elkym Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Hi, I'm new! I'm wondering about swirling a guitar, but doing it with stain, any ideas on how to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkym Posted December 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 does no one KNOW? OH, the HUMANITY!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 That will be a nice idea on a flamed top or something like that. I think that you should paint different zones with different colors, and you will get a "swirl" effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGGOTBRAIN Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Honestly...I dont see this working... Stains blend together easily. I think it would come out looking just muddy...Only one way to find out.,.,try it on a scrap...Try using "Search" maybe someone else has tried it....good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_kedro Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Put your guitar body on something like a record turntable, turn it up to high speed, and drop some stain on, sort of like that kids art toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 How about doing it with tinted clear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Put your guitar body on something like a record turntable, turn it up to high speed, and drop some stain on, sort of like that kids art toy. I had that idea for a swirl also. Put the guitar on a spin base and throw the stain onto the guitar, and there you go (if it works ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 (edited) Transparent paints, aka kandys, would be the way to go over a body that was already cleared and level sanded and scuffed so they would have somthing to adhear to. I would probably over reduce House of Kolors KK Kandy Concentrates in a mixture of S100 intercoat clear. You can buy small quantities of the KK Kandy Concentrates from Coast Airbrush. For airbrushing its not uncommon to reduce these paints up 300% so you have a lot of room to play. When I had a bunch of this stuff mixed up as left overs from an airbrush seminar I test swirled some small objects and it worked well. Your milage may vary, even reading this post in the state of California is unsafe at any speed. Edited December 11, 2007 by syxxstring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I'm all for creativity and thinking outside the box, but sometimes it's nice and warm and toasty inside that box, and cold and blustry outside the box. I say go ahead and try it, but don't expect anything much to come of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkym Posted December 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 (edited) I was thinking of using Borax, like one of the projects they show you here: http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/swirled.htm Will stain remain separated in Borax, like paints do? By the way, thanks for the input... Edited December 13, 2007 by elkym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 The stain I tried would not work with the traditional method. Also since stain needs to penetrate rather than form as a film finish it creates issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkym Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Hey, thanks syxxstring. That's what I needed to know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Appart from that, the stain need to get into the wood, and when you put the body into the water, it's going to get wet. It's not like a normal swirl that it has a base colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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