@russ Exactly. And by complete coincidence, that is the name of this particular purple candy paint. 💜✨✨✨✨🎸

@russ Oh good, I’m glad you said that. Lava lamp is what I was going for, it’s that ‘60s and ‘70s look I’m after. A Jimi tribute, even though he never...

Time for some clear coat.

Time for the third coat and to pull the masking. Nice clean, sharp edges to the paint.

Second coat.

I altered the masking on the front (top) slightly and got some purple on. Slowly building up the layers of candy purple.

@tv101 Sorry I couldn’t make it, my life is chaos right now. 🙃 I will endeavour to join in with online activities and demos in the future, whenever...

@robin Thanks for the tip, I’ll bear it in mind nearer the time. 👍

Right, I’ve pulled my finger out and remasked this guitar body, ready for more paint. I’ll get purple candy on it tomorrow, unmask it and seal it in w...

@robin Someone bought me that exact same book last year and I’ll be doing the same as you and build some out of whatever detritus I can repurpose.

@clinton Cool dude! 😎✊

@clinton Go Jimi 🤘😎🤘🎸 Sounds great, I love those pickups. I’ve got a few too, I’ll be using them in future build coming soon later this year.

@bpower Excellent, I really happy it worked for you, it looks great. 👍

Continued excellent word @koendb 👍

@rocknroller912 I have an old acoustic knocking around somewhere with no truss rod, it does not play well. Lots of string buzz, it may have a back bow...

@rocknroller912 How interesting. Thanks for all of this info and input. 👍

@bpower I dare not show you. This is a family forum. 😆

My favourite song for this afternoon.

I’m just trying a few brute force techniques. 💪🏋️‍♂️