Death Grip (Byrdhouse Compressor)

[twebb6778]

Never used a compressor before, but I recently bought a 12 string and thought I'd give it a shot.

This is really quiet and the colour switch give some nice eq options. It's a compressor, it does what it says on the tin.

The enclosure was powder coated, then white lettering and skull were sprayed on with a stencil, then a decal was placed over the top for the black outlines. It took ages, and turned out ok, but I think I could do a better job next time. At least it proves I can successfully use decals over stencils.

 

[Cucurbitam0schata]

Powder, spray stencil, final decal!? Nice job on the extensive finishing technique! Did you use any heat (toaster oven baking...) to cure the paint layers?

 

[music6000]

This is my Oven, 500 Watts! : 300mm (12 inches) away & 20 Minutes & you can see the Clear Coat starting to Sizzle, $17.00 AU @ Local Hardware.

 

[Cucurbitam0schata]

Now THAT'S an oven!

 

[PapaBear]

Build looks great!

 

[twebb6778]

Nope, I just gave it a few days between coats. I think using some heat to cure would have been a good idea though, I touched it a little early after one of the coats and took a chunk out of the eyebrow, filled it in with sharpie haha!

It was more of an experiment to see what kinds of finishes would work together, I just have to be more patient!

 

[Gordo]

That looks superb!!!

 

[twebb6778]

That looks superb!!!

Thanks! It was a lot of work and there's still lots of room to improve.

 

[geekmacdaddy]

Love it. Great looking build.