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Looks like there's several of those on eBay available cheaper. I'm going to check with a couple people that already do automotive painting as I hear they'd offer to do it "stupid cheap" at least as an option to buying the extra equipment. Dropped my broadband in favor of dialup for a little while so updates may take some time.

As to the sides and back... I think it would be more professional looking if it were done all the way around... but I'm satisfied if I can just get the top looking decent. Depends on how much effort I've sunk into the design by then really. Edit - As an add on to that thought... can anyone vouch for a good kit or single airbrush that would work for what I'm trying to do? I started looking into airbrushes and the selection is vast.

I do have a 52 inch ink jet HP plotter actually.... as well as a couple multifunction HP inkjets for normal printing. Laser printer though is ancient... not even sure if it works. Are you you using transparencies then PaintIt? Edit - Let me add something else in here... Why "wouldn't" using the technique described here: http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/logo.htm sandwiched in between layers of clear work just as well as other methods described? My curiosity is getting the better of me.

Well I'll work on it using that idea then... guess I'll be off to find some chicken wire. Thanks.

Ok maybe there's a bit of a mix up. Sorry about not being clear. I'm not going for the hex to be part of the amber burst or any of the "body colors". The hex pattern is separate, top of the image the hex should be gold, with the color fading to a white by the time it reaches the opposite side. The hex pattern should be a completely separate layer or paint phase from the rest, as that'll already be done. I'm not looking to integrate the pattern "into" the colors. It is to be on top of those colors. Sorry about the illustration, slapped some things together in Photoshop. I realize I've probably got the paint layers reversed here as I've heard the lightest color goes first, but just another way of indicating where I want the hex to fit in. Plus I'm missing several more clear coat layers and sanding stages... but it's just a quick example. I was asking about how to get the pattern formed and apply it properly. Like whether a grid stencil would work better over chicken wire, or transparency film... etc.

Wouldn't that leave the inverse effect of what I'm doing? There'd be blank spaces where the wire/mesh/something was over the top of the surface, in this case I just need the wire part colored.

Hello... I'm working on a guitar project right now, this being my first attempt at refinishing any guitar and I've come up with a logistical problem on how I'm going to complete one part of my design. So far I've stripped the guitar down to wood, sanded smooth, and will be working on the next phases over a couple weeks. The guitar itself is a 1962 Orpheus, evidently made in Japan at a factory likely shared between Ibanez and Teisco. I got it off eBay as a starter guitar, but as can be expected it had a lot of damage, it was painted sometime in it's life over the original finish and had a lot of other minor problems. For those interested: Original - http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/Guard...eus-WK1-006.jpg Mine (when received) - http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/Guard...cs/IMG_0521.jpg Shooting for - http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/Guard...Version-1pF.jpg My issue is the hexagon pattern there in the last image, as I don't know what would be a good way of creating it. It starts at the top of the image as a light/medium gold flake pattern and changes to a silver or perhaps white pattern that will be slightly more visible at the bottom. I've read very little on masking, but that seems to be the closest solution. The only other thing I can think of, might be transparency pages, run through a laser printer, colored in, and then sandwiched in between layers of clear coat as I wanted the hexagons to have a slightly raised appearance above the red/sun burst. Figured I'd ask for some opinions before taking a leap of faith. Appreciate the help.