I'm painting the carriage ends by hand. Too much trouble to disassemble them!
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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I'm painting the carriage ends by hand. Too much trouble to disassemble them!
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I can't wait to see how it looks when you're done!
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of paint do you use? I want to be painting one of those 60s SCM portables all black for practice.
This is Krylon glossy cherry red. It comes out fast, so I had a few problems with runs. General advice with spray paint: to avoid runs, don't get too close to the object and keep moving the can back and forth; pay close attention to the instructions on the can about time between coats (which can vary wildly); apply a white primer first, and finish with a clear coat (which I will be adding soon).
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I was just wondering how you'd do the painting and here it is. Will the hand-painted areas have the same texture/feel as the sprayed surface?
ReplyDeleteGood question, I dream lo-tech.
ReplyDeleteThe answer is: not completely. The hand-painted pieces are going to be less regular than the spray painted ones. If I were a perfectionist, I would disassemble and spray. On this model, though, that seems to be a nightmare of tiny screws, so I thought I'd give my brush-painting skills a workout instead.
No hubiese imaginado que la pintura de la máquina es trabajo tuyo. Su apariencia es como por un trabajo industrial y precido. Es una chulada esa OPTIMA!
ReplyDeleteYo no tengo buenos antecedentes pintando con aerosol enlatado, por eso utilizo una pistola pulverizadora HVLP.