SWIRLING A GUITAR

[Rodzo]

Very helpful - thank you senior! Now once I get a few more posts I can actually posts pictures!

With the spray, are you just spraying some into a cup, then pouring? isn't that messy?

I'll try reducing the 1Shot more...I'm wondering if I need more borax as well. I did a small test of putting my 50/50 reduced black 1Shot into a small bucket of water with NO borax. All it did was go to the side and attach itself to the bucket. With the paint still in there, I poured a good amount of borax in, stirred it a little - and the paint spread like in the YouTube videos. Still greasy looking however.

I am also wondering - I saw a picture on here of a swriled guitar on a swirled cloth for the background...is there any chance of it being material paint being used? The colors on the fabric matched that of the guitar perfectly. I know you can do fabric with auto paint...Can you?

6 more posts and I can start adding pictures.

[Rodzo]

Should I take this to a NEW topic??? My progress and experiemnts...instead of this long paged one with many things in it?

I have already pissed some people off - so I don't want to annoy everyone by starting a fresh topic on this, and my trials and errors - in detail...

[jono]

I'd suggest you start your own thread. hopefully disagreements will stay here and give your experiments a fresh start.

I think that regardless of peoples' attitudes when talking about how to do a good swirl, pretty much everyone here like to see a good swirl

[SilverEra]

Originally Posted by jono

I'd suggest you start your own thread. hopefully disagreements will stay here and give your experiments a fresh start.

I think that regardless of peoples' attitudes when talking about how to do a good swirl, pretty much everyone here like to see a good swirl

+ 1 !!!

[musicdr]

Spray the paint on the water and have all your colors ready.spray one after another quickly, make a design and dip.and wear a respirator.

[Rodzo]

I'll give it a try and see what happens. Still sounds messy, and not as precise as Iw ould imagine it to actually be done. Have you actually done this before? I have seen video's where guys spray it into the cap, and then pour it in?

(Once I have enought posts to get pics up - I'll take all this into it's own thread...)

[musicdr]

I've done it probably 100 times or so over the years.You can check out the results.Go to completed listings on e*** under swirls.There were 2 7620s,1 770 and 1 570 that sold from a musicgoround that I did.

[Rodzo]

I've been on there for some time now - and have no clue how to get to "Completed Items"...??? Assuming muscigoground is your user name there?

[RG462]

Originally Posted by Rodzo

And to the one who told me I DO need to read those other trheads...I already had. I went through every post about swirls, every post about swirls posted by people who are doing the swirls, etc. That's why I added to this one instead of jsut starting a new one..

Hey genius, the paints i use ARE in
those threads

[Rodzo]

“I use modeling paints from Hobby Lobby. Half of these paints don't even work.”

Yes - very helpful. Thank you for that. I would assume you mean Testors since you didn't state the brand.

I will have to give them another chance. I have stayed away from them since most everyone says NOT to use them. My earlier post states I tried them, and they worked, but the color selction was not the greatest. Then I was told to try the spray.

I'm going to give the 1Shot another try tonight.

Thanks for the compliment as well!

[nickcoumbe]

Originally Posted by jono

As stupid as it sounds I've always wondered where to get a bucket or tub big enought to stick the guitar in!!!

Never mind what paints to use.

Rodzo, I'm looking forward to seeing your results and you sharing what you use. I know some of the guys here do swirl for a living, but it'll be good to now what someone who does it for fun ends up using

And guys (looking at RG462) keep it civil.

B&Q dude.

Actually you can find loads of large tanks all over the place.

[Tubarão Guitars]

sorry to say i'm using a real large tank for my swirls.
500 liters actually!!!
That workspace means more control over the paint and more space to throw in the body into the water.

[Crazy_Guitar]

Tubarão: excelentes swirls! Não consigo escolher um preferido.
Essa UV está brutal... ainda te mando um corpo para o BR para me fazeres um swirl!

And in english: excellent swirls! I can't choose a favourite.

[Tubarão Guitars]

thanx a bunch, pal.

[WMerkert]

Tubarao, i am watching your swirling trials since many years and i must say your swirls improved from year to year, now these came out very nice.