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Originally Posted by M_a_t_t
I do have to agree, the artwork is cool. I've been thinking about sprucing my car up with some characters from different video games or TV shows I enjoy (The legend of zelda mostly, if anyone's curious). I've been pondering if I should just do it or wait. If you can explain what you used to someone who doesn't paint or do much artwork that'd be cool. I've wanted to learn how to airbrush and even bought a decent one, but I don't have much practice with it. Hence the apprehension to just doing it.
Edit: Also, do you know how well those spiral wheel work? I have always been curious about how well that or a rainbow disk would look. Something like this (Time at 2:45)
Edit to the edit:
I saw this video you posted before:
But I can't tell how fast you are going. Do you remember? |
As hard to believe as it may be, I used 50 cent Apple Barrel brand waterbase acrylic craft paint from Walmart.
I painted right onto the car's original paint, and even onto the glass.
On a humid day, it will bubble and fall off in layers, but on a dry day, it will cure in a few hours.
You can hand wash it and it won't come off.
Even a hard rain will not make it come off.
The paint will get wet pockets in it that swell after a hard rain, but as it dries out when the rain stops, the paint cures again and goes back to normal.
A really cool thing though, is that if you get the car wet and scrub the paint hard enough, it comes off easily.
You then have your original pain underneath.
In areas that I wanted further rain protection, I applied Thompson's waterseal.
The paint fades after a few months, but not drastically.
Mainly reds.
The whites are the worst at logevity.
I have had my pant last for over three years with minimal fading and wear.
If you want to go even cheaper, you can get a can of "oops" house paint from big box stores for cheap.
A gallon of $5 acrylic house paint can paint the entire car.
You will want exterior paint ideally.
A current fad is to 'dip' your car using matte finish PlastiDip.
They sell it at my job.
If I had a nice car, I would use it, but for a "beater" you can save hundreds, and just use flat acrylics.
You will not want to use gloss, or even semi-gloss.
Matte / flat hides imperfections well.
When painting on to a car, I just freehand it, and use multiple image ovelays in a paint app. to check your proportions.
Another option ( but cumbersome ) would be to print out what you want in letter size paper sections and piece them together.
Cut it out, and then you could then tape it up and trace the shape and fill it in.
I wanted to use an airbrush, but I live in an apartment and have no garage or power source for the compressor.
I just brushed it on. ( It looks terrible, but since it is matte / flat it looks ok overall )
Regarding the spinning color wheel, I tried that one, but didn't get good results.
It just blends into a blur and isn't a drastic shift like i wanted.
Good luck with your endevours !
BTW, Speed in that video was around 50 mph .