested to see how clear it actually is.  I'm hoping it doesn't colour the wood too much.

It'll be a few weeks before I get to this stage, but I'll be sure to stop by with some pictures once I'm done.

Cheers,
Jez

The resin is very clear, it won't give too much colour to the wood. Epoxies tend to be a bit yellow, so when they are applied in very thick coatings or as a casting then you can see a bit of a yellowish tinge. But if you have an even coating then you won't notice it at all, especially on that wood. 

I have used the same type of Birch with the striping from fungus attacks (thats what it is !!)  The wood is not nearly as stable as "clean birch" so I would recommend "stabilizing" it with vacuum and infusion resin when shaped and sanded down .. then sand down this and apply coating resin, or better still get someone to clear coat it with 2 comp. polyurethane  (Car paint shop..)

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All good input. Cheers, guys.