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Re: RUSTED GUITAR FINISH

1/18/2000 4:20 PM
Doc	Re: RUSTED GUITAR FINISH How about making a sort of metalflake spray paint, but instead of glitter flakes, use iron powder. If you spray this powder mixed in a water based clear (StewMac catalog), the moisture will tend to rust the iron over a period of time. Be aware that iron oxide takes up about twice the space (volume) as pure iron, so don't spray it on thick. You could use actual iron oxide particles, like that in recording tape, but I think that's the pigment in brown primer anyway. Many special effects can be created using multiple shading layers and an air brush. I mean, if they can make paint look like flesh or chrome, they can surely make it look like rust stains. I have a candy apple red TexMex strat, built 3 years ago. It had developed a blotchy look under the transparent red layer. I surmised that the aluminum or bronze flake that was used in the metallic undercoating was contaminated with moisture, either before it was mixed into the clear, or it was sprayed with air that was not dry. Over a period of 2 years, the undercoating had tarnished. This was beneath color and clear coats of sealed poly paint!

1/18/2000 4:20 PM

Doc

Re: RUSTED GUITAR FINISH

How about making a sort of metalflake spray paint, but instead of glitter flakes, use iron powder. If you spray this powder mixed in a water based clear (StewMac catalog), the moisture will tend to rust the iron over a period of time. Be aware that iron oxide takes up about twice the space (volume) as pure iron, so don't spray it on thick. You could use actual iron oxide particles, like that in recording tape, but I think that's the pigment in brown primer anyway. Many special effects can be created using multiple shading layers and an air brush. I mean, if they can make paint look like flesh or chrome, they can surely make it look like rust stains.

I have a candy apple red TexMex strat, built 3 years ago. It had developed a blotchy look under the transparent red layer. I surmised that the aluminum or bronze flake that was used in the metallic undercoating was contaminated with moisture, either before it was mixed into the clear, or it was sprayed with air that was not dry. Over a period of 2 years, the undercoating had tarnished. This was beneath color and clear coats of sealed poly paint!

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