Project : Got Chrome

[BulletsRain]

Wow that turned out really nice. Not a big fan of green, but hey if it looks good, why not.

[XmodzICON82]

that's a really nice green....i prefer candy lime green myself...but a good project you got goin...

[Rovonic]

Lol,I like that green,what is it?????

[zippo855]

well this project is getting started over. after laying the dark green pearl, i went to mask it today for step 3 of the paint and the paint just came off in flakes when i was trying to make a mask line. come to find out the paint i grabbed out of the enamel section at my hs, was an acrylic paint. i dont know if this combination caused this to happen, i dont remember if i added thinner to it. if i did it was enamel thinner, so that may have caused this to happen.
i dont know. either was i am going back with and enamel on enamel paint job. so it might not be green for the 2nd color this time. i need to let the body dry off and do some more sanding before i can lay the base coat again.

[Rovonic]

Wow that stinks,still like that green I might paint mine that once I get it.Good luck with the second time.

[zippo855]

well after the painstaking task of bringing it back down to bare, i got a few coats of chrome laid again. but i ran out of paint so i am going to have to go pick some more up. and hopefully i find the dark green pearl in an enamel.

[xmodkidd33]

Did you sand between coats? Sometimes it'll get so smooth that the paint won't completely adhere to the body.

[wadethejuggalo]

Originally Posted by xmodkidd33

Did you sand between coats? Sometimes it'll get so smooth that the paint won't completely adhere to the body.

yeah i always sand with a 400-600 grit between coats and clear coat it makes it super smooth and nice

[himynamebebrian]

i think i would have looked better if the orange had a little tint coming threw. just a little. It looks great though nice painting.

[zippo855]

taking this a different direction from original. couldn't find an enamel pearl green so i got something in mind. it will still have green in it. but you will have to wait and see on it.
this color is metallic black

[Rovonic]

Finally an update!Oooooo still a nice looking color.

[wadethejuggalo]

thats nice i think you might wan to put just oe more coat on the bed cover though

[xmodkidd33]

Finish it up with some nice metallic or pearl clear.

[FloydfanYodaman]

metallica black is sick...whether you cover with green or not...

[zippo855]

Originally Posted by Rovonic

Finally an update!Oooooo still a nice looking color.

thanks it will look better with the final coats of this color.

Originally Posted by wadethejuggalo

thats nice i think you might wan to put just oe more coat on the bed cover though

definately, like i said lots of thin coats

Originally Posted by xmodkidd33

Finish it up with some nice metallic or pearl clear.

you will see what i have in store

Originally Posted by FloydfanYodaman

metallica black is sick...whether you cover with green or not...

thanks and yes it is, but it will look even better with the green

[himynamebebrian]

do you have an air brush? i think it would be sweet if you found a mettalic green or whatever color you want to airbrush a little line from the bottom all the way around that fades almost like steam coming off water ya know but on the side of your car.

[xmoracer0]

nice i am looking forward to seeing what its gonna look like when done

[dccracing]

nice paint. i like the metalic black. what wheels are you planing on using on this thing?

[deckerz]

when i read 'project: got chrome' i thought the final paint job would be the shiny chrome paint like this.

[dccracing]

ya i thought so too. kinda like the mclaren mercedes f1 team paint