wondering if anyone knows a quick recipe for trunk splatter paint. I want something like gray over my flat black. thanks-Cole
they sell splatter paint at most parts stores. I remember using an acutal splatter brush before, all it was was one of those small round cleaning brushed inside a tube. One side of the tube was open so when you dipped it in paint and spun the brush, it splattered onto whatever surface you were aiming for.....I'll see if I can dig up a pic off the web....
heres one on ebay, for fingernails? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=45205&item=5556578464&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW looks like it'd be really easy to make out of a piece of rod, piece of wood, and a parts cleaning brush....
B zylatone do you mean the stuff they used to use in Airstream interiors? I'm pretty sure it's a multi step process. I think their color palate's kind of limited, but they have a site you can check out: http://zolatoneaim.com/ i think most people just use the already mixed aresol trunk paint stuff. it used to be all the rage amongst the local minitruckers back in the day... they liked the black/aqua mix
Eastwood has trunk spray kits, rattlecan with clear. Works good.-MIKE http://www.eastwoodcompany.com/
What about doing it as a 2 step process? Shoot the flat black. Come back with some Gray that isn't reduced enough, and a dirty fucked up nozzle, play with the air pressure until you get a decent pattern.
The local paint shop here caries it, in quite a few different colors too. I used a blue/white/gray. They sell it in quarts, then your supposed to buy their "spray gun" that runs off of aerosol cans. It worked ok, it might work better if you had an actual gun with a big enough tip to spray it.
I have experimented with this stuff before. I used oil based enamel,mixed with water based latex. Put in a spray gun,just give it a little shake once in a while. The latex doesn't mix with the the enamel(color of your choice),and just comes out kinda chunky. open up the gun so as to put it on heavy. Keep the air-fan mix low, you don't want to break it up too much. I did a pickup bed with this and it held up pretty well. I used a dark green enamel,with high gloss house trim latex.(sorry no pictures) Play around with it, you'll get the feel of it in no time. you will be Zolotoneing everything!! Sparky
think sparky is onto it- non compatible formulas-maybe its flat dark gray laquer and lite grey/white water base so they will stay seperate while spraying.......probably need a large spray head or an undercoat gun huh????
I'm no chemist nor am I a painter but I do know that shit they sell in a can is not the way to go it never sets up hard and you are limited to the color combinations they want to sell. I do believe Unkl Ian has the right idea, use real ingredients applied separately each color should behave as it should and be durable when cured. not related, or maybe it is, what's the technique for cobwebbing? Paul
Sparky and Ian are on the right track for home brewed splatter. Unreduced/stired color in a touch-up gun. Narrow pattern.
i just did my trunk using the roll on bedliner stuff that you can get at the autoparts store...looks nice and you can paint over it. i suppose you could get the spatter paint effect by using some one shot or even grey primer and sponging it on real light (like those people do on all the home improvement makeover shows.) just a thought.
A follow up to Paul's question,about cobwebbing. This effect is made by using acrylic laquer,unthinned. I used a DeVilbis gun,with a #30 tip. Run it wide open,with little or no air mix. use about 15lbs. air pressure or less,so it comes out in a string ,without splattering. You have to shoot it when your base coat is still wet, so it will stick. It must be dry,when you shoot the clear over it so it won't melt,and run also. I never really liked the effect,but I guess now it has a "nostalgia" look to it. Lowrider's used it mostly,especially on roofs,when the 'flake roof style died off. Have fun! Sparky
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