Red Glitter Guitar with Embed
In this video we take a practice level electric guitar and glitter it and flood coat the surface with epoxy. We also show you how to embed a glittered design into the surface.
Skill level: Advanced
Skill level: Advanced
Comments:
This project can become very difficult if you are not careful. Here are some tips to avoid some pitfalls.
1. Make sure that you smooth your glitter with either a foam brush or a good quality bristle brush. When using a brush small hairs can come out and make a mess of your surface.
2. If you do need to sand the back of the guitar be very careful not to sand into the paint. Also, if you sand into the glitter and you were using colored glitters, you can sand the color off. When this happens it will reveal the silver base to the glitter. If you see silver after sanding, be prepared to go to extra lengths to cover those silver specks with your colored glitter (in a new fresh coat).
3. Be sure to sand the back as flat as you can without digging into the base paint. The more careful you are to get the back smooth, the better the back will look. Remember- you cannot do a real flood on the back so you will have to give yourself every advantage to start with a smooth flat surface. You can do multiple coats in order to achieve that nice glass like surface.
4. If you don't mind having a hard "joint line" between the back and the side you can use tape. Be very careful to run the tape along the bottom edge and when the epoxy drips down, it will attach itself to the tape and not the bottom of the guitar. Just be sure to remove the tape before the epoxy does its final set. If you do not, the tape will permanently attach itself to the surface (it is a mess when this happens. Doing the tape trick avoids all the brushing and in a way to creates a barrier for the back epoxy to hit against. You will see the line so take your time taping and make it look nice and clean.
1. Make sure that you smooth your glitter with either a foam brush or a good quality bristle brush. When using a brush small hairs can come out and make a mess of your surface.
2. If you do need to sand the back of the guitar be very careful not to sand into the paint. Also, if you sand into the glitter and you were using colored glitters, you can sand the color off. When this happens it will reveal the silver base to the glitter. If you see silver after sanding, be prepared to go to extra lengths to cover those silver specks with your colored glitter (in a new fresh coat).
3. Be sure to sand the back as flat as you can without digging into the base paint. The more careful you are to get the back smooth, the better the back will look. Remember- you cannot do a real flood on the back so you will have to give yourself every advantage to start with a smooth flat surface. You can do multiple coats in order to achieve that nice glass like surface.
4. If you don't mind having a hard "joint line" between the back and the side you can use tape. Be very careful to run the tape along the bottom edge and when the epoxy drips down, it will attach itself to the tape and not the bottom of the guitar. Just be sure to remove the tape before the epoxy does its final set. If you do not, the tape will permanently attach itself to the surface (it is a mess when this happens. Doing the tape trick avoids all the brushing and in a way to creates a barrier for the back epoxy to hit against. You will see the line so take your time taping and make it look nice and clean.
Solvent Resistant Polyester Glitters
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We used this brand for the guitar project. You have a lot of control with this particular type of epoxy.
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