Here's my 72 with flat black and khaki.
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Thanks for posting up the info on that paint. I was just looking at their color charts and comparing the color you used, Gulf, and the color chart of that color looks much darker on the chart than how your 40 turned out. I know its hard to tell from pictures on a monitor but is that why you said "I was going for a darker look"?
Just wondering if their chart does not exactly match the paint color.
KL72fj said:
That's a cool pattern. What kind of turn sigs you have on the front there??
There just the cheap 2" LED marker lights from oreillys.
Rear half (rockers back) painted with Cruiser Corps freeborn red rattle can, front half not painted yet. Doors are not painted yet either. I like the rattle can FR as it is not glossy, but not completely flat. Maybe a semi-gloss. I'm slowly working my way around the rest of the rig.
green
anybody out there with a green rattlecan 40
anybody out there with a green rattlecan 40
Jefishing: would you post more pics of your rig plz?
brian
SILVER Star
flat tan, still a work in progress.
How'd it turn out?
brian
SILVER Star
ok i guess.
PO painted this with tinted bed liner - love it.
i love flat and semi gloss paints. they're more utilitarian looking, just like cruisers. i've done a lot of rattlecanning throughout the 20+ years i've had cruisers. finally moving into real paint just because i want a bit more durability and control painting, but spraybombs can look good with a lot of work. i don't like dark colors however. cruisers like to show off their lines. i think that's why a lot of folks love the beige/tans....they look great flat and they're bright. i did black once, wouldn't do it again.
my tips. prep the crap out of stuff. use a good primer. often, using a primer of the same brand of paint is better (although most paints/primers get along, some don't). get a trigger handle, it will save your fingers. plan on a case, so you get a thick coat. don't go for full coverage, just spatter it on thinly and go over it again, and again, and again...keeps runs down and helps with smoothness. sand LIGHTLY between full coatings. You will never put too many layers on. for big names, i prefer krylon over rustoluem, a lot of rustoleum paints don't cure quickly. expect to do it again in a year or so if you want to keep it looking good, a lot of bombcan paints don't hold up well to uv paints...they hold up worse if you try to put spraybomb clear coat over them.
my tips. prep the crap out of stuff. use a good primer. often, using a primer of the same brand of paint is better (although most paints/primers get along, some don't). get a trigger handle, it will save your fingers. plan on a case, so you get a thick coat. don't go for full coverage, just spatter it on thinly and go over it again, and again, and again...keeps runs down and helps with smoothness. sand LIGHTLY between full coatings. You will never put too many layers on. for big names, i prefer krylon over rustoluem, a lot of rustoleum paints don't cure quickly. expect to do it again in a year or so if you want to keep it looking good, a lot of bombcan paints don't hold up well to uv paints...they hold up worse if you try to put spraybomb clear coat over them.
FishTacos
Full Globetard
Bezel
I know this is a while back but mind telling me what brand/color you used?
Wow, that was a while back! 532 Yellow and a clear coat from PPG. The speedliner is holding up really well too.
Wool Grey (low luster)
