Poor man's sexy lace!

Lace Paint job on a budget!
You can make something silky smooth too!

Material list:

1. Get your hands on something to paint
2. Cans of light metallic and dark metallic touch up paint.
3. Quality clear coat paint in a can.
4. Naughty masking tape and regular automotive masking tape.
5. The hottest, sexiest lingerie in your top drawer. Or go to your local fabric store and ask to see their lace selection. You will have a lot of explaining to do but it's worth it.
6. Some 600, 800 whatever sandpaper.

First I masked off my subject with some automotive masking tape.


Then I sprayed my light color metallic touch up paint.


After that dried. Oh about 20 minutes on a hot day. Until it wasn't tacky!
I laid down my lace and taped it to my subject. Some lay the lace on wet paint but that is not ease sleazy. I was careful not to pull on the lace to much as that will distort the shape. It needs to be all touching the surface. no bumps if possible. I also was careful to match the pattern on the other side of the board as I was using two strips.


Now gently spray your dark metallic paint. Build it up slowly and with care again. As you can see my colors are day and night of the same. You need to have that contrast for this effect. I used my eyes and found a GM light blue and a Toyota dark. Who cares what they are, just remember day and night.


Ok! After remove all that sticky tape and wet lace. Oooouu yaaa! Sorry! Let everything dry. Be patient! Let that paint harden even for a day or two.


Now get your 600 grit sandpaper and lightly wet sand the whole surface. Yes! Get that sandpaper and subject wet! Just a light sanding to soften the edges where your new painted areas meet the base.

Clean the surface of dust and get out your clear coat paint. I would buy a spray can of quality clear from a an automotive paint shop. I find a huge difference between that an the touch up clear. Spray a light even coat. let it flash off (let the wet look of paint to go away). Probably 5 minutes. Then lay a heavier wet coat. Flash off again and another wet coat. And an other until nice and deep!

After I was done I outlined my lace panels with some pinstriping. If you can't pinstripe than find one and keep them employed.


Look at this shine!


I couldn't resist painting a cute lil' shark on it.



Have fun!

 

wow man thanks alot for sharing.....hmmm "dad, can i lace the truck"?????...

 

That is REALLY cool,thanks for the "tech"!
The Shark is a Great addition.

 

I'll be lacing something just for the fun of it!

 

Awesome tech! I'm going to have to give that a try sometime. Thanks for sharing.

 

I like it!

 

Good stuff! Remember though, make sure your paints are compatible before doing anything big. I tried this on the roof of a car once and ended up bubbling up the base coat when I went to clear it. Test it on a scrap first. Badass surf board, man! Dig the shark, too.

 

How long do you wait before pulling the lace and tape?
Great job!

 

That is a sweet surf board man!! Great work.

 

Thanks for the tips on the paint job,it's awsome to see that there is talent out there.

 

very cool

 

Great idea. It looks great. If anyone wants a checker pattern or carbon fiber look they can use regular shelf liner for cabinets and achieve a similar finish with two similar colors. The striping sets it off nicely also. I'll have to try that soon.

 

Yes! Thanks! Good point, testing can save a lot of headaches and heartaches.

 

Just let it dry for an hour really. That paint drys quick. Carefully and slowly lift of the lace. Peel back the tape with the same care. If you prepped your base with a light sanding and a good cleaning the paint shouldn't come off with the tape.

 

Wow thanks for the Tech info, I have always loved the lace look but thought it would be much harder.
Thanks!!

 

That is very cool man...........

 

Great tech,JEPPA!
I'll be trying this out on a few future projects!
Thanks!

 

this gives me the feelin for somethin frilly...

 

That looks freakin awesome.

 

I'm going to go do that to something right now! haha. Thanks for sharing.

 

"Quote from wife" Honey? why is the linen and lingere drawers empty? AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT IN THE YARD!

 

Nicely done. But I was hoping you were gonna do that roof...

 

Nicely done.

If I could offer anything, I'd say you should have actually done it on a real surfboard.

Used ones are cheap on craigslist.

I'd love to have that done on an actual shaped blank, before it was glassed. Never seen a real board done with a lace job!

 

Honey I have this great idea of what we could do to the dinning table so we would never have to wash the table cloth...
honey...honey... oh honey...

 

Now I can browse Victoria's Secret and tell them I'm looking for a paint pattern.

 

Rad...but a suggestion. Don't directly wetsand metallics (or pearls)....if ya want it smooth, clear it and sand the clear. Otherwise you'll have sanding scratches in the metallic/pearl particles....

 

Ah! Your right and I come to think of it I'm sure I shot some clear on before my first sanding. Sorry folks!

 

One day man! I have a ton of body work and a repaint to do to the '58. I also have a challenge with those roof ribs.

 

I saw a bettie with lace undies id like to paint

 

Seen a lot of lace work but this is the first time I have seen it explained-Thanks for posting.