My Flash Resto (Without Studley67)

[studley67]

you mean stencils 

[mildflame]

you mean stencils 

haha, yea. its soo confusing

Anyway I got the spraycan out today and i am currently painting white onto the backbox left and right, at 3 coats... proberly do another 2 or 3, post pics later tonight!

[mildflame]

This morning:
I thought it might be a good idea to take off all the old maskings (for the base colour black) because they were coming off and were on for quite some time...
So I took them off




And put on new ones after remembering how bad i was at sticking newspaper over a hole!



and then clamed down and worked out how i was going to use the cabinet stencils
I applyed the white stencils to both sides of the Backbox




Mid-day:
I did 5 coats in total: starting with really light coat and making each following coat slightly thicker than the last




Tonight:

There is nothing better than peeling off a stencil and revealing nice new fresh artwork! 




Very small overspray occured but easy to patch up!

notice all the airbubbles in the left side... i did that one first!

[Mr Pinbologist]

Looks like you're off to a good start with the stencils  

Although i cant really spot it in the pics, any slight overspray can usually be taken off with a little bit of Novus2 on a cloth, i used it on my KISS cab and on the Stern Galaxy cab i painted, worked a treat  

[mildflame]

Looks like you're off to a good start with the stencils 

Although i cant really spot it in the pics, any slight overspray can usually be taken off with a little bit of Novus2 on a cloth, i used it on my KISS cab and on the Stern Galaxy cab i painted, worked a treat 

Thanks mate!,
I masked up the bits i wanted to keep, in the overspray areas and cleaned the overspray with Shellite (I dont have any Novus)
Worked brilliant with a chux!

[Strangeways]

Looking Good Mitch 

[goodolddays]

Looking good so far Mitch 

[Pop Bumper Pete]

You need a drumroll and a TAH-DAH!!!

[studley67]

well done mate,keep up the good work .are the stencils re-useable?

[mildflame]

well done mate,keep up the good work .are the stencils re-useable?

haha, not really most broke so i threw them out, but i'am happy with the result,
i finished all white yester day havn't taken any photos yet. going to finish the backbox today with the red.

one question... or two
I have legs and lockdown bar that are speckled with rust and need polishing. i thought i could remove/kill the rust but it wouldn't polish up too good, I also want to polish the front door panel and side rails, What is the best way to get them shiny?
I bought steel wool to buff it up but it dont really work

[mildflame]

Heres the finished "white only"





and the current red

[studley67]

that looks fantastic mate,i hope you can finish it today .back to school tommorow

[mildflame]

one question... or two
I have legs and lockdown bar that are speckled with rust and need polishing. i thought i could remove/kill the rust but it wouldn't polish up too good, I also want to polish the front door panel and side rails, I bought steel wool to buff it up but it dont really work
What is the best way to get them shiny?

[studley67]

was that last q'n dirrected at me?you are the rust remover man.lol.i would try to remove the surface rust first,then polish,regrain with wet and dry with some windex etc.probally 400 gritt.

[mildflame]

was that last q'n dirrected at me?you are the rust remover man.lol.i would try to remove the surface rust first,then polish,regrain with wet and dry with some windex etc.probally 400 gritt.

haha, no it wasn't... i'm not too sure you have ever tryed that... i kno i have and its a slow exhausting procedure. i was just wondering if anyone else on here "like Neno" knew an easier more affective way that they would like to share???