Members Freeman Keller Posted August 9, 2015 Members Share Posted August 9, 2015 I'm shooting the color coats on a build right now and am trying to decide when to stop. My customer wants a rich red, in his words "the finish has to be cherry red, but in a see-through way so the wood grain is visible, if the grain could be enhanced so it is darker and shine stronger through, it would be perfect". I've been working from a recipe for a '67 cherry ES335 and think it is close. If I continue to darken the red some of the grain will be lost. Obvious problems here are the lighting and camera so I've included several different shots. Outside in the shade outside in full sun on my workbench under fluorescent lights and one more on the workbench, this time with my cell phone camera - notice how much bluer the background is I can shoot another coat or two of the red which will make it darker but will also slightly obscure the figure in the wood. Once I stop with the red and start clear coating that will be the color that we end up with. For those of you following the build I'll post a little more detail on how we got here but for now I need to make a decision on how to proceed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cbh5150 Posted August 9, 2015 Members Share Posted August 9, 2015 Oh, my!!! If that was mine, I would stop right now, and give you a hug. SWEET!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted August 9, 2015 Members Share Posted August 9, 2015 Freeman, I think it's great where it's at - the aging of the clear will also richen it a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 Ditto. Ditto, ditto ditto! that thing will the be the pride of any player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 We seem to agree on this .It lloks great I love to see the grain swowing through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danhedonia Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 Already done - no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 I agree it's pretty nice as is... done & done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 i agree with the others, the cell phone pic made it for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 Okay, I'm home now and I can see the pics. In the words of the late Ralph Kramden, "Humma, Humma, Humma." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thatsbunk Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 perfect as is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 I'll say it again, beautiful, stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 Does he want standard cherry or wild cherry like the candy? Is there a way to highlight the figure before shooting the color coat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thatsbunk Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 I think the color will really pop as is once the binding is revealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 The 'full sun' says just right. I don't think you can judge anything under flourescent because they are not full spectrum. (see the bottom pic in this article)http://bealecorner.org/best/measure/cf-spectrum/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 With the body slightly lighter like that it makes it look like the 65 Epi Rivera I used to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted August 10, 2015 Members Share Posted August 10, 2015 Purely personal observation but much to "neon" for my taste. Nice job as always but aesthetically not my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I think it's done - start hitting it with the clear coats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted August 11, 2015 Members Share Posted August 11, 2015 I'd be very happy to own it. I hope your customer likes it as much as I do. Insights and incites by Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted August 11, 2015 Members Share Posted August 11, 2015 Done. Start with the clear. Looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted August 11, 2015 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2015 Thanks all. When I looked closely at it there was a little bit of orange peel in the surface and I had a little bit of the red still mixed so I hit it with 400 grit and shot one more well thinned coat of red. Then I pulled the tape so we're committed. There'll be more photos on the build thread when I can get some time to put them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 How big of a PITB is it to deal with binding when doing finishing? I guess we're about to find out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted August 11, 2015 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2015 How big of a PITB is it to deal with binding when doing finishing? I guess we're about to find out... I'm dealing with it now, will post pictures in the build thread. This one has served its purpose and I appreciate all the responses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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