Thread: Telecaster Build

yumm butterscotch!

unfortunately im no help with painting, i did want to try butterscotch a while back, but i never really found out how to get it how i wanted (semi transperant)

maybe Peter or Stu can help

That body is made from pine and sprayed with transparent cherry red liqiud pigment from Stewmac..

If I remember correctly, I sprayed a couple of coats of stewmac waterbased sanding sealer, sanded, then a few coats are cherry red pigment mixed into the stewmac waterbased laquer.. And finished with clear.. Very simple finish.

You are gonna need to pore fill the ash ( you can add some pigment to your filler to darken the grain if you like ) , spray a few coats of sanding sealer and sand until you have a nice level surface. Maybe spray a coat or 2 of clear lacquer as a barrier ( in case you want to sand the body back to bare) then use the Colortone Liquid pigments to mix your butterscotch / blonde , add it to the lacquer & spray it thin until you have a semi opaque covering ( maybe a couple of coats ) and burst it thicker around the edges to make them opaque. Finish with clear..

This guitar was done using a similar process - not exactly butterscotch, more banana

I have this book from Stewmac, it gives you some of the classic recipes for Fender , Gretch and Gibson colours - probably worth getting a copy.. I'll look up the mix for butterscotch tomorrow and post it if you like..

Why not take a drive over to Durobond and talk to them? They're in your part of the world and quite helpful.

I went black nitro on my last build from them with plenty of clear on top. And I used a spray booth with heaps of ventilation ... my front yard Plus I wore a good mask.

Durobond gave me a sheet of the custom tele colours that they've done. Can't recall if butterscotch was there but I've no doubt they'll make it for you.

Durobond will pre-mix Butterscotch blonde for you and around 20 other metallics and non-metallics as well. This is for nitro lacquer use.


Ring and speak to Jan and get her to email you a price sheet in PDF form.

I am by no means an expert on the subject of finishing, however just make sure that if you decide to use the waterbased laquer, that everything you use under it is also water based and not oil based. Water based finishes do not adhere well at all to oil based finishes without a binder of some sort. If you're unsure then just test on scrap, and you can't go wrong.

Cheers,

peter