Inlay coloring

[dickicker]

Has anyone every tried to paint over their inlays? Reason I am asking, I have a RGex1 and I hate the dark colored inlays. I want them to be white. Has anyone every tried to color them with anything? I don;t think any kinda paint would hold up. I figured it would just rub off. I have inlay decals on a guitar and those are fine. I can't seem to find the exact Sharktooth design stick inlays though. So I'm looking for some way to make the inlays white. Any help is much appreciated.

[Steeler]

All that immediately comes to mind is that if you were crazy enough you could scallop it shallowly and then paint over them.

EDIT: oops, that guitar has binding.

[silverctr]

Originally Posted by Steeler

All that immediately comes to mind is that if you were crazy enough you could scallop it shallowly and then paint over them.

EDIT: oops, that guitar has binding.

If its anything like my RG2EX2, the binding is just painted on.

[dickicker]

haha, It might be. But it looks to pretty to mess with. I just hate the dark grey inlays. Oh well. Firewood neck?

[silverctr]

Originally Posted by dickicker

haha, It might be. But it looks to pretty to mess with. I just hate the dark grey inlays. Oh well. Firewood neck?

I'd probably experiment with some sort of paint or dyes before scrapping the neck.

[sebastian]

You could remove the inlays with a small drill bit,
then fill the holes with colored epoxy and sand it smooth.

[dickicker]

Originally Posted by sebastian

You could remove the inlays with a small drill bit,
then fill the holes with colored epoxy and sand it smooth.

Yeah, too much work for a $50 neck. I;m looking for the easy way out lol

[Philboski]

How about......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shark-Tooth-...item1c2a999f35

[dickicker]

lol Those look super cheap. Trust me, I would just get decals but those are not the same size as the inlays that are on there.

[GUITARMAGEDDON]

decals. I've used them multiple times and work great. 1/2000th of an inch thick I think.. from best-decal, not sure if they have that shape though

[dickicker]

Originally Posted by GUITARMAGEDDON

decals. I've used them multiple times and work great. 1/2000th of an inch thick I think.. from best-decal, not sure if they have that shape though

Exactly. I have ordered from them a million times. I was about to email them to ask if they can copy the exact size. There stuff Is great!