Hi y'all - I've recently built a fuzz factory clone from Musikding - the pedal sounds great and worked first time - hurray! However I want to finish it off in a way that looks a bit more professional so I was thinking of printing my design out, sticking it to the pedal with spraymount or something similar and then spraying varnish of some kind over it to protect it.
Has anyone else tried this? Are there any particular types of paper that should not be used, and lastly what type of varnish should I use so that the printer ink doesn't smudge or run?
Ta muchly for any advice and or wisdom!
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Though there is a bit of a technique to it.
http://juansolo.co.uk/stompage/finishing.html
You can use car spray clear lacquer with a couple of provisos - mist on the first coats, a light dusting. Give it a few mins to 'flash' (part-dry), and do another couple of the same. Then go for wetter coats. That avoids flooding on solvent which will make the colours run & bleed.
Also it doesn't take too well to thick build, thick coats can crack & craze.
Only done one pedal and used waterslide decal paper on it, which you can get clear or with white backing. Another pedal's in the works. Do my own paint spraying
http://alleykat.co.uk/images/stuff/misc/zen3.jpg
Two things I have learnt from experience:
In the end I used a metallic silver pen (from an art shop) for a hand-drawn look, which actually looks OK.
I generally use hammerite to conceal my inneptitude. I do like handpainting with acrylics and then sealing the mofo ...
was tempted to etc, and inkjet waterslide and I've a laser printer and transparent sheet.
best finish is on the zendrive which has an abalone top like the zenkudo - I call it zendinky.