Custom Paint - Workshop specials.

I finished it yesterday, and polished at lunchtime today.

Tried a fun wee UV colour changing job, but without any source of UV light in the booth it was a nightmare to paint.

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Yeah... can't deny that it was a ballbreaker. Peter doesn't do anything 'standard'!
We had to close our workshop and do nothing but this project solidly for two weeks.
Doesn't seem like a long time but it was a lot to put into one project... could've still kept going for another two weeks tbh!
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Dude... that UV paint is absolute insanity.
We've been working on the same project for ages trying to get it perfect!

Ah... it's that one!
Nice!

Good tape saves lives.

Nerd talk.
What fineline tapes do you use?

Didn't help that I was only taking 30 minutes every other day at lunch time to play with it.

Getting the pigment mix was difficult for sure.

When can we see the result?!

Cool, thanks. I will speak to him, we probably won't get to the painting part till early next year, depends on how busy he is... but this thread is gonna give me ideas!!!

Its been put to bed, something to try again in the future.

I'm gonna get Dan to DM you on Instagram to share WIP pictures...

Be kind to your local paint huffer, ask for an easy colour like blue. Supply beer.

But I don't want an easy blue...

We need to get Killian to bring over a load of that tape his mate in Spain sells....

He's coming over soon.
I'll get on it.

Weird is good man!

Need to chat about the deets of that at some point. Will Mail you over the weekend!

Indeed! I want cat patterns on my bike!

This bike does need a partner...
https://colecoatingsworkshop.com/#/sausage-dog-camo/

Do it.
It'll be fun.

Hahaha... this is so cool! Love it!

How does patterns like this work? Obviously it's complicated, but to put it in a very simple term, so outsider like me understand, do you cut out the dog patterns and use as masks? Or is there some sort of computer programmes to project the patterns onto the frame?

Laser beams man, fricken laser beams.

Saw it at the weekend, looking a lot muddier.

Cheers man.

Same as @hoops said.
The graphic elements on most projects are made of layers of masks and stencils. Designed and finessed in CAD programs and cut with digital plotters.

This is an example of the client having an idea and working with the painters to help perfect a technique to make the processes more straightforward and in this case a little less expensive. Keep that in mind when you show your ideas to your painter... if they say "we'll do your idea but change x y z" let them do it because they'll always have reasons and the finish you get will be better as a result.

For this particular finishe the bike was painted silver first (which is one of the standards using candy). Then a layer of green candy is added (candies are translucent products that get darker as layers are built up). After each layer of candy, a new wave of sausage dog shapes cut from masking vinyl were added... dogs, candy, dogs, candy... Then all the masks are removed while the paint is still wet. After that the whole thing is given a clear coat in order to seal the work and give an even substrate to continue working on. Once that's cured, it's flatted down and the yellow graphics are airbrushed on using stencils... Then clearcoat again and curing and polish.

Most projects are combinations of those steps I guess.

And sometimes laser beams...

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That is a lot of layers! Amazing!

I come from a creative background (photography) so I always appreciate other people's advice, except telling me how to take my photos! Nobody tells me how to take my photos! ;-)

Whenever I get custom / bespoke things done, I don't see it as I am the customer and you do as you are told. I see it as a partnership and you know better than I do in whatever custom things you are making for me.