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Permalink Reply by Michael Gajeski on June 17, 2010 at 3:18pm

with magic ;D

Tracy Kennedy said:

Although Powder Coat is chip resistant it would eventually wear. Typically PC aplication is about 3mil thick. Another problem is generally we cut our fret wire long and file the bevel, flatten the tops for level and recrown. How are you going to do all that with a PC finish without exposing the nickel?

Michael Gajeski said:

maybe there is some way to powder coat normal fretwire, i bet that would hold up.

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Permalink Reply by Tracy Kennedy on June 17, 2010 at 3:43pm

DUH! I knew I missed the answer Thanks Mike

Michael Gajeski said:

with magic ;D

Tracy Kennedy said:

Although Powder Coat is chip resistant it would eventually wear. Typically PC aplication is about 3mil thick. Another problem is generally we cut our fret wire long and file the bevel, flatten the tops for level and recrown. How are you going to do all that with a PC finish without exposing the nickel?

Michael Gajeski said:

maybe there is some way to powder coat normal fretwire, i bet that would hold up.

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Permalink Reply by Ottie(Skydog)Noble on June 17, 2010 at 3:46pm

use gun blue see if it will work , you may have to sand the wire first but i'm betting it'll turn almost black

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Permalink Reply by Larry McInnes on June 18, 2010 at 5:33pm

Okay, so I assume gun blue is sold in gun shops? Can't I just go to a black fretwire store? :^)

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Permalink Reply by Larry McInnes on June 19, 2010 at 12:00pm

There ya go, Randy. I actually bought buffalo horn to make nuts and it worked pretty well. Didn't even occur to me to make frets.

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on June 22, 2010 at 10:33am

Hey Gitty, Im needing some black fretwire too if you know where to find some.....

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Permalink Reply by crissy b on June 22, 2010 at 10:46am

Hi could you not just heat till its red hot then bung it in some oil it would probabley go blue as it happens doh:)

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Permalink Reply by Michael Gajeski on June 24, 2010 at 3:11pm

I just saw some black picture wire at walmart. it was the perfect size for frets.

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