Painting details on your guitar

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:34 pm

Have you guys ever painted a picture, flowers, pinstripes, anything on your guitars? I really want to learn how to pinstripe so I can make cool little designs on pedals, and maybe guitars [probably not since I'm a bit of a purist] , but what type of paint can I use? Also, will I have to gloss it afterwards to lock in the color?

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:44 pm

I'm sure you'd have to clear/gloss over whatever designs painted on there unless you want them to fade faster or feel different from the rest of the guitar. I think making stencils would be good for that type of thing.

With a brush though, I'm not sure what type of paint would be best. Why not spray some nitro or poly on to a pallet? I'm not so sure.

MutantParty · Post by **MutantParty** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:53 pm

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Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:33 pm

If your pin stripping is simple enough you should look for pin stripping tape. It's basically tall/ thick, but still pin stripe thin on that dimension...
You may also wanna try airbrush or airbrush paint (if you wanna go the brush route) since you may need thin paint...

dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Sat May 31, 2008 11:00 pm

I want to get a pinstrip added to that red/yellow/green bronco.