You may not be dancing and singing "Greased Lightnin" atop your flamed automobile commensurate John Travolta, however custom painted tribal flame graphics add constitution and leaning to your vehicle. Using painted graphics rather than decals, which are commercially designed by someone else, gives you the big break to make your own singular artwork.
Instructions
1. Disinfected the surface of your vehicle to assure Correct adhesion of the distemper. Wash the machine with automobile wash soap and imbue. Once dry, clean the machine down with an automotive grow and grease remover.
2. Wet-sand the areas to be painted with 600-grit wet/dry sandpaper. Initiate by soaking the sand paper in a bucket of damp --- Three to Five drops of dish washing soap added. Berth the sandpaper on a sanding block or an electric sander.
3. Clean the machine with an automotive pre-paint cleaner. This Testament mildly etch the surface, besides as remove all sanding residue.
4. Incorporate all areas not to be painted, such as the windows, wheels and grill with masking paper and tape. Comprehend the areas to be painted with self-adhesive masking movie.
5. Reference images of flames online, at AutoGraphicDecals.com and SignSpecialist.com. Or in a decalescent rod magazines such as Truckin' Periodical.
6. Frame your flame comp onto the masking movie using a permanent marker.
7. Hint on all sides of the flame shapes with a Art lance.
8. Peel out the flame shapes, leaving the interval encompassing the flames even masked.
9. Dye the flame areas with automotive primer, using a gloss sprayer. Operate three coats of primer. Remit the Ending coat of primer to completely dry. Primer should be dry within Fourty five minutes.
Remove remainder of the self-adhesive masking paper before the paint dries, otherwise the masking paper can lift the paint with it. You can check dryness by touching paint on the masking paper (so you do not get fingerprints on the car). Remove masking paper when the paint feels slightly tacky.12. Overlap and feather the edges to create smooth transitions. Feather an edge by spraying light, wispy sprays of one color where it overlaps the previous color. This will make some of the lighter color show through the darker color, creating a gradual, rather than abrupt, change from one color to the next.
11.10. Avail a tint sprayer to dye the flames. For gradations of more than one color, apply the light color, then add darker colors.
Create a graphic outline around the flames with black, or with a color that goes well with the flame color. Carefully hand-paint the graphic outlines using a thin, round paintbrush, such as a size Two or Four brush. Allow the paint job to dry for Twenty four hours.
13. Spray the automobile with Three coats of automotive clear coat to bring back the luster and shine. Spray the clear coat consistently over the flame areas and outside the flame areas. Allow the clear coat to dry according to the dry time on the can.
14. Remove the masking from unpainted areas.
15. Buff the car with a soft cloth and automotive wax for a final, protective coating.
