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Refinishing a bass that will relic itself quickly...


lobematt
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I've been planning a refin on one of my basses for probably far too long haha. It's red high gloss squire body, I want to finish it white (unless I strip it down and the wood is nice then I'll leave it natural but I haven't got my hopes up). If I do go white, I'd quite like it to wear down fast to give it a nice old battered look, I quite like the thin finishes I've seen on some SG's. I was just wondering how to go about this? I'm also thinking about leaving the red underneath and just taking the gloss off so that starts to show through the white. Has anybody done anything similar to this before?

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A thin coat of white on top of red will give you pink... :) enjoy!

A thick coat of white will give you white... but won't wear through anything like as easily. Where it wears, it will give you white through pink, to red.

Nitro will degrade PDQ, especially if you give it some sun (it's the UV wot does it :))

Probably another colour combination would be preferrable! I know it's not really an option... just saying.

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