James Tyler "schmear" finishes

[klemguitar]

I'm curious if anyone knows how James Tyler gets the "schmear"  finishes on his guitars?

If you go here: http://www.tylerguitars.com/index2.html

click on guitars then click on studio elite then on SE HD you'll see the finishes I'm talking about.

I absolutely love the black and silver one. But have no idea how to achieve that type of finish.
The only think I can think of would be is to paint the guitar black and then dribble silver paint on it,
but I just don't think that would achieve what I'm seeing with JT's guitars.

Any ideas?

thanks
klem

 

[jackthehack]

My best guess on the "schmear" finishes on that page is that he's painting the guitars with a flat black or white/ivory color, then literally smearing paint with rags, fingers in some cases, or on the black one just pouring a very thinned out silver down the front/back or going Jason Pollock on the body; probably using poly as a topcoat. Would be easier to see up close than from pics on web.

 

[Wyliee]

Go to ProjectGuitar.com and check out their tutorials.  You'll see a way to do those finishes with paint and a barrel of water.

 

[klemguitar]

Thanks for the responses.
I'm headed over to Project Guitar to check it out right now.

 

[klemguitar]

Alright I just finished with the tutorial. I don't think I'll be attempting it any time soon.  :sad1:
For now I'll just have to keep admiring JT's guitars.

Thanks for all the help.

klem

 

[ildar]

They're talking about oil paints, how advisable are those for a guitar finish? What would you clearcoat with?