Lace Paint Job
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Lace Paint Job
Hello gents,
For a while now I have been interested in doing some custom flares with paint. Specifically lace and shell patterns in paint. Something like this
So this will be somewhat of a tutorial or trial and error(depending on how it goes) for a lace paint job. Rather than starting with a truck pannel, I am using a sqare of sheet metal to play with. The plan so far is to do a white base, with blue and red lace cover, and then clear coat over all of it. I chose these colors simply because I already have them sitting around. The lace I picked up today was just the generic stuff from Hobby Lobby. I was hoping for some kind of a spider web or skull pattern being that halloween is so close, but no dice. Updates of my progress will be coming shortly. If any of you paint guys have experiance with custom work, please chime in! Aside from some quick google searches, I am going in blind.
For a while now I have been interested in doing some custom flares with paint. Specifically lace and shell patterns in paint. Something like this
So this will be somewhat of a tutorial or trial and error(depending on how it goes) for a lace paint job. Rather than starting with a truck pannel, I am using a sqare of sheet metal to play with. The plan so far is to do a white base, with blue and red lace cover, and then clear coat over all of it. I chose these colors simply because I already have them sitting around. The lace I picked up today was just the generic stuff from Hobby Lobby. I was hoping for some kind of a spider web or skull pattern being that halloween is so close, but no dice. Updates of my progress will be coming shortly. If any of you paint guys have experiance with custom work, please chime in! Aside from some quick google searches, I am going in blind.
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You typed faster than I could edit! The after adding the picture I was not able to type any more, so I had to go back and edit the rest of the post. This is going to be my experience of lace painting and an open question for anyone who has tips for lace painting.
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if your doing patterns like a lot of low riders do you might want to look into a mini spray gun or airbrush i use both, spray you base then lay out your pattern with tape or using a spray out card and cut your shape like the shell pattern you wanted and work you way from one side to the other. Also you want to spray on the edge of the tape or card to get a consist line and turn your air pressure down. it is time consuming to spray patterns so don't expect to be finish in one day.
lace example
pattern in tape after base
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