Easily Decorate Guitars Without Needing to Strip the Lacquer.

by BigJack1986 in Craft > Art

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Easily Decorate Guitars Without Needing to Strip the Lacquer.

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These are some examples of guitars I have painted, using high quality permanent pens. They come in a range of colours and can usually be found in good quality art shops! I use a range of Silvers, blacks, whites and coppers. Scroll to see some examples of things you can do.

Provided You Can Get Hold of Some Extremely High Quality Permanent Art Pens...

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You Will Find That Once On, the Pen 'paint' Can Be Quite Hardy...

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So If You Avoid the Areas Where the Skin Would Tend to Rest Directly on the Guitar...

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You Can Create Really Nice Art Pieces to Brighten Up Even the Cheapest of Instruments!

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(Note, that top bend on the body of the guitar is the main area to try and leave clear, but if it does fade it can be easily touched up at a later date)