My take on Shane's 2x4 lap steel. It's two 1x4s stacked up and covered with "marble" shelf paper. The adhesive on one side was a b***h to work with. I'l use paint to finish the next one.

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Comment by Bluesheart on September 14, 2017 at 3:24am

That looks awesome! Super idea.

Comment by Juha K on September 13, 2017 at 6:02am

Thumbs up!

Comment by the anonymous pick on September 13, 2017 at 5:54am

cool.

Comment by Andy Busch on September 13, 2017 at 5:48am

Very nice!  You could have told me it was really marble and fooled me!

Comment by Uncle John on September 13, 2017 at 2:48am

Sure looks like marble.  If I did it, it would look like bubbles.

Comment by Glenn Bukowski on September 13, 2017 at 2:35am

Thanks for the comments Unc' John.  The "finish" is a wrap of plastic, adhesive backed, CON-TAC (tm) shelf paper printed with a grey, marble pattern. It was a misery getting it to stick to the instrument with no bubbles. I ruined one piece getting it stuck to itself. I'm still not happy over the way I got it to stick (it didn't take well to the corners) but it looks good from a distance. Next one gets painted. Oh - I got the shelf paper from Amazon if you want to try it on a build. I think it will work better if you don't try bending around corners.

Comment by Uncle John on September 13, 2017 at 1:35am

Nice.  What is that finish?

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