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Comment by Rooster on March 22, 2021 at 11:12am

Glad you liked it.

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on March 22, 2021 at 10:29am

Rooster - that IS a thing of beauty! Great color and thanks for the tip about the Apple Barrel pint & method.

Comment by Rooster on March 20, 2021 at 4:17am

Uncle ..... it works pretty good with the matt finish paints. I have not done one with gloss so can't say how that would go, but we put clear finish over our work so no real reason to use gloss. I'm about to finish up another project that I used orange color paint and water slide decals on. I will post some pics of it shortly. Just waiting on some tuners and have to finish winding the pickup ;-)

Comment by Uncle John on March 20, 2021 at 2:33am

Thanks for the info.  I should try painting like that.  I am not a very good painter or stainer.

Comment by Rooster on March 19, 2021 at 1:32pm

No not hollow..........solid poplar. The color is just Apple Barrel Turquoise acrylic paint from Walmart. Rubbed it on with a rag like you would stain, I get a better finish that way over brushing it on. Tru oil finish over that gives a nice finish. I was going for the 49' Buick look lol.

Comment by Dave Lynas on March 19, 2021 at 7:45am

A beauty!

Comment by Uncle John on March 19, 2021 at 3:36am

Crap. That is very nice. I like the color, shapes and design. I said crap because I am trying to quit building. And my best playing buddy has recently become very enthused about playing lap steel. I bet he might really dig it if I made him something like this.
Is this somewhat hollow bodied? If so, does it give it a bit of acoustic volume?

Comment by James Taze Bennett on March 19, 2021 at 2:05am

good looking lap steel. nice job.