Gold leafing my decals
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Thanks guys, I should find some time to clear it this weekend.
It's my first attempt at leafing something and I'm pretty sure the process I used isn't the proper one but I think it turned out good enough.
As far as time goes, I took it apart on November 30 and had it stripped and painted before January. After that I only worked on it when I was in the mood and no one was home.
There was a lot of trial and error and some wasted gold, and I rather take an a$$ whoopin than do it again, but the results are worth it. I'd guess that I have 100-150 hours from stripping to final clear coat and a lot of that was staring at it scratching my head. Total cost around $350 for paints, masks, metals, and misc. items.
I'll post when its done.
It's my first attempt at leafing something and I'm pretty sure the process I used isn't the proper one but I think it turned out good enough.
As far as time goes, I took it apart on November 30 and had it stripped and painted before January. After that I only worked on it when I was in the mood and no one was home.
There was a lot of trial and error and some wasted gold, and I rather take an a$$ whoopin than do it again, but the results are worth it. I'd guess that I have 100-150 hours from stripping to final clear coat and a lot of that was staring at it scratching my head. Total cost around $350 for paints, masks, metals, and misc. items.
I'll post when its done.
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The eagle, the diamonds and the letters were all done with vinyl paint masks with the metals applied over them then the mask peeled off. Everything else was masked and airbrushed. The glue, or "size" is sprayed on after everything is masked.
I tried spraying, peeling the mask off, then brushing on the metal but I found doing it the way I did it below left a sharper line and I didn't mix the metals into each other.
I tried spraying, peeling the mask off, then brushing on the metal but I found doing it the way I did it below left a sharper line and I didn't mix the metals into each other.
Last edited by Rebsix; 03-23-2011 at 05:10 PM.