Pedal Finishing.....Are any of you interested in knowing how to....

[Dragonfly]

...paint an EXTREMELY convincing "faux granite" finish on your pedals ? I was messing around tonight and figured out a great way to do it, and I'm completely SHOCKED at how real it looks....the pictures below don't even begin to do it justice.

If enough people are interested I might write up another tutorial. If not, that's cool too - saves me work !

I took these photos in a couple different "lights" so you can see how real the granite looks.

[wampcat1]

VERY cool Andy!

[cheeb]

Of course everyone wants a tutorial. Are you nuts?

[sixstringphil]

Those look great! What's the level of difficulty compared to the swirls?

[Dragonfly]

Those look great! What's the level of difficulty compared to the swirls?

So easy a caveman could do it. 

[Auke Haarsma]

So easy a caveman could do it. 

Now I am interested

[liddokun]

+1 on the tutorial. I'd love to see how it's done.

[mnordbye]

That looks really great mister dragonfly, real genuine granite!

Magnus Nordbye

[liddokun]

^ Magnus, I love your name. 

Also, the faux granite finishes somehow add a lot of class to the pedal.  One could make an entire pedalboard of them, and
the board would look like it weighed a tonne. 

[Steben]

looks like a tampering technique. Looks like you did some earstick-poking.

[DougH]

Looks great, Andy! Looks like a kitchen counter top.

[David]

You guys are going to kill me, but I can't help it...   
Andy, bring it on!  That looks like the perfect finish for a...  Small Stone.   

[John Lyons]

I'm not crazy about the color but I'm always up for learning about the technique.
That 3rd photo looks best to me.
Thanks Andy!

john

[seibertdr]

Those look great! What's the level of difficulty compared to the swirls?

So easy a caveman could do it. 

Oonk, oonk. Me want to lean. 

[frequencycentral]

Those look great! What's the level of difficulty compared to the swirls?

So easy a caveman could do it. 

I'm a caveman......!

[Dragonfly]

I should be able to knock out a tutorial in the next day or two

[alex frias]

You guys are going to kill me, but I can't help it...   
Andy, bring it on!  That looks like the perfect finish for a...  Small Stone.   

Or maybe a caveman's The Brick, by Doug Hammond...

Percolate it, pall, and congrats for the cool idea!

[gutsofgold]

As somebody who once worked for a countertop manufacturing business ... these look pretty darn accurate.

[sixstringphil]

Any chance you could get us a shopping list beforehand?

[Dragonfly]

Any chance you could get us a shopping list beforehand?

Nope.

The tutorial is already finished !

I'll start a thread....