dna swirls

[morpho]

there r a lot f pics of swirls on the site can any1 tell me how to d them ....im planning a custom dna for my summers and want to paint it myself .the specs wud be
a walnut body
maple-rosewood -maple neck(not sure which maple to use)
ebony fret board
with ibanez parts and a sustainer maybe
monkey grip and lion claw....rest usual
hope to get valuable advice

[Wolfram]

It might be worth doing a search as there are numerous topics that cover this in detail.

Wolfram

[Ranz 777]

First!?.........ya need some blood! Lots & lots of blood!

[fettouhi]

Originally Posted by morpho

there r a lot f pics of swirls on the site can any1 tell me how to d them ....im planning a custom dna for my summers and want to paint it myself .the specs wud be
a walnut body
maple-rosewood -maple neck(not sure which maple to use)
ebony fret board
with ibanez parts and a sustainer maybe
monkey grip and lion claw....rest usual
hope to get valuable advice

check ibanezrules.com (banner above).

Regards

André

[brianxtr]

how do you think you get some blood of steve vai?

[waylay00]

Originally Posted by brianxtr

how do you think you get some blood of steve vai?

..............

[eelblack2]

Originally Posted by brianxtr

how do you think you get some blood of steve vai?

Lol I guess you could chase poor SSV around the room with a fork or something but Im pretty sure some jail time might be involved after that.

[morpho]

i tried a search and i also tried the richard fay and the rich harris sites but the method is not there (the sites though r very infrmtv).i guess they paint a background colour and then use spray paint with some kind of blowers but that wud give physical junctions at edges ....any more ideas guys ???...

[GilkyBear]

The guitar is sealed and primed, and then inserted into a tank of water. The paint is poured on top of the water (I assume it's oil based, it floats) and then the guitar is pulled out of the water through the paint on the surface, which sticks to the body.

[GilkyBear]

http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/swirled.htm

Here's one link (Google it for more info)

[Tubarão Guitars]

Originally Posted by GilkyBear

The guitar is sealed and primed, and then inserted into a tank of water. The paint is poured on top of the water (I assume it's oil based, it floats) and then the guitar is pulled out of the water through the paint on the surface, which sticks to the body.

Actually, the paint is put on the water surface before inserting the body on it

[GilkyBear]

I suppose you know a little more about it than I

[Distantshore]

Originally Posted by GilkyBear

http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/swirled.htm

Here's one link (Google it for more info)

Almost forgot about that tutorial. Makes me think I could do it

[Rodney James]

It would be awesome to learn how to swirl!

I would probably swirl everything, the couch, the TV, the kitchen sink, hub caps, etc...

[Ranz 777]

Just be carefull which paints ya use. I used regular oil based paint on my first swirl job, under the pretense oil floats on water...........it works, but the paint came out really thick in areas, which led to some drips & runs, and of course, left the over all finish kinda textured........you could feel some of the swirls. I recieved alot of excellent advice from here from people who do alot of awesome swirl jobs..........
Just experiment alot first with scrap wood to get the technique down. But once you get it.........its frickin fun. I swirled all kinds of things with the left over paint...............of course.............the family cat didnt think to highly of it! Little sucker looks pretty cool though!

Laterz.......................~Ranz~