Car Paint For Swirl?

[theforgotten]

My question is simple.Can i use car paint to make my guitar's body swirled and if i can how can i do that?If someone has tried , friend has told him or has a tutorial for that please post.Thanks!

[swirlslave]

I think any OIL based paint can be used, let it be lacquer or enamel etc.

some of the swirl weve seen in here have been made with TESTOR and HUMBROL paint, those small bottle you use for painting plastic model car,plane,bike etc.

be sure to make some test with your paint , by putting your paint and the borax in a container filled with water and dipping a piece of scrap wood.

Good luck.

Edited December 19, 2004 by swirlslave

[theforgotten]

But there is one problem.I'm not in America,I'm from Macedonia(if you know where it is) and here is very hard to find that kind of paints.Nearest country is Greece.My father works in Greece and i'll told him to search for that kind of paints or someone here from the forum to send me to my home address.

[amdmonster]

usually most car paints are urethanes and have to be thinned with a reducer and then a hardner added to the paint.

[theforgotten]

OK.So everthing i have to do is to test some colours on my old guitar body.Actualy is a sanded body of a Fender Jaguar copy so i'll try on it.Thanks a lot and if you find some tutorials meanwhile please post.Thanks again!