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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/3/2007 11:03:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey grocker, how did you do your CF paintjob? It turned out very realistic IMO.

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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/4/2007 2:17:04 AM   
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Hey grocker, how did you do your CF paintjob? It turned out very realistic IMO.


Well, I have a short post under my picture how I did it.
I will elaborate a little.

After you've prepped your body for painting:

Lay your Shelf Liner (SL) down square with the body, and flat. You can find the square shelf liner at any wal-mart or hardware store. Try to stay away from the puffy stuff, but it will work. You will have to spray straight at it and not at an angle, as it will blur your edges. Don't use drywall tape for the CF effect. That is better used for grill, or mesh like effects.

I have a bottle of custom mixed paint that I keep on hand for my CF jobs. I mix 1/4 oz of faspearl silver, with two drops of faspearl charcol, and two drops of copper and shake it up. I then back the whole job with faspearl charcol.

Now the painting begins.
Make sure your SL is in position, and spray the lighter of the two colors first, this is the custom mixed stuff. If you spray the light color second, with the mixture of paints that i use, the light color is way to bright. Try to lay the light color thick enough that you don't have to come back with a second coat, and remember to try and spray straight and perpendicular to your body.
Let that dry for a minute or two without moving the SL. If your using a dual action brush, lightly dust across the painted area with only air.
Once the SL looks like the paint has dried, pull up the SL, and lay the Faspearl Charcol down. Two or three coats, and boom, You Got It!

Hope this helps!

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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/4/2007 2:57:52 AM   
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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/4/2007 9:06:24 PM   
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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/21/2007 2:34:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		What copper paint did you use? Brand etc. I'm having a hard finding a copper paint..

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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/27/2007 7:33:24 PM   
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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/27/2007 7:47:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, you can make anything look like CF, and with spray cans too... just find the right color paints, and have your shelf liner handy.

N20torious, what base paints are you using? Lacquer, water base? Copper shouldn't be too hard to find... I will look for a couple of links for you.


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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/28/2007 12:26:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey grocker_70
Im working on a marble effect, I got the trans purple and a trans razberry (faskolor), but the silver is just that, silver, and its in a rattle can (lhs was out of faskolor silver). With the rattle can, can I still pull off the marble look?
Then the carbon fiber type look, was going to use black and blue and a black and red, doing 2 bodies here. Would those colors work for the effect?
Thanks for the info, need to turn the bathroom into my painting booth, I'll check back later. TY


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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/28/2007 4:04:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		The only concern I have with the rattle can is that is urethane/lacquer based. You can spray water based paints ontop of lacquer/urethane, but not viceversa without any adverse affects.
The water based paints are so easily manipulated, even after they dry. That's why I hate faskolor paints, but they work well when all you have to paint in, is your house. And you have nothing but water base paints.

How did you like that cold spell that came through last night? -1, wind chill -20, I don't suppose we will be doing any painting outside today.

So answering your primary question, it may or may not work... you will have to try a scrap piece somewhere. You will have to lay that silver down thick enough to be able to get your saran wrap in place before it dries, and it may eat away at the faslucent candy base that you're using. I would practice on a 2 liter bottle before you lay it down on a body.

As far as your color combo with the carbon fiber, it should work. I always try a 'crash run' on a scrap piece of lexan (wheel cut out, or bottom cut out off the same body). I always cut my bodies out before I paint them. I've got pretty large hands, and its little easier to maneuver that way, plus I will have scrap pieces of lexan to play with if I'm in question with something. It depends what red and blue you're using. If they are darker spray them last and back it with white, that will help them pop out. If they're just the basic red and blue, it doesn't really matter.
If it were me, using black as the dark of the two colors, I would spray that first, then the lighter red or blue second. I would back all of it with white after I was done.

My $.02, hope it helps.

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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/28/2007 9:30:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		here are some other examples...
not totaly carbon fiber "Looking" but simular effect...
out of the hundreds i have these are the Quckest i had already loaded on the o'l photo bucket thing..
buti'll post some more "Realistic" "Aroespace Looking Carbon Fiber"
hopethis can help with some ideas...



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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/28/2007 9:31:32 PM   
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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/28/2007 9:33:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		those are Super Basic, but just a couple of examples...
hope it can help....

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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/28/2007 9:35:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		ok, now fr those that were asking for "Advanced Painting Tecniques" heres another example
not carbon fiber but maybe can help with some ideas for other stuff...




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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/28/2007 9:45:41 PM   
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ORIGINAL: RGX Blade

ok, now fr those that were asking for "Advanced Painting Tecniques" heres another example
not carbon fiber but maybe can help with some ideas for other stuff...






What is that painted on? Looks damn nice!

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RE: Painting to make it look like Carbon Fiber - 1/29/2007 1:33:36 AM   
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