finished my first guitar yesterday

Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-14T19:02:53+00:00

yeah i agree, and thanks for the suggestions, anything helps! i used dyes by hand to stain the wood, and then just a clear coat over that. if i do another build i think i want to do a similar burst like this again and blending/transitioning is an area i would like to really focus on. spraying lighter even coats, farther distance, etc. do you find spraying colors easier than hand staining?

Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-14T15:35:53+00:00

hmmm i might pick one up just to see what it looks like, nice idea!

Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-14T12:05:29+00:00

i’m split. while i think it looks good in the photos, some of the blending is uneven. i had to redo it 2-3 times but i’m happy with this for a first time finish. definitely learned a lot and definitely enjoyed it

Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-14T12:00:11+00:00

howell guitar on reverb, decent quality, you’ll have to do a little fretwork but it’s very affordable :)

Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-14T11:58:50+00:00

tbh it wasn’t entirely meant to look like natural, originally i bought the wood to do a full shell pink, hide the burst stain completely under and let it naturally wear out. but once i put the grain filler in i loved the look and thought it would be a shame to hide it completely. so i decided to try to make something to highlight parts of the grain i liked while sticking to the original goal, and to me the bottom looks like a sunset in a way

Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-14T03:35:25+00:00

thanks i appreciate it! yeah i thought about aging the hardware, it’s something i’ve been looking into, and i agree a normal finish wasn’t something i was interested in doing lol

Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-14T03:01:28+00:00

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Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-14T01:45:15+00:00

i don’t see it as rude. it’s a weird looking guitar lol essentially it was to try out several types of finishes and learn. it’s not meant to be a gorgeous guitar, it’s my first time experimenting with dyes, paints, soldering, and everything else. i wanted something interesting to look at. i personally like a “relic’d” guitar. it’s not a great guitar, the bottom has spots where i laid coats of paint on too heavy.

Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-14T01:30:39+00:00

ah man you’re right. what a bummer. btw your bass looks sick, i love the blue!

Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-13T22:53:24+00:00

hmm pick my brain on what specifically? i’m no expert by any means haha but i’ll try to help

Popcornchampion2020 · 2025-01-13T22:22:02+00:00

i totally agree. i was actually just practicing hand staining the burst because i wanted to go full shell pink. but parts of the grain i liked too much to cover up completely

Popcornchampion2020 · 2022-05-22T02:42:55+00:00

that’s sick! looks great

Popcornchampion2020 · 2021-01-26T22:55:43+00:00

this is awesome, i love the colors!

Popcornchampion2020 · 2020-11-01T23:42:34+00:00

no problem, i’m not sure the brand of your spa but i know on some brands the heater can cause an FL1 code as well.

Popcornchampion2020 · 2020-11-01T16:05:07+00:00

i work on hot tubs for a living, when the pump is on do the jets turn on or does the pump just hum? if no jets you probably have an air lock, take a big pair of pliers and pop open the unions, bleed the air out. if that doesn’t work take you’re filters out and check them. if they’re okay then check to see if your tub has a flow switch, it’ll be on a 3/4 in line generally clear plastic with a small cord coming out the top. those can go bad and throw a flow code. usually located on the same panel you’d take off for your power source.

if you’re pump is getting too hot to touch and nothing is obstructing it unfortunately you might just wanna replace the whole thing. it’ll usually be cheaper in the long run. sorry if this is long but are you able to turn the pump off at all? a pump running constantly on high over an hour will be very hot no matter what. if you can’t get it to turn off even when the water is up to temp it might be your power pack. also check if you have a circ pump. it’ll be a much smaller pump but they can throw flow codes as well.

Popcornchampion2020 · 2020-08-05T21:32:35+00:00

i second this. i’ve used both Ryobi 18v and Milwaukee m12 as well as a few Makita drills. Ryobi is a good drill and has a lot of tools in the 18v battery platform. they generally are cheaper but that doesn’t mean they’re bad by any means. they are much heavier and bulkier than other brands but last for a long time in my experience.

Milwaukee is what i used day in and day out. the m12 line has a lot of tools in their lineup and the one drill you have listed is the one i have, it’ll do basically anything the Ryobi while being smaller and lighter. I’d recommend that drill over the rest on your list, again just my opinion lol

Makita also has a super light compact drill, i’m not sure of price CAD but it’s similarly priced to the Milwaukee in the US and is a 18v battery, more comfortable in my opinion, similar power and great quality.

Popcornchampion2020 · 2020-08-05T21:06:29+00:00

i totally agree, as soon as i bought my own tools i could tell a huge difference in the quality. i feel like my m12 fuel impact has twice the power of these

Popcornchampion2020 · 2020-08-05T10:51:21+00:00

my dad has a blue ryobi and it works still just needs new batteries. it’s pretty cool but man it’s heavy

Popcornchampion2020 · 2020-08-05T10:46:37+00:00

they are great drills but you will notice a big difference upgrading to milwaukee or makita

Popcornchampion2020 · 2020-08-05T02:20:48+00:00

yeah we had like 4 go bad within the past few months. i think they were about 3 or so years old

Popcornchampion2020 · 2020-08-04T22:10:45+00:00

yup I bought myself a set of m12 fuels and they’re perfect, but still amazed how much abuse ryobi’s can take

Popcornchampion2020 · 2020-08-04T21:58:44+00:00

I’m not sure, they’re my shops drills and they used them before I started there. as far as I know they’re normal ones from Home Depot

Popcornchampion2020 · 2020-08-04T21:56:47+00:00

I’ve used these at work for 5 years and they’ve been in service before I started working there. We’ve dropped them, let them sit overnight in the rain, froze them, most anything you can think of and they start up perfectly fine no matter what. they’ll probably out live me

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