keeping a filt-pen-finish?

straymond · #1 02-13-2006, 09:00 AM

I have a 270 which is modded with a edge, and dimarzios, and i couldn't get any sleep last night so i drew on it with a gold-filt-pen, and i must say it looks kinda cool!

anyhow, what kinda laquer should i use to keep the lines that i drew?

saTa · #2 02-13-2006, 12:10 PM

i'd say clear coat it but i got no clue :P

ryanb · #3 02-13-2006, 07:50 PM

That's probably a 2-part polyurethane (or maybe polyester) finish. I wouldn't try to put lacquer over it. Your best bet is probably to find someone to spray a 2-part poly clear over it for you.

ChopTart · #4 02-13-2006, 07:52 PM

why wouldn't a laquer work? wouldnt nitro-cellulose work to clear-coat?

vette6600 · #5 02-14-2006, 12:46 AM

can post some pics? sounds cool

straymond · #6 02-14-2006, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vette6600

can post some pics? sounds cool

I'll see what i can do!

straymond · #7 02-14-2006, 08:31 AM

lousy pic, but you get the idea...

vette6600 · #8 02-14-2006, 02:17 PM

thats killer. looks nice

ibanezcollector · #9 02-14-2006, 03:01 PM

here I blew it up and lightened it up as well

looks cool

j.arledge · #10 02-14-2006, 09:01 PM

wow that IS sort of cool , i thought by the way it sounded it was going to look bad but that definetly suprised me .

If all else fails you should be able to take all the parts off and take the body to an automotive repair/body work shop and have them do a couple of clear coats on it .

straymond · #11 02-15-2006, 07:20 AM

thanx guys! i think it was worth 20 minutes of work

Mystical Potato · #12 02-15-2006, 07:57 AM

I would get that so wrong lol. That does look really cool though!

dangomles · #13 02-15-2006, 08:22 AM

I dont have the nuts to do that.
Ended up pretty cool! Congratulations!

ibanez.shredder · #14 02-16-2006, 05:05 AM

I like it! Do the headstock as well, then take it to an automtive sprayer to have 2-pac polyurethane applied. Just be careful it doesn't eat away at the marker.

For posts above: Nitrocelluose yellows with age, is a royal PITA to ever get off, and i hate it in general. Laquer isn't much better.

frankfalbo · #15 02-16-2006, 10:31 AM

HA! I love that. It looks like an Etch-A-Sketch.

I don't know what you have over there, but here there's something in a can called Defthane. (company name Deft) It works pretty well over paint pens and that sort of thing, and it will stick to Ibanez' poly finish too. You could shoot it with satin or gloss, or satin first as a sealer, to defract the light and soften the mild inconsistencies in the pen image (which I think are cool by the way) and then follow it up with gloss. It takes days/weeks to cure but it's pretty hard for a rattle can.