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Spyridon:

--- Quote from: Level42 on September 04, 2009, 06:00:07 pm ---I'm not sure if you mentioned it already, but I assume you're spray painting this ? What method ?

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Yep. I'm using a HVLP sprayer.

And a first for me...automotive paint

Level42:
I feel stupid, I remember that picture of your compressor now :)

I have to check my compressor's details if it's enough for the HVLP method. I thought I read somewhere it requires a pretty large compressor.

Is that a full-size basketball in that pic ? If so, your compressor is bigger than mine but it looks like it's a kid-size basketball ?

Spyridon:

--- Quote from: Level42 on September 05, 2009, 02:54:02 am ---Is that a full-size basketball in that pic ? If so, your compressor is bigger than mine but it looks like it's a kid-size basketball ?

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It's a kid-size basketball

Spyridon:
Okay, finally found some free time to get back to work on this. (Warning - lots of pictures)

I used some 600 grit sandpaper and lightly sanded the edges of all the red paint. This did an excellent job of taking down the sharp edges left from the stencil.

Next up was to apply the blue front stencil.

Then the sides.

The trick was to get all the registration marks to line up

Left side in place

And the premask removed:

I did find a few pieces that hadn't been weeded out. Luckily I discovered these before painting

And the same process for the right side

Masked off and ready to paint:

Blue paint applied:

Now the reveal....

:woot

I'm very pleased with the way this is turning out. It looks like the black will cover all the edges and blend the colors nicely.

WunderCade:
Sweet! Schwing!!! LOL

That seriously looks amazing. :applaud:

So, you just sanded along the edges of the paint. Did it create any issues with haze from where you sanded vs. the unsanded parts? The clear coat would probably take care of any of that, right?

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