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    playing,recording with my band-'off balance' and extreme modification of ibanez guitars,currently addicted to swirling.

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  1. After you pull it out of the water,shake it a little(gently) to get as much water off the guitar as you can,then use a hairdryer to get more water off.The hairdryer will also help get some of the paint bubbles out.After letting it sit for 20min. gently use a soft cloth and brush any more water off-do not apply any pressure when you do this-your trying to remove the water not the paint! To explain further-use the cloth as you would your fingertips when lightly touching the hairs on your arm,touching the hairs only not the skin.Hope that makes sense!By the way,the hairdryer should be a low power-you are only using it to get water off not dry the paint.This works good for me when using enamels.Have no idea about other paint types.Have fun.
  2. Ibanez has 2part polyurethane as a clear.I had best results with the heat gun method.
  3. It is a lot harder than it looks.Try using testors or boyds model spraypaint.Available at hobby shops or there are some colors in the model airplane section of walmart.Every time I used bottle paints,especially with thinner I ended up with a mess.For some reason the paints I mentioned above work really good.Any of the fast drying spraypaints-rustoleum,krylon etc. skin over when they hit the water.Avoid them.Try out some of the paints I mentioned,they ended my frustration.Keep in mind that because they are enamels you are limited to either 2part poly(automotive) or rattle can poly for clearcoats,as every other finish I tried lifted the enamel.When I first got a swirl to turn out it was I was like a kid in a candy store,must have more bodies to do.I totally understand why the pro's don't divulge their secrets,a huge amount of time must have gone into discovering and fine tuning their process.I know I've spent months just experimenting with enamels.Eventually I'll try the urethanes.
  4. You could go to a fabric store,buy a piece of felt and cut your own,for dirt cheap.
  5. If you used the minwax stuff,you will probably have to strip it.The best results I have gotten is by waiting 20 minutes between coats and doing all the layers in one session.I've tried doing a couple of coats and waiting a few days, wetsanding and recoating,which looked good until I tried to buff it.The later coats seperated from the original coats.I tried fixing it by spraying again and ended up with some crystalyzing.Frustrating stuff to work with.The finish is okay,but it seems pretty hard to get it to look like a pro job.I have 4 bodies ready to clear and have decided to go the compressor,gun,2 part poly route.Sometimes I'm a slow learner.
  6. If you do your research ahead of time,pawn shops can be a great source for power tools for the budget minded.Every power tool I have came from one,saved me a bundle.But you have to be an educated buyer because many times I have seen them price a used tool the same as a new one.
  7. I found some Testors black metal flake rattle cans at my local hobby shop.I think Boyds makes some too.They make all kinds of metal flake paint for models.
  8. I was also very frustrated figuring out how much paint to use,so I switched to model,hobby spraypaints(testors,boyds).Spray it on the water,make your design and dip.The paint goes on nice and thin.I've tried about every brand of rattle can out there and the above mentioned work the best IMO.Plus they have some cool metallic colors.Every so often I've come across a can that is mixed different and skins over upon contact with the water.Its best to experiment on scrap before you dip your guitar.I've had good results using cardboard to clean the paint off the surface of the water.If you wait for the paint to skin over-about 10 to 15 min.-it usually cleans up pretty good.Be prepared to spend some time experimenting with the process.It took me hours and hours of mistakes(unexpected learning) to get favorable results.I would like to try urethane paints as I have noticed enamels are a bit softer paint and limit clear coat choices.
  9. I've had them both.I didn't care for the pro gap at all-no tubes.The piranha I used in my main rig for a year or so.Its a very good sounding pre-amp,the built in noise gate is an added bonus.I ended up replacing it with a triaxis and am very happy.I would probably compare the piranha to a jmp-1.The mesa has a bit more gain available,which I wanted.For what you can get a used piranha for these days,definitely worth it.
  10. I've used minwax poly with good results and haven't noticed any adhesion problems.Cost under 5.00 spraycan.The spray nozzles are somewhat decent,also.
  11. Well,the test went well.The minwax poly works good over enamels.The ambering quality shouldn't interfere with the colors I have.Though I could see it being a problem on a white or off-white finish.Thanks
  12. I didn't know the pro's used urethane paints until recently.So I started with bottled enamel(a nightmare) and made every mistake in the book.I switched to testors spraypaints and finally got some nice results.The spray let the paint float a lot thinner on the water, so it went on the body thinner.It actually looks really good.I'll have to try urethane paints when I acquire some more bodies.I have a compatibility test going on as we speak.I'll post results.
  13. I just finished swirling a bunch of guitar bodies(after much trial and error) and was wondering if anyone has used minwax spray poly.I used enamel paint.I'm not set up with air,so spray cans are what I have to use.My question is will this type of finish wet sand and buff the same as the more expensive products?Thanks for any help! By the way,swirling is highly addictive-it started with a couple of bodies I had in the closet,then the lower end guitars I had lying about,then a few better guitars.8 bodies later I'm having withdrawals and looking strangely at my jems! So far I've managed to"just say no".
  14. My last score was a mint 93 ibanez rg570 for 89.00.Before that,a mint rg3120 for 400 and a tc electronics g-major for 180.Before that a mint 770dlx for 200.That is out of many trips in the last year.
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