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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DavidV on March 31, 2014, 12:54:45 am

Title: Fully painted bow
Post by: DavidV on March 31, 2014, 12:54:45 am

I'm putting together an old Fender Stratocaster and repainting the body a vintage cream color (don't worry purists, it's not an original body). Wondering if a matching finish will work on a bow or if it would be too thick. Basically it's a coat of primer, a few coats of krylon colored spray enamel, followed by several coats of clear enamel. Then it's buffed for gloss. It's just a simple maple board bow but I don't want the finish to crack if I go this route.

Title: Re: Fully painted bow
Post by: Weylin on March 31, 2014, 01:34:25 am

I have no idea. but my gut tells me that it would be too thick and brittle to take the bend without cracking. Maybe you could do a test strip on a piece of thin scrap wood and then give it some good bends.

Title: Re: Fully painted bow
Post by: JW_Halverson on March 31, 2014, 04:23:01 pm

+1 on the test strip.