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| Author: | Haans [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Some photos of doing a sunburst |
Here are the steps I use to do a sunburst on an F5 mandolin. The binding is taped off. There is usually a lot of bleed through, but it saves some work in scraping so it's worth doing.  The instrument is dyed antique yellow/amber.  Three airbrushings of the brown. I do another 3 to darken further.   Eight to ten drops of black dye are added to the brown left in the bottle and I darken the edges.   I'll shoot a coat of spirit varnish on and tomorrow I'll peel the tape and scrape the binding. |
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| Author: | tim88 [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some photos of doing a sunburst |
Haans, thanks for that. I never realized it could be that simple. So I take it that you don't actually spray the sides, they just catch the over spray when you shoot the top and back, correct? |
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| Author: | JJ Donohue [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some photos of doing a sunburst |
Thanks, Haans...nice process...I love your KISS practical approach. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some photos of doing a sunburst |
I tried to do it with rags and brushes ! ![[headinwall]](./images/smilies/headbangwalluf8.gif "Mad") Man Your way is soooooooo simple . ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up") Thanks BTW what type airbrush u using ? Is an expensive one necess , or are the cheaper ones sufficent ?
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| Author: | Haans [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 6:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some photos of doing a sunburst |
Tim88, I do spray the sides...there is a definite pattern to F5 ribs and sections are very dark. So, here's the rest of it. I use utility knife blades and grind a bit off the point on one to get the scroll.  Xacto knife blades are used to get to the side of the binding. The non-sharp edge is ground to a square edge to scrape with.  The scroll is finished on the top.  A steel rule is taped to the fingerboard to use as a guide for scraping the F/B binding.  One coat of oil varnish.  The airbrush is an Iwata, but you can get by with a Paasche. The important part is to keep the brush extremely clean. |
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| Author: | walnut47 [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some photos of doing a sunburst |
Hans, thanks for the great information. Is that a big chunk of binding material in the background of the next to last picture? What is that? Did you make it? Walter |
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| Author: | Haans [ Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some photos of doing a sunburst |
Walter, that is a block of purling for a new style I'm working on. You can see more in the first couple of photos. A slice is cut off that block and that slice is cut into tiny pieces to form the purfling. See my website for the process. Here is a fairly final look... 
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| Author: | walnut47 [ Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some photos of doing a sunburst |
Hans, Nice website. Thanks again for the great info. I really admire the clever methods you have come up with (neck joints etc.) Walter |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some photos of doing a sunburst |
Well done - love it! |
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| Author: | Parser [ Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some photos of doing a sunburst |
nice - thanks for posting! |
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| Author: | RamahBen [ Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some photos of doing a sunburst |
excellent.... bursts are an art form. |
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