Painting in Progress (with completed pics)

[Peter Snowberg]

Very, VERY cool!

[mrsage]

Hey!

I've seen those before!

I didn't realize you posted here...but I guess I should have figured it out when you started talking about how you were going to power the JoshuaPre (or whatever it ends up being...I kinda like Pre3K).

-- Zach (voxclone on Yahoo forums)

[LyleCaldwell]

Hey Zach!  Yeah, the other group is where I pose as an expert and this is the group where I come begging for advice.

Works out quite well.   

[mrsage]

Hey Zach!  Yeah, the other group is where I pose as an expert and this is the group where I come begging for advice.

Works out quite well.   

Haha...I know what that's like!

Don't worry...I'll keep your secret!

[LyleCaldwell]

OK, almost all done, here are some final shots:

[searoad]

thx for sharing the pics!!

well done!!!

[rhcpmk]

i coudlnt find selt etching aluminum spray primer at canadian tire  (big canadian outdoors chain, if ya didnt know) but my dad works in construction so he got me a water bottle full of the the same thing from a painter he knows who specially formulated it for me. its gray. if i sand it down enuf between coats will this primer do as good a job as the spray one and can i still use avery dark t shirt transfers to do decals?

[LyleCaldwell]

If you're careful not to sand through any places, it should work fine. 

[ryanscissorhands]

When I did my first T-shirt transfer, I went for a bit, but some of it didn't stick, so I laid it back down, over-ironed it, and then the PAPER stuck to the pedal. I haven't redone it. . . it's sort of a reminded that things don't always go as planned.

[rhcpmk]

When I did my first T-shirt transfer, I went for a bit, but some of it didn't stick, so I laid it back down, over-ironed it, and then the PAPER stuck to the pedal. I haven't redone it. . . it's sort of a reminded that things don't always go as planned.

thats true. so far i've only ever made one pedal and it was a simple passive a/b splitter made in a hammond 1590 BB size box (way too big for this type of pedal, but anyways who cares) and I used that primer my dad got me and i only put one coat of it really, a thick coat. i sanded it down very very lightly but not enough, it had a grain to it because it was brush on. then i applied 4 or 5 coats of this cheap, blue spray enamel which was WalMart Brand. It seemed to look decent (a couple globs of paint here and there but it was too late to sand them off as i painted over them). Then I applied clear Lacquer from the same company as the blue enamel. It Kind of had this raised particle thing going on in the corners and the finish to this day still isn't very durable, I scractched it already just screwing on the nuts to the input/output jacks. One day i will redo it but right now I'm just gonna leave it a reminder of what not to do, when i perfect my painting style then I will sand it down and redo it.

[lumpymusic]

Next step, after curing in the oven, is the graphics:

First, I printed the graphics out on Avery dark T shirt transfer paper (has to be the dark version).  Then I cut them out:

Jumping in to the thread late...Beautiful job!

May I ask, please...The dark T shirt transfer stuff - Is the "background" in your
image WHITE or NO COLOR or how do you get it to match the box paint color?

Thanks -

Lumpy

[gwtekman]

I know this is ancient thread... but every place I have read is you DO NOT put lacquer on enamel..something about the solvents used in lacquer will damage the enamel or something...

Lacquer should only be used on top of other lacquers, enamels on enamels, and acrylics on acrylics although you can put an enamel over lacquer and you can put acrylics over enamels
Basically solvent wise, Lacquer is the strongest then enamel then acrylic..Lacquer over ether of the other 2 is a no no.  Polyurethane you can put on enamels, but yellows over time where laquer does not?  is this info correct?