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Cool design, and great execution. Also, cool company.

Thanks Hab, I was planning on doing a distressed/relic type paint job, but swirls are so easy and quick I went with it. The swirls take about 15 minutes to do, then about 10 hours of dry time in the hundred and five degree heat, clearcoat and let it dry over night. It really is a fast turn over out of the finishes I have tried. My last 6 builds I have gone the swirl route just because it looks good and goes fast.

It's a vero OKKO Diablo from http://www.sabrotone.com/?page_id=4 It is nice and warm full bodied OD and I dig it. I was going to try a new paint technique, but I was in a hurry to box it up and play with it. Need some knobs still, but I don't know when Ill get to hit the store for some of those.









I built a test rig too out of some salvaged parts.





And that is what I have been doing for the past few days.

Very nice.

Killer, its etches like this that make me want to do an etch. Then I realize mine won't look anywhere near as good so I just stick to what I know.

Awesome in and out

I love the feel of the scrat design as well, but he is my favorite pixar character. He stole ice age imo. All are nice and clean, good looking jobs.

Awesome. It's a pedal-phile.

Sweet decal, I love the theme and knob layout.

Looks killer.

Tight fit indeed, that thing is packed in. Looks cool

Yep, that's the tutorial I read. I didn't like using a toothpick, the first swirl I did using a toothpick I ended up mixing paints on the enclosure instead of swirling. After washing the 1st attempt off I tried the jiggle technique I read about on some arts and crafts blog or something like that. That method worked out better for me so I stuck with it on my subsequent enclosures. I think it just takes experimentation to find your own technique. But that guide was the best overall how to I found after hours of Googleage, just don't be afraid to experiment, heck thin one color out with alcohol and light it on fire who knows how cool that might look. (KIDDING, that can only lead to baldness and facial blisters)

No problem Jim. It is messy, I did this and 3 other enclosures at the same time so I only had to clean once.

The thinnest paint is just basically enough paint mixed in so that the water is opaque, and should run from a spoon but still leave a little behind (think whole milk) this was the cream color on this one.
The thickest is still fairly thin, just thick enough that it drips from a spoon as opposed to running out like water. about 2 drops per second. This was the darker red on this one.
The black and true red were thinned somewhere between the other two.
First prep and prime like you normally would.
I put 3 big drips of the thickest first. Leaving gaps between the drips .
Then the other colors in random order both between the big drips and the occasional drizzle over top of the thicker parts. as I tilt turn and jiggle the coat hanger making sure paint drips down the sides.
I let it dry 24 hours or so then clear coat.
Basically, the thicker paint pushes around the thinner and thats about it.

Thanks guys.
I think its the dragonfly technique.
Just acrylic paint thinned out with water to different viscosities. Rigged a wire coat hanger to hold the enclosure,dripped the paints on while jiggling the coat hanger all around. Then clear coating once it dried. It's messy but its really easy and goes fairly quick.