bigorange Report post Posted April 18, 2009 I have been working on blending color tones to come up with a sunburst appearance similar to some guitar bodies,, pay no attention to the stamping Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CitizenKate Report post Posted April 18, 2009 That's a neat effect! How did you do it? Kate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorange Report post Posted April 18, 2009 (edited) Hi Kate, After tooling I de-glazed the leather, I layed down the tiger stripe pattern in dark tan. then shot it with yellow, complete. I thined red and added some yellow to get the burnt orange tone and went arount the edge, a little beyond the tooled border, and finally shot the edge with mahogany, all are fiebings alcohol dye, finished off with leather balm atomic wax. I used an Iwata hp-c airbrush with about 35-40 psi of air so not to send any globs of dy just a well atomized mist. the tiger stripe would have looked better black. as a houskeeping effort I drew all the dye I used with hobby syringes this cuts down on the mess one can make with this kind of thing. and I used a medication dose cup for mixing Give it a try as I would like to hear what you think All the best Bo Edited April 18, 2009 by bigorange Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leatheroo Report post Posted April 19, 2009 love the effect....another reason to have a good airbrush!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingcuda Report post Posted April 19, 2009 i gotta get me one of those!!..that looks great! i use the syringes as well,..never thought of the medicine cups.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nomad Report post Posted April 19, 2009 Good effect. I like it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
