Paint Set, Varnish & Dye - Ceruse Effect

THIS PAINT KIT IS SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR OPEN PORE WOOD BODY SUCH AS ASH OR MAHOGANY.

CREATE AN AMAZING CERUSE EFFECT BY COLORING THE BODY AND THE GRAIN ANY WAY YOU LIKE USING WATERBASE VARNISH AND DYE.

This painting set contains all you need to paint your guitar kit in translucent and enhance the beauty of ash or mahogany wood by tinted the grain with one color and the body with any other color. This finishing set contains what you need to get the results shown on the picture: 2 bottles of dye of the color of your choice, a metallic brush, 1 Liter of sealer, a grain filler and 1 Liter of varnish. This is enough to paint both your guitar body and Neck.

When selecting your paint products, some are optionals. We have pre-selected for you the optional products that are highly recommended to obtain a nice finish. We invite you to re-adjust at your convenience based on product description below and in particular to choose yourself the required products, such as colors and varnishes.

*Finishing guitar products include VAT. Free shipping for a total order >£230 for UK destinations.

*A complete user guide will be provided by email upon request

 

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Paint Set, Varnish & Dye -  Ceruse Effect
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    PROCESS OVERVIEW
    1. Sanding: Select sanding set to sand guitar body and neck until P400 grit (optional),
    2. Brushing: Use the provided metallic brush to increase the grain depth
    3. Tint the body with the color of your choice: Apply the selected dye several time to create an intense coloration of the body wood
    4. Sealed: Apply 2 to 3 layer of clear sealer
    5. Mixing grain filler and your color dye: mix the provided grain filler with the 2nd selected dye to create a paste that you will apply on the body: it fills the pore of the wood an creates the ceruse effect,
    6. Varnish: use the waterbase varnish to reveal further the beauty of the wood and protect your guitar.
    7. Polishing (optional): Select the polishing kit to get this extra shine and mirror effect for your guitar.

     

    PRODUCT SELECTION

    1. Selecting Materials
    The guitar finish materials we propose can be needed if you don’t have it already. Please look to each product individually in the Materials category to understand better the uuse of each products we propose here:
    - Sanding Paper Set is definitely something you will need (if you don’t have it). During the painting of your guitar you will have to sand your wood several times to make sure to have a smooth and perfect finish.
    - Copper Tape is needed to remove electromagnetic interference and make sure that your pick-up will provide a clean sound without background noise.
    - Sample Wood can be very usefull if you purchase a guitar kit with ash or mahogany. It will be exactly the same wood so you can try your finish upfront to make sure you will have it right when doing it on your guitar body and neck.
    - Gloves and Brush are available if you dont have it and you want to apply the varnish with a brush and keep your hands clean.
    - Rechargeable Spray and Recharge is something you might want to consider if you purchase nitrocellulse, polyurethane or waterbase varnish in bottle and don't have a spray gun. Although you can achieve very good results using a brush, It will allow homogeneous and simpler application of the paint and varnish. One suggestion is to use brush and only use rechargeable spray for the last few coats of varnish.

    2. Wood Preparation
    In this paint kit you will have already everithing you need: a grain filler, a clear sealer and a metallic brush.The sealer and grain filler will be needed to apply the ceruse technique and in the mean time will permit you toget a perfect smooth finish. The Metallic Brush is something you will need in The Guitar Fabric process to increase the ceruse effect.

    3. Coloring the Wood
    Select 2 colors to paint the body and the neck and still show the beauty of the wood of the guitar:
    - 1x dye of the color of your choice is needed to paint the body
    - 1x dye of the color of your choice is needed to paint the grain
    Note that you will have left over of the selected dye which you can use for the neck, headstock, etc.

    4. Varnishing Guitar Body & Neck
    1 Liter of varnish is more than enough to get a good finish for both the neck and the guitar body: and ~600mL for the body.
    - ~600mL for the guitar body
    - ~400mL for the guitar neck
    Note that you can select matt or gloss finish. Using a brush along with sanding with different level of sanding paper will provide you excellent finish. Still you can use the rechargeable spray if you prefer for the last coats for instance to make sure to have a homogeneous and apply thin layer of varnish.

    5. Polishing the Guitar Body & Neck (Optional)
    To get a super high gloss, a mirror effect, a protective layer, we recommend the polishing set. Still you will get already a very good results without it but it enhance further the finish of your guitar.

    6. Comments
    Additional details can be found on each products available in the Guitar Finishing category . Also a complete user guide will be provided when requested by email.

     

    *SELECTING VARNISH BETWEEN POLYURETHANE, WATERBASE & NITROCELLULOSE FOR YOUR TOP COAT

    Each type of varnish we propose has its advantages and disadvantages:

    - Water-based finish is environmentally friendly and non-toxic: you can paint in more confined spaces such as a garage without any protection. Water-based varnish ages very well without changing colour and retains the colour of your wood, but tends to "flatten" the grain slightly, giving it a little less relief than nitrocellulose or polyurethane solutions. This is a very good solution for beginner, first guitar painter and low budget as it is easy to apply and you won't need protective materials or allocated space to paint your guitar.

    - Nitrocellulose is very toxic so you will need protective gloves, googles and respiratory mask as well as a specific environment wit fan or paint outside. It is what was used in the 60s for mass production. Nitrocellulose has a tendency to yellow or crack over time creating the famous relic or vintage look and are easy to get a scratch. It offers also a more intense shine than polyurethane and it is said that the wood "breathes" better when thin paint applied. This type of finish is advised for intermediate guitar painter (or even beginner if you use the spray can propose in our other painting kit products). In particular it will provide you a different finish to what is commercially available but remind that it is more fragile and easy to scratch it. Finally if you are looking for a vintage or relic look and want to see your guitar age over time, a nitrocellulose finish is definitely what you need.

    - Polyurethane finish is very toxic as nitrocellulose which means that you will need protective materials as Nitrocellulose. Polyurethane is very durable (this is the finish you will find in the music shop), does not ages, crack and dry quickly. Hower some people think that the guitar sounds or breathes a little less than nitrocellulose. Its application is also a bit more difficult as you need to mix it with a hardener. From there you have about 2 hours before the mixture hardens. This type of finish is recommended for intermediate to expert guitar painter (so for people who have already painted a guitar) and want a finish like you would find in today's music shops.

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