I'm starting to get some crazy ideas about paint for the bug. At the moment I'm entertaining the possibility of perhaps a lightish khaki, like the fatiges you can get from army surplus places from the 70s conflicts (Vietnam etc).
note: only using that as a reference - don't mean any offence to anyone.
I'm thinking at the moment that I prefer the look of 'worn' paint over the hyper glossy look of most new paint jobs. Ideally I'd love a green that appears worn in the logical places rather than an even overall finish. The hope is that this would make a nice contrast to selected items of bling 馃
So is this idea completely stupid in terms of practicality, or is there a good chance it could be done without being hellishly expensive/time intensive?nn[ Edited on 22-8-2005 by ruckus ]
crewcabconnection 路
a month ago, I was a paint moron, now the fogs clearing thanks to the help of people here and on DSK.....managed to make a decent start and honestly it's not that hard, but a lot of rubbing.....
ruckus 路
Are you talking paint in general or this idea specifically?
decked dubby 路
This is my FC van i sold about 12 months ago.
This was lime green with side windows when i bought it. All the paint and signage has been added.
I made a stencil then painted this on. Name is made from three different adds
from 1951 HotRod magazine.
squizy 路
Very cool Dame. 馃憤
ruckus 路
Nice work. Do you think kit'd show up with the type of green I'm looking at? Is the best idea to have a lighter green underneath with a darker coat that gets rubbed back on top?
h 路
noice look man..
pyr0 路
darker color underneather lighter colur on top 馃槈 if you use solids 4 both you wont need to lcear it after you've sanded it back, thats on the assumption you sand through with a smoothish paper, like 1200 or 1500 馃憤
ruckus 路
Please forgive the dodgy photoshop, but this might give a bit more of an idea:
So not full-blown rat, but really weathered paint.nn[ Edited on 23-8-2005 by ruckus ]