Applying nitro to ash for a 'knackered' sunk in finish.

stonevibe

So I bought a body off ol' Jooky a few weeks back and I may want to nitro it.

However I want the paint to sink in and look knackered. Could I just leave out filler & primer? Or would that be a stupid idea.

I'm after a 'Joe Strummer Tele meets bottom of the ocean' look.

WezV

yes, best way to get the sunken look is to do it just with a few light coats with no filler

the issue is getting your coats consistent.  if you are using cans keep them in a bucket of warm water  to ensure a nice flow

OilCityPickups

Don't nitro me ... it'll hurt!

stonevibe

Cheers Wez.

I'm looking to make an Esquire type thing, but a little worn out looking and knackered.

Plus I'm lazy and so less coats = less spraying!

Bonus.

WezV

here is the one i have just done a couple of coats of nitro over mahogany then just a polish with wax 

it is very slightly orange peely, made to look worse by the flash. but if i started sanding back and respraying more i would be filling the grain more than i wanted.  it will level off slightly as it sinks in and thins out

stonevibe

That is exactly what I was hoping for as an outcome.

WezV

just remembered, on this i stained the body black first.   sometimes when doing a few light coats you don't get colour all the way into the grain, if you have to start doing more coats then the grain starts to fill up so the initial stain just added a bit of insurance against that