Tonar8352
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I thought I’d post some new tips on doing a sunburst. If you would like other tips do a search and you will find them. These are some things that I have not mentioned in the past and they are fresh in my mind since I’m bursting this guitar today so here you go.
I always focus my spray pattern on the rounded edge of the guitar. This serves several purposes. The first is to load the edges with the most amount of color that I can. Since paint tends to move away from rounded edges I find that I have to make sure I get extra black on the edge. The second reason is the over spray at the edge of the spray pattern makes a better line following the contour of the body. Lastly if I spray aiming at the face of the guitar my black edge tends to get too wide. I don’t like a wide burst which leaves very little of the yellow showing.
Before I move on to the Vandyke Brown I check the edges with a flash light to see if there is any yellow is showing through. If there is, which I did have on this guitar I go back in and hit them again. I also try to even up the width of the pattern at this point. Again sunbursts are like snowflakes, no two are alike. I try to get the black pattern width using the jack cup as a point of reference as close to the same every time.
I shoot the Vandyke Brown directly over the black and the over spray will cover the edge of the black that I want to go toward the brown. I do this a couple of times about 45 minutes apart to get it even and then let it hang overnight and check it one last time for any things that need to be touched up or adjusted. If all is well I’ll start hitting it with clear.
First coat of brown.
Second coat.
I always focus my spray pattern on the rounded edge of the guitar. This serves several purposes. The first is to load the edges with the most amount of color that I can. Since paint tends to move away from rounded edges I find that I have to make sure I get extra black on the edge. The second reason is the over spray at the edge of the spray pattern makes a better line following the contour of the body. Lastly if I spray aiming at the face of the guitar my black edge tends to get too wide. I don’t like a wide burst which leaves very little of the yellow showing.
Before I move on to the Vandyke Brown I check the edges with a flash light to see if there is any yellow is showing through. If there is, which I did have on this guitar I go back in and hit them again. I also try to even up the width of the pattern at this point. Again sunbursts are like snowflakes, no two are alike. I try to get the black pattern width using the jack cup as a point of reference as close to the same every time.
I shoot the Vandyke Brown directly over the black and the over spray will cover the edge of the black that I want to go toward the brown. I do this a couple of times about 45 minutes apart to get it even and then let it hang overnight and check it one last time for any things that need to be touched up or adjusted. If all is well I’ll start hitting it with clear.
First coat of brown.
Second coat.
