By Triple-X
Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:06 am
well yeah I know how paint and clear works. I did fiberglass car audio custom work which required plenty of it. 
What I was asking wasn't why you had to use clear.. just what kind of clear you were using and whether you were going with a gloss or matte look.
And yeah forat does have that candy paint wet look alot.. but even that can be achieved without that embossed over sprayed look he gets around the button and pad cutouts.. mostly the button cutouts since they are smaller and the paint builds up around the cutout area and kind of bulges.
to me it looks like he is not reducing his mixes enough, to thin the paint before spraying. or he is spraying each coat consecutively to soon after the one before and he lays it on too thick. so the paint builds at the cutout edges and can not level and cures that way.
Your silver base came out great. nice and level. flat and even. Its obvious that you have to clear it to protect the silk screen text, but I was just curious whether you wanted to keep the matte look, or if you wanted to create some depth by doing gloss clear over a matte base.
personally I like the ALL matte look. especially for this job.
What I was asking wasn't why you had to use clear.. just what kind of clear you were using and whether you were going with a gloss or matte look.
And yeah forat does have that candy paint wet look alot.. but even that can be achieved without that embossed over sprayed look he gets around the button and pad cutouts.. mostly the button cutouts since they are smaller and the paint builds up around the cutout area and kind of bulges.
to me it looks like he is not reducing his mixes enough, to thin the paint before spraying. or he is spraying each coat consecutively to soon after the one before and he lays it on too thick. so the paint builds at the cutout edges and can not level and cures that way.
Your silver base came out great. nice and level. flat and even. Its obvious that you have to clear it to protect the silk screen text, but I was just curious whether you wanted to keep the matte look, or if you wanted to create some depth by doing gloss clear over a matte base.
personally I like the ALL matte look. especially for this job.
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.
We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." by: e=mc2
We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." by: e=mc2
DAMN that is DOPE.
