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Introduction

About This Course

Welcome to the Robert O’Brien Online Sunbursts Made Simple Course. This course, filmed and presented by Jeff Jewitt of Homestead Finishing Products, will teach you everything you need to know to do a professional sunburst finish on both acoustic and electric instruments. In the video course Jeff demonstrates how to do sunburst finishes by hand as well as with a spray gun. You will learn much more than just about sunbursts. The lessons on surface prep, types of tape suitable for masking, color matching and repair, and spray techniques are worth more than the price of the entire course and can be applied to any type of finish work.

Jeff literally wrote the book on all things finishing and in this video course shares his knowledge and experience on how to master the techniques for achieving professional looking sunburst finishes. Follow along as Jeff demystifies the entire sunburst process making it much easier for you to achieve the same high quality results as factories. The course was filmed in High Definition and contains 7.5 hours of quality video instructions with all the ins and outs of how to do a professional hand applied or sprayed sunburst finish.

Learn about:

• Surface prep
• Applying pore filler and sealer
• Types of tape and how to mask the instrument
• Hand application techniques
• Spray guns suitable for sunburts
• Sunburst spray gun techniques
• Colors – theory and how to mix
• Recipes for sunbursts
• Scraping bindings and purflings
• Toning, shading and ebonizing
• Repairing a sunburst finish
• and so much more!

Please read the FAQ page before beginning. To begin just register/login and purchase the video lessons. You may then either stream or download the videos.

It has never been easier to learn how to do a professional quality sunburst. Happy Sunbursting!