Bmth Builder Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Wow ricky that looks really nice, love the colours! and dirge, scratchplate might have draw backs such as having a big un swirled section under it, although it would never be seen, would kinda anoy me. Also paint will fill into the cavities through the pup holes, so make sure everything is sealed or painted, and all holes are filled with wax before swirling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 What kind of store would you get borax at? Is there any alternative to borax, in case it's not available in this country? (the Netherlands) On my miserably failed test piece without borax I noticed that the red doesn't completely cover. To counter this, would you make the basecoat red instead of black? (I'm aiming for a black/red swirl) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmth Builder Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Yeah red base coat should work you can get borax in pharmasists and supermarkets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Okey, lol I couldn't have come up with looking at a place like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 When talking about wax for filling up holes, are you talking about candlewax? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmth Builder Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 I'm just quoting that from the tutorial on PG located here, (the yellow writing nearest the bottom of the tut) http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/swirled.htm But I am pretty much assuming candle wax will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 I keep on coming with questions about this . I just found out borax is not available in this country, as it is now considered poisonous. Is there any other suitable stuff for this job? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Seriously, or is it just impossible to swirl a guitar in NL. The reason why i'm kind of re asking this question is that the only thing keeping me from doing the job is waiting for the answer. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 (edited) Couldn't wait so I tested a whole bunch of stuff. Some of it really strange such as a certain evil tasting sauce. Eventually of all the tests salt seemed to do the most, though not by far enough. Then I remembered reading somewhere that borax is a bit similar to soda (not the English word for juice with bubbles), which by chance we had in the house. This worked fine! It really surprised me. I'm not sure if it reacts exactly the same as borax, but we swirled some random stuff including teabags . (Soon for sale on ebay under the "art" tag ). Next weekend I'll probably try the one on one size swirl on a piece of wood with the same base colour my guitar is going to have. Looking forward to it. Edited September 15, 2008 by Dirge for november Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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