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Comment by Poorness Studios on January 2, 2019 at 11:00am

The important thing is to spray paint the lightest color (yellow) first. Cover the whole masked area with paint. Let dry 10 minutes. Then go back with the second color (orange), and cover about half the area fully. For the remainder, tilt the can slightly upward with each stroke to produce a fade. Let dry 10 minutes. Then go back with the dark color (red) and fully cover the first 1/3 before doing the fade angle. Let dry for 30 minutes before removing tape. If your fade is smooth, you should get a nice gradation of red to orange to yellow.

Comment by Brian Thompson on January 2, 2019 at 10:52am

Thanks for the additional info and link to the pic......very useful and interesting. Your practice piece looks ace too!! I'm definitely convinced and will give this a try.....lots of ideas from this!

Thanks again, can't wait to see the finished guitar!

Comment by Uncle John on January 2, 2019 at 9:57am

Came out great!

Comment by Poorness Studios on January 2, 2019 at 8:18am

The pic below was my first attempt at painting flames. It's actually not that difficult. I was surprised.

https://cigarboxnation.com/photo/learning-to-paint-flames?context=l...

Comment by Brian Thompson on January 2, 2019 at 5:44am

That's a really impressive result, using spray cans.....who needs an airbrush anyway!!

I'm going to have to do some experimenting and see if I can produce a half-decent sunburst.....was going to try hand rubbed water based stains, but now I've seen this......mmmm!!

Nice one!

Comment by Dave Lynas on January 2, 2019 at 4:45am

That’s beautiful! Nice spray job.

Comment by Poorness Studios on January 2, 2019 at 2:51am

No airbrush. I just did it with spray cans.The technique worked pretty well. I'm pretty happy with it.

Comment by Brian Thompson on January 2, 2019 at 2:15am

Nice work, looks great to me.....!!

How did you get that excellent graduated fade from yellow to orange on the flames......airbrush? 

Looking forward too seeing it fitted to the finished guitar.