Been seeing alot of HAMB'rs wanting to learn to do custom paint, posting simple questions and getting 20 different difficult answers? Also been seeing different posts on pedal cars. So I spent a couple hours on a beautiful SoCal saturday painting a pedal car. Now I'm no longer a pro painter just doing it as a hobby and for fun. Not sure if my way is the right or wrong way (there are no rules) but it is my way and its worked for me for the past 20+ years. All paints used were House Of Kolors base coat kandies. SWAP MEET FIND. AFTER A HAFT-ASS PREP AND MASK SPRAYED THE TAN BASE FOR THE WOOD GRAIN AFTER SOME FANCY AIRBRUSH WORK MASKED THE WOOD AREA AND SPAYED A SILVER BASE FOR THE FLAMES AND KANDY RED. TAPED AND MASKED THE FLAMES SPRAYED THE KANDY RED AND UNMASKED AFTER SOME PINSTRIPES AND ALOT OF CLEAR, NOW ITS HAMB FRIENDLY
Real nice! It does however remind me of the firetruck some @ss stole out of my front yard that belonged to my downsyndrome child. I guess I need to find him another one. Thanks for the show. I would like to have seen how you did the wood.
spray base and then lay a layer of terry over that and spary the darker (grains) makes for nice real looking wood grain try it it works relly good i learned it from my grandfather when i was a kid he has been painting for like 40 years
works better on larger ares first time i saw him do it was on a hood. used as a back ground with some graphics over top. ill see if i can find some old pics
looks good... a little advice. if u cant stripe well, do a black tape stripe untill u get the striping down, other then that looks good. wood grain how too... mix a tan base using basecoat white, pagan gold, candy rootbeer. candy rootbeer/tangerine/and a touch of black mixed in sg100 unreduced. u get a shitty paint brush close to the size of your project. u dab the brush in the candy mix and lightly brush it on. after uve brushed it, u reduce the mix and add a little black and u can airbrush darker spots and knots. for a little touch of a highlight. u come back with a little pagan gold and shoot it over the whole area for a little pop. all colors can be adjusted to get darker wood colors and different tones.
That is awesome....I'm sure any kid would love that. Hell I'd love it!!! Thanks for showing the work in stages.
Here's a few shots of the "McMullen roadster" that I did for Street Rodder magazine a few years back .
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