Spray-painted Akebono's
#1
11-15-2009, 11:16 AM
Spray-painted Akebono's
Need to install these someday. 
Sanded, masked, spray-painted with Duplicolor ceramic engine paint (blue). Masked again, Akebono stencil applied and spray-painted with the same type of paint (silver). Wet-sanded to get rid of imperfections/overspray and finally spray-painted with several coats of clear Duplicolor ceramic engine paint.
17 days in the making. 5 days cure time between the colored paints, and 7 days for the clear (to cure).
The stencils, rather adhesive vinyls, were ordered from Christy with decal-orations.com. You have to specify that they knock-out the vinyl to use as a stencil. Otherwise they give you a positive decal. Christy was a joy to work with and very helpful with trying to get what i was looking for tested and created.
I eventually went with the stencil/paint because a vinyl sticker kept turning brown every time i placed it in the oven for testing and assuming the types of temperature it could be exposed to should this baby go to the track again. Even so-called eBay "high-temperature" vinyls.
Sanded, masked, spray-painted with Duplicolor ceramic engine paint (blue). Masked again, Akebono stencil applied and spray-painted with the same type of paint (silver). Wet-sanded to get rid of imperfections/overspray and finally spray-painted with several coats of clear Duplicolor ceramic engine paint.
17 days in the making. 5 days cure time between the colored paints, and 7 days for the clear (to cure).
The stencils, rather adhesive vinyls, were ordered from Christy with decal-orations.com. You have to specify that they knock-out the vinyl to use as a stencil. Otherwise they give you a positive decal. Christy was a joy to work with and very helpful with trying to get what i was looking for tested and created.
I eventually went with the stencil/paint because a vinyl sticker kept turning brown every time i placed it in the oven for testing and assuming the types of temperature it could be exposed to should this baby go to the track again. Even so-called eBay "high-temperature" vinyls.
Last edited by soundmike; 11-15-2009 at 11:25 AM.
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11-15-2009, 04:53 PM
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#14
11-16-2009, 08:48 AM
Shucks. Thanks, guys. I do have a small run in the clear on the back, so that will be wet-sanded soon. I originally thought of having it powder-coated, but at $300, i figured i'd try the DIY route first. If it turned out bad, then i'll swallow the $300. But it ended up in my favor and less than $30 in materials. 
