erikbojerik Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Cool Ritter bass finish How do you suppose they get that finish? I hit on PerryL's EnviroTex finish (here) but the finish on the Ritter is not really the same. It looks too "high resolution" to be a material finish. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dugz Ink Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 When I was living in Portugal, I toured a 15th Century church that looked like it had marble everywhere... but they had been too poor to build it with marble, so everything was painted to look like marble. And it was very convincing, even after several centuries of pigment degredation. Thier technique involved painting swirl and grains patterns, then dabbing them with damp sea-sponges before the paint dried. After it dried, they did some sanding, then coated everything with varnish. (I wish I could give more details, but they used certain words that I didn't understand, so they had to simplify the explanation.) Just at a glance, the same type of techniques could have been used on that guitar... but with better paints, better sand paper, and a killer clear coat. However, I could be wrong. D~s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stageleft Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 I re-did a table with a kit from my local craft store (michaels I think) and it was very convincing. I am sure you could get great results that way. It should hold up well if coated right. The table still looks great 5 years and three moves later. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 The way a friend of mine paints marble finishes is to paint the base color first, then take saran wrap, wad it into a ball and apply the other color that way. I thought that was pretty neat, but I haven't got the nerve to try one on a guitar yet.. lol He's a professional automotive painter that's done it all his life, so I guess it's common to use saran wrap for this marble effect your wanting. If you look at that bass real close it looks like he used saran wrap also. So Saran Wrap is my answer.. lol I just hope it's not some kind of painters secret I'm giving away here.. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 That is a really great looking bass. My wife did a marble painting effect on the walls of our dining room with a similar technique as described by frenzy. Apply the base coat and then dab the second color on, except I think she used a sponge like Dugz said they did on the chapel. I believe also that to get the best effect, you need to use two different shades of the same color, i.e. a dark grey, mottled with a light grey for example. (as a side note, "Is it common for a bass to use that many bolts to secure the neck ? I don't believe I have ever seen a guitar with that much hardware holding the neck on !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 I've done a couple marble paint jobs in my life for my high school's theatre productions. The tecnique basically involved painting on a base coat of a few different colors, lightly, and blending the brush strokes and color patches together. Then we took a bunch of strips of fabric tied them together into a random net, dipped it into thin black paint, and threw it on top of the base coat, lightly, for a cool veining effect. It actually looked really good. This technique could be done in conjunction with the others, if you want. It adds a bold veined look that can look really good when done well and sparingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan O' Zakk Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Over at Ed Roman's shop, they use cotton balls to blend the paint, and gold leaf, as well...and it looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted October 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 Is it common for a bass to use that many bolts to secure the neck ? I don't believe I have ever seen a guitar with that much hardware holding the neck on ! Really...why not just do a neck-thru? Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. Because of the detailed veining in the Ritter, I think Saran may be the way to go with that one. All I need now is a project to try it on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dugz Ink Posted October 27, 2004 Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 All I need now is a project to try it on... I think I would find a cheap piece of wood and practice for a while. THEN build a project that will be worthy of your new finishing skill. D~s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted October 27, 2004 Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 The way a friend of mine paints marble finishes is to paint the base color first, then take saran wrap, wad it into a ball and apply the other color that way. I thought that was pretty neat, but I haven't got the nerve to try one on a guitar yet.. lol He's a professional automotive painter that's done it all his life, so I guess it's common to use saran wrap for this marble effect your wanting. If you look at that bass real close it looks like he used saran wrap also. So Saran Wrap is my answer.. lol I just hope it's not some kind of painters secret I'm giving away here.. haha The saran wrap trick is done with a product called Marbelizer from House of Kolor. If your friend is an automotive painter this is likely what he's using. With base coat urethanes just using the saran wrap won't do much except stick and make a mess. There are lots of different ways to do a marble look, it depends on the type of marble you want to replicate as there are many different types. Here are a few different types http://www.angelicola.com/Faux%20Marbles.htm and there are lots of ways to replicate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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