Hi from Leeds.......into guitar related stuff!!!

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Misterkevster	Misterkevster posted 8 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 7, Visits: 101	Hi folks ....newby from Leeds....hoping to make some faux tortoiseshell sheet material, and it seems that epoxy is the way! Ideally, sheets would be app. 20cm by 12cm, and thickness being in the region of 0.7mm. Possibly using an amber resin base, with drops of resin pre-coloured in browns/black. Had the idea of using a float glass bed, with cling film applied, (to form the sheet) and perhaps hairspray as a releasing agent....but this all from info. I've picked up on the net! ....So....which resin would members recommend, along with any tips on colouring?? BTW....I'm making a pickguard for a flat top acoustic guitar....like this....! ....any thoughts much appreciated! I've just realised I've gone straight to something specific...when the idea was to say hello...."Hello!!" Many thanks Kev Edited 8 Years Ago by Misterkevster
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Matt (Staff)	Matt (Staff) posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 680, Visits: 1.9K	Can't leave an introduction without a welcome! - Welcome to the forum For your pick guard, I would suggest our GlassCast Epoxy Surface Resin (amazing stuff, cures to a perfect gloss surface finish, UV stable, etc...) which you could achieve the tortoiseshell effect with by mixing some different translucent tinting pigments into tiny batches of the GlassCast and then combining them creatively, much as you suggest. You might want to experiment with a layer of lightweight glass cloth that you pour the resin onto to add some tensile strength to the guard (so it can be peeled off, packed and shipped more safely. A glass cloth like this will go pretty-much transparent in the resin matrix so should not interfere with your ideas for the tortoiseshell pigmentation. And, as for your release surface - just get a sheet of standard glass (float, like you say would be fine) and coat it with Easy-Lease Chemical Release Agent - you'll find you can get release after release from the glass coated in this way. Can't wait to hear how you get on with this. It should be an interesting use for the GlassCast. Matt Statham Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Sales Tags epoxy glass cloth guitar pick guard Edited 8 Years Ago by Matt (Staff)
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davro	davro posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 300, Visits: 2.2K	Hi Kev Welcome to the forums David Stevens YouTube: Comment \| Rate \| Subscribe Instagram Composite Projects Body Package for Dax Rush RC Car Touring Body 1/10 Scale
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Misterkevster	Misterkevster posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 7, Visits: 101	Thanks Fellas....I'd come to the conclusion that GlassCast might be the way to go. Since I'm going for such a thin layer (0.7mm say), would wonder whether cloth....no matter how lightweight...would be suitable. Additionally.....I'm hoping the resultant 'sheet' wont be brittle/crack easily...sinc it would need to be cut to shape. Hoping to get some this week, and give it a try!! Kev
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Boss	Boss posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 15, Visits: 185	Hey Kev...I'm a guitar builder myself!
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Misterkevster	Misterkevster posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 7, Visits: 101	Hi Boss ....don't visit very often....but Hello!! To be fair......I've done a bit of co-building....and stick to the easier bits!! Are you into acoustics and/or electrics?? Kev
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Boss	Boss posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 15, Visits: 185	Done a bit of both! I've attached some pictures of the last one I built for a guy in CA who was giving it to his girlfriend as a Christmas gift. Pretty much everything I do is neck through the body, even on my hollow bodies and arch tops. I laminate my necks with 8 plys of VG running vertically and scarf joint the peg head on. You'll see the veneered pin stripe through the middle, which also includes two single plays of carbon fiber to give it additional strength.
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