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<blockquote data-quote="Imatk" data-source="post: 12814450" data-attributes="member: 75573"><p>Don't have pictures of mine, but I painted them tungsten gray and satin silver for the fins and lettering.</p><p></p><p>If you're doing one color it's dead-ass easy. The sanding is time consuming, but other than that it's simple.</p><p></p><p>Use whatever color you want, and then you can clear it with some high-temp engine clear. That's what I did.</p><p></p><p>If you paint the fins and letters a different color... THAT is where it gets interesting <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The way i did it was to paint the base color, let that dry for a day (or overnight) and then tape off the letters and fins.</p><p></p><p>Taping off the fins and letters take a long time. Especially on the insides of those letters... it can be a royal pain.</p><p></p><p>Once they're taped off then you spray your second color and let that sit for maybe 30 mins or so... just enough that it's slightly dry, then pull your tape. If you leave the tape on after it fully dries, then you may lift some of the paint with it... I did that the first time and it was a real pisser!</p><p></p><p>After all that, just clear it. To get a nice gloss with the clear shoot it fairly "wet" meaning, don't shoot it like you would the paint (which should be more of a fan and even stroke). You want the clear to be pretty wet looking before it dries. You'll be shooting down so you don't have to worry much with runs.</p><p></p><p>I watched several youtube vids on how to spray paint and clear... I would recommend it because there's definitely a technique to it.</p><p></p><p>Good luck! I had fun doing mine, but I like doing stuff like that anyway <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imatk, post: 12814450, member: 75573"] Don't have pictures of mine, but I painted them tungsten gray and satin silver for the fins and lettering. If you're doing one color it's dead-ass easy. The sanding is time consuming, but other than that it's simple. Use whatever color you want, and then you can clear it with some high-temp engine clear. That's what I did. If you paint the fins and letters a different color... THAT is where it gets interesting :) The way i did it was to paint the base color, let that dry for a day (or overnight) and then tape off the letters and fins. Taping off the fins and letters take a long time. Especially on the insides of those letters... it can be a royal pain. Once they're taped off then you spray your second color and let that sit for maybe 30 mins or so... just enough that it's slightly dry, then pull your tape. If you leave the tape on after it fully dries, then you may lift some of the paint with it... I did that the first time and it was a real pisser! After all that, just clear it. To get a nice gloss with the clear shoot it fairly "wet" meaning, don't shoot it like you would the paint (which should be more of a fan and even stroke). You want the clear to be pretty wet looking before it dries. You'll be shooting down so you don't have to worry much with runs. I watched several youtube vids on how to spray paint and clear... I would recommend it because there's definitely a technique to it. Good luck! I had fun doing mine, but I like doing stuff like that anyway :) [/QUOTE]
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