painting on small & tight corners.
Chad
must say but, hey, it's a start. I'm currently experiencing some probs
with some really small parts with some elevated areas. The instruction
says I paint the main part with one color & the protruding areas with
another. Say, the surface is to be colored white and the outcropping
part is to be colored red. How do I paint it so that I don't touch
these protruding parts & vice versa? also, I find it hard to paint on
those cornes without the paint "bleeding" into the next area. :(
TimeTraveler658
colored red. How do I paint it so that I don't touch these protruding parts &
vice versa? also, I find it hard to paint on those cornes without the paint
"bleeding" into the next area. :( >>
Knowing the specific parts you're trying to paint might help, but in a general
sense, paint the main part first, then do the protruding areas. Particularly
if , as you say, the main section is white and the others red. It has nothing
to do with these specific colors, just one is darker, ie, paint the light
colors first. Particularly if the lighter is white, becuase white doesn't
cover worth a damn, especially over red, and red will bleed through damn near
anything. When you say "bleeding into the next area", if you mean just flowing
or running, then the paint is too thin. Maybe it's something you just need to
drybrush instead of paint in the classic sense. I don't remember what your
particular interest is, cars/trucks I think, but if you're doing instrument
panels, they're definitely a drybrush item. I don't understand the "corners"
part, you'll have to explain that one a bit more. You also didn't say whether
you're trying to airbrush all this. Some things ya just gotta do by hand,
sorry. Unless of course, you just have some serious masochistic tendencies
that you need to work on, and love intricate masking, then you can airbrush
everything.
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Chad
> > Say, the surface is to be colored white and the outcropping part is
> > to be
> colored red. How do I paint it so that I don't touch these protruding
> parts & vice versa? also, I find it hard to paint on those cornes
> without the paint "bleeding" into the next area. :( >>
>
> Knowing the specific parts you're trying to paint might help, but in
> a general sense, paint the main part first, then do the protruding
> areas. Particularly if , as you say, the main section is white and
> the others red. It has nothing to do with these specific colors,
> just one is darker, ie, paint the light colors first. Particularly
> if the lighter is white, becuase white doesn't cover worth a damn,
> especially over red, and red will bleed through damn near anything.
> When you say "bleeding into the next area", if you mean just flowing
> or running, then the paint is too thin. Maybe it's something you
> just need to drybrush instead of paint in the classic sense. I don't
> remember what your particular interest is, cars/trucks I think, but
> if you're doing instrument panels, they're definitely a drybrush
> item. I don't understand the "corners" part, you'll have to explain
> that one a bit more. You also didn't say whether you're trying to
> airbrush all this. Some things ya just gotta do by hand, sorry.
> Unless of course, you just have some serious masochistic tendencies
> that you need to work on, and love intricate masking, then you can
> airbrush everything.
>
Well, I forgot to mention that the part's actual color is black & the
instruction says to paint it white & red. My interests are cars. I'm
still working on the engine area. My girlfriend who happens to be a
canvass artist seems to have done a pefectly smooth painting of the
engine. However, me being the graphic artist, don't know jack about
painting. This is my first time to venture into this hobby.
I do have an airbrush but I haven't bought an air compressor yet. It's
no rush since I won't be working on the body for quite a long time.
What I meant by "corners" is the angle between the main part & the
protruding part. Being extremely small (we're talking 1-2 millimeters
here) even with a small brush to paint. I could imagine i'd be using a
needle to paint this part.
CH4:D
Greg Heilers
> What I meant by "corners" is the angle between the main part & the
> protruding part. Being extremely small (we're talking 1-2 millimeters
> here) even with a small brush to paint. I could imagine i'd be using a
> needle to paint this part.
>
> CH4:D
See if you can use a small piece of paper (such as a post-it note)
as a kind of mask. Hold the paper's edge at this corner, "masking"
the area that you do *not* want to paint, and paint with a brush.
Just keep applying this "mask" around the protruding piece, until
you paint all sides.
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Jack Bohn
>What I meant by "corners" is the angle between the main part & the
>protruding part. Being extremely small (we're talking 1-2 millimeters
>here) even with a small brush to paint. I could imagine i'd be using a
>needle to paint this part.
Odd you should say that. I've had good results using a toothpick
on small areas. Just barely touch the surface of the paint -get
less than a drop on the point of it- and it's more like drawing
with a pen than painting.
--
-Jack
Chad
Not a bad idea. At least I'm glad to think it wasn't a crazy idea. :)
TimeTraveler658
part.>
Ok, I'm still lost. Give me an example, specifically what parts are you having
the trouble with? Distributors, around mirrors, shock towers, wipers, what?
Any chance you can post a picture with an arrow or something pointing to it?
And if it takes a needle dipped in paint to get into some areas, so be it. As
an aside, like I said earlier, white doesn't cover worth a damn. If at all
possible, give it a shot of gray first, then work to white.
Al Superczynski
(TimeTraveler658) wrote:
>...white doesn't cover worth a damn. If at all
>possible, give it a shot of gray first...
Better yet, flat aluminum.
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TimeTraveler658
gray first>
>Better yet, flat aluminum>
good point Al, I'm still stuck in that 'gray under white' mindset for some
reason--I'll learn someday.
Chad
> > What I meant by "corners" is the angle between the main part & the
> > protruding
> part.>
>
> Ok, I'm still lost. Give me an example, specifically what parts are
> you having the trouble with? Distributors, around mirrors, shock
Hmm... sorta like around mirrors. ;)