Rattle can Tobacco Burst

[grouse789]

Just doing a project over walnut. I wasn’t sure how well it would come out as walnut is a dark wood. But, I like it.
Stewmac vintage amber 4 coats, and tobacco brown 3 coats. Waiting for it to dry, then re-assess. Then clear coat. I’m thinking maybe Satin. thoughts?

 

[Joe Nerve]

I'm envious . That's beautiful. I would love to have those skills, as well as a place where I could put them to good use, lol.

 

[grouse789]

Wow, thank you for the compliment. It’s not easy, but it’s not hard either. You have to be willing to make mistakes. The worst case scenario is having to sand the finish off and start again. I actually sprayed this in an unused room at work. But you could do it outside in the right conditions. Not windy and temps between 60-90°. You should try it sometime. As Bob Ross would say “mistakes are happy accidents “ .

 

[Matt Liebenau]

It looks pretty good especially for what I’m guessing is an early effort? My one suggestion would be to try and get more of the darker brown in the area inside the curve of both horns. In the picture anyway they kind of look like a stripe on the top and bottom of the body. It does look like the bass side piece of walnut is darker then the rest and that will definitely affect the color. It’s also more difficult to get a burst just right with spray cans. Go with the clear of your choice. Being able to do a nice polished gloss is great but a good semigloss can look really nice as well.

 

[grouse789]

Thank you. I feel that way too about the inside curve of the horns. I’m just afraid of adding too much. But I will try tomorrow with very light coats 45° angle, 12-18” away. I’ve never done a burst or two tone before. I have done solids, oil finishes, and dyes previous.

It looks pretty good especially for what I’m guessing is an early effort? My one suggestion would be to try and get more of the darker brown in the area inside the curve of both horns. In the picture anyway they kind of look like a stripe on the top and bottom of the body. It does look like the bass side piece of walnut is darker then the rest and that will definitely affect the color. It’s also more difficult to get a burst just right with spray cans. Go with the clear of your choice. Being able to do a nice polished gloss is great but a good semigloss can look really nice as well.

 

[Bruce Johnson]

Some advise, from experience: When spraying sunburst perimeters, don't spray at a 45 degree angle. That makes the "dusting" harder to control. It's too easy to get too much of the fine spray too far inboard.

The better approach is to spray perpendicular to the back surface, but......aim the center of your spray off the perimeter of the body by an inch or so.

Imagine if the body were sitting on a piece of cardboard. You want to spray a line, on the cardboard, all around the outside of the body. The center of the spray is off the body, by about an inch, and most of the paint is going on the cardboard. Only a small portion of the paint goes on the body. Doing this, it's much easier to control the position and width of the dusted edge.

When the dusting is done, then spray the perimeter of the body straight on to the edge, perpendicular to the edge. Don't angle the can, or you'll mess up the dusting.

Keep the can or spray gun perpendicular to the surface.

 

[grouse789]

Ok I’ll try that. Stewmac says to spray out from center(sort of) . So a 45° going outwards, rather than inwards.
I will experiment with perpendicular on the backside of the bass later today.
Thank you for the tips!

Some advise, from experience: When spraying sunburst perimeters, don't spray at a 45 degree angle. That makes the "dusting" harder to control. It's too easy to get too much of the fine spray too far inboard.

The better approach is to spray perpendicular to the back surface, but......aim the center of your spray off the perimeter of the body by an inch or so.

Imagine if the body were sitting on a piece of cardboard. You want to spray a line, on the cardboard, all around the outside of the body. The center of the spray is off the body, by about an inch, and most of the paint is going on the cardboard. Only a small portion of the paint goes on the body. Doing this, it's much easier to control the position and width of the dusted edge.

When the dusting is done, then spray the perimeter of the body straight on to the edge, perpendicular to the edge. Don't angle the can, or you'll mess up the dusting.

Keep the can or spray gun perpendicular to the surface.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Just doing a project over walnut. I wasn’t sure how well it would come out as walnut is a dark wood. But, I like it.
Stewmac vintage amber 4 coats, and tobacco brown 3 coats. Waiting for it to dry, then re-assess. Then clear coat. I’m thinking maybe Satin. thoughts?View attachment 4967505 View attachment 4967506

Yes, satin. It'd take a lot more work to get that to a decent gloss. Satin is fine without the grain being filled, and the surface leveled. You'll just have to get the orange peel out, and finalize it.

 

[onamission]

Here's one I shot a couple years ago with StewMac spray nitro. it has a naturally destressed look.

 

[grouse789]

Here's one I shot a couple years ago with StewMac spray nitro. it has a naturally destressed look.
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Wow, beautiful!

 

[Kipp Harrington]

Looks cool! I would definitely go with a gloss finish.

 

[grouse789]

Gonna work on those inside horns in a few.

 

[wyleeboxer]

Satin all the way

 

[Geogio]

It looks good. I did a similar application to my kitchen cabinets but more Amber, I had toyed with the idea of a three-tone but I was running out of time. Shot it with an airgun.

 

[jam.majors]

Just doing a project over walnut. I wasn’t sure how well it would come out as walnut is a dark wood. But, I like it.
Stewmac vintage amber 4 coats, and tobacco brown 3 coats. Waiting for it to dry, then re-assess. Then clear coat. I’m thinking maybe Satin. thoughts?View attachment 4967505 View attachment 4967506

Nice! I definitely back the choice of satin.

 

[deepestend]

Looks pretty good!

 

[Trucker Bumptip]

Looks great. I'm not brave enough to attempt a burst/fade paintjob.

 

[HardNHeavy]

that looks great...good 1st attempt. i wanted to do the same with a current build but just stained the whole thing instead. Now ya got me gassing to build another and seriously try a sunburst finish.

 

[micguy]

Gonna work on those inside horns in a few.

I actually like the fact that you didn't do the inside of the horns. It's a bit...different, which I like.

 

[Trucker Bumptip]

I actually like the fact that you didn't do the inside of the horns. It's a bit...different, which I like.

I agree. It doesn't have factory-perfect uniformity which gives it a human touch to it and looks like natural wear.