Preparation For Painting A Violin

Before the painting begins, all the woodwork of the violin must be done to the best of its ability, and the exterior of the case must be as smooth as a mirror. Partial chromatic aberration is treated with bleaching method before facing paint, cannot leave any blemish. In short, do not think that painting can make up for these defects. If patience is lacking at this time, the patience of the painter will be further tested after the first painting, even to the point of removing all the paint and redoing it or endlessly repairing it. A bad painter will ruin a good violin. Painting is an excellent opportunity for artistic expression, with a wide range of colors, materials, organization, shade and transparency. Painting requires careful and patient operation, and it is difficult to do a good job of painting before gaining experience and skilled skills.

Remove the fingerboard that is temporarily attached to the neck, and remove the tail post and rotating shaft if they have been installed. The surface of the neck fingerboard is covered with a bit of glue, either wood or cardboard, or wrapped in strong paper and held together with a sticky tape to protect it from damage when painted. Check the entire surface of the violin case. Due to processing errors or defects in the wood itself caused by pits, can be locally stained with hot water to make the concave place expansion out, or with filler repair smooth. Carefully observe the curve of the neck and trim it if necessary, especially the lowest point of the throat arc and the exact span from the top of the face plate at the neck root. Then wet all the wood with a clean cotton cloth. When the wood has risen and dried, gently smooth the surface with a sharp blade. Such operation needs to carry on 2~3 times, can make the picture grain of wood maple of violin back board more apparent, the surface is smoother. The surface of the wood spruce of the violin panel is scraped with a scraper along the wood grain. When scraping, the soft spring wood will be pressed flat, while the hard autumn wood will be scraped off. When preprocessing the violin board, the spring wood will be expanded to make the autumn wood lower than the spring wood. Sandpaper has the opposite effect, so use as little sandpaper as possible to trim the flat surface of the panel. Fine sandpaper is used to trim and clean the side boards and neck. Finally, plug the shaft hole and stern hole, so as to avoid painting into the manhole. When painting, hold the neck of the instrument, and hang the instrument with wire hook when drying. You can also plug a stick into the hole of the stern column, which can be used as a handle for painting and a support stick for drying.