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Well, I like using it - enough I’m posting my most recent example below pre-clearcoat, such is my excitement. Great, easy stuff vs. nitro.

Figured a lot have used it - feel free and post yours here as inspiration to others, make sure to name your color!

Orange Mist - in progress



Ooold pic of my first Orange Mist:

That guitar is sick as fuck

I like Duplicolor in spray cans and in quarts. There are other sources for acrylic lacquer too but that would be in another thread.

Matador Red





Medium Metallic Blue





Medium Metallic Blue with 6 coats of clear with a little black mixed in (candy black).



Light metallic blue



I don't remember which red this is:



Just plain black w/clear on the back of this one:

Wow - it’s pretty amazing the Medium Metallic Blue goes from electric to more subdued, between those first two guitars (let alone the shadow/clear one.) Was there a difference in finishing technique with the first two met blues?

i have done too many projects with dupli color to count but these are the ones ive kept. for the time being.

indigo metallic


bahama blue


turquoise metallic (ive done a million this colour but can never remember. also impossible to photograph)


medium wedgewood

niksureal wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:00 am

medium wedgewood

Oh wow! This is really, really great!

Danley wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:29 am

Wow - it’s pretty amazing the Medium Metallic Blue goes from electric to more subdued, between those first two guitars (let alone the shadow/clear one.) Was there a difference in finishing technique with the first two met blues?

Many years ago, different primer probably, light grey vs dark grey. Maybe more coats too. Vastly different light & different cameras too. That is one of my favorite blues.

ken

Taking absolutely ZERO credit for the work or photos (OSG's resident vintage offset necromancer will did all this), but the Duplicolor Universal Black Metallic (BUN0090) on my '65 D&B Jaguar does a pretty good stand-in for CFM, though I appreciate it for doing its own thing:

Dang, every single one of those guitars looks amazing...Makes me wish I knew how to use paint properly D'y'all mostly use spraying equipment or rattle cans?

niksureal wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:00 am

i have done too many projects with dupli color to count but these are the ones ive kept. for the time being.

indigo metallic


bahama blue


turquoise metallic (ive done a million this colour but can never remember. also impossible to photograph)


medium wedgewood

There's no smilie that drools hard enough to describe my reaction to those Really, really cool stuff.

I use Duplicolor cans for color, they have the best selection of colors & spray gun for clear if I feel like dragging it all out & cleaning it after I'm done. It takes at least 3 spray cans of clear to get a decent finish. A spray gun can put it on thicker/quicker & more evenly. It's possible to get acrylic lacquer in cool colors in quarts but it's expensive. I found a place that sells automotive quality acrylic lacquer in spray cans and you can get nearly any color code such as this '65 Pontiac Iris mist:



ken

Avignon Blue Metallic


Bright Platinum Metallic

I love Duplicolor perfect match stuff. It sprays well and dries fast. Pretty much every guitar I have ever painted was done with Duplicolor. I have had bad results with their clear not drying well and being gummy but I have also had some problems occasionally with other clears. Their color paint has never given me any issues.

20191107_191425 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190830_174911 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190829_183753 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190824_182007 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190901_181947 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190825_164847 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20190824_220839 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20180815_195048 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20171121_133634 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170126_172258 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20151230_001618 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20180814_134036_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

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Zork wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:27 am

niksureal wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:00 am

medium wedgewood

Oh wow! This is really, really great!

This looks like Charcoal Frost! I'd love to see what would happen if you hit it with some tinted clear coat to green it a little bit...

Danley wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 14, 2019 6:00 pm

Well, I like using it - enough I’m posting my most recent example below pre-clearcoat, such is my excitement. Great, easy stuff vs. nitro.

Figured a lot have used it - feel free and post yours here as inspiration to others, make sure to name your color!

Orange Mist - in progress



Ooold pic of my first Orange Mist:

looks great, good work. painting...well...is really tough and tedious. I've yet to put in the necessary time and effort to get it down

ThePearDream wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:49 am

Avignon Blue Metallic


Bright Platinum Metallic

holy moly both are just