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What not to do...<\/p><\/div>\n

Ok…<\/p>\n

As you can see, “POW” looks more like a “POS”… I actually applied the silver leaf not too long after the last post and it was a certainly a waste of good silver. Made me wish a little bit that I had actually done everything in advance to make sure of success. Then I’d look all capable and clever, but now I have to come back here and report my failure…<\/p>\n

There are two reasons that it didn’t work. The main reason is, I got interrupted after putting the size (the sticky stuff) on the pickguard. By the time I got back to it, the tackiness wasn’t optimal. I elected to try laying the silver anyway and you can see the result. It started pulling up in patches when I peeled away the mask. It really could have looked a bit better than this but once I realized that the adhesion was bad, I just ripped the rest of the mask off to be done with it. The other possible problem was, that I decided to try sizing the surface without giving it a light sand first. I liked the black glossy finish and wanted to see how it would adhere without roughing it up (always recommended) first. Well, you can see the result of that.<\/p>\n

Perhaps I’ll give it another go tomorrow. If I do (and do it successfully) you can bet that I’ll post right away to demonstrate that I really am capable and clever after all. If I do (and I fail again), it’s a fair bet you’ll not hear from me quite so soon. Actually though, this is all part of the process. Usually things really do work out. When they don’t, I usually curse and then learn something valuable. But I always make sure to curse first. Helps me to focus later on the lesson…<\/p>\n

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