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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #30 on: January 05, 2012, 11:05:37 PM »
Thought id document this just in case anyone decides to do a bank A Ball cabinet spray. Matching colours is always a tricky business and finding a suitable paint even trickier.
Main cabinet colour is somewhere between Pantone 345c and 346c.
Taubmans make a colour called  "soft Green"- this matches Pantone 345c EXACTLY.
I went to Bunnings and bought 4ltr Soft Green and got the very friendly guy to give me a sample tub of blue tint.
Mix some of the blue to the Soft Green and you have the base colour for Bank A Ball... it is SPOT ON!
..Of course stencils are available..

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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #31 on: January 05, 2012, 11:39:34 PM »

Bloody hell Gav - Two days in a row on one machine  %.%
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« Reply #32 on: January 05, 2012, 11:46:14 PM »
.... Wrong old pal... had yesterday off due to large hangover
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« Reply #33 on: January 06, 2012, 09:54:48 AM »
Interesting that you bought 4L for base colour Gav .
I have been getting away with primer and then 1L of base colour (1L gives me 2 coats .. just)
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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #34 on: January 06, 2012, 11:03:59 AM »
Quote from: goodolddays on January 06, 2012, 09:54:48 AM
Interesting that you bought 4L for base colour Gav .
I have been getting away with primer and then 1L of base colour (1L gives me 2 coats .. just)

I know... ideally i wanted 2ltr to cover myself... therell be plenty left over which ill keep as stock. Most of the colours used are then used on other games also, so im sure it will come in handy one day
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« Reply #35 on: January 06, 2012, 11:40:13 AM »
Sounds like you plan on painting plenty more cabs.
I have done 3 so far and swore I wouldn't do any more .. but am about to start on my 4th :D
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« Reply #36 on: January 06, 2012, 11:45:13 AM »
....I dont mind it. Only part i dont particularly enjoy is bogging, sanding, rebog the bits you missed, sand... bog again... sand... once im spraying its happy days!
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« Reply #37 on: January 06, 2012, 05:14:20 PM »
What type of pantone book do you use for colour matching i have found there are a few types? Also where would one buy a chart other than ebay?
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« Reply #38 on: January 06, 2012, 05:46:45 PM »
I got mine given to me... is old.. 1999 version. They are though NOT cheap to buy!
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« Reply #39 on: January 06, 2012, 11:36:43 PM »
they serem to be just the right thing for a quick colour match, very handy, but as you said very expensive  ^.^
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« Reply #40 on: January 07, 2012, 03:48:37 PM »
I used a water based enamel for the base colour... nice semi gloss finish and fast drying. Thin back slightly with water and away you go... reckon i used approx 1/2ltr for this... LOL- plenty of paint left!

Cabinet and header now complete with cobwebbing...



Close ups of webbing effect..





I used a spray gun for the webbing and acrylic lacquer as its fast drying... its VERY easy to do!!! Just take the pressure from the gun back to approx 10psi and the paint fails to atomise properly giving a stringy effect. Acrylic lacquer dries too fast and some went off in the air, which means that you have to overdo the effect and once completely dry a stiff brush removes whats not stuck to the cabinet properly
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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #41 on: January 07, 2012, 07:01:04 PM »
Looks great Gav  ^^^ . I like that colour .
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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #42 on: January 07, 2012, 10:49:59 PM »

Surprised you went down the enamel path for the base coat. But it looks great anyway !
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« Reply #43 on: January 07, 2012, 11:16:50 PM »
Quote from: Strangeways on January 07, 2012, 10:49:59 PM

Surprised you went down the enamel path for the base coat. But it looks great anyway !

Enamel flows through the gun better and gives a smoother finish. Other than that, its just like an acrylic in drying time and the fact that it dries a little darker... this water based enamel.. not the stinky slow drying normal enamel.. also clean up is a breeze
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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #44 on: January 08, 2012, 09:34:02 AM »
Looking great Gavin, this one is a nice classic.  She will look really nice when it's all said and done.
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