ground metal how to on the cheap

[moose]

For something different to stripe on I have been playing with ground metal panels. They are really simple to create. Here is how I do it using hardware store rattle can paints.

First prep your panels. These are a couple aluminum scrapes I have laying around. These I sanded with a jitterbug sander just because they were scratched.

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I they take a 90 degree die grinder with a scotchbrite pad on it

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and create a pattern on the surface

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Using rattle can candy type paint and rattle can clear I then procede to paint the panel

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this one I want a fade to the center to accent the design so i spray a band on the outside edge

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then fog the entire panel I am using red as the first color.

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I then fog a layer of yellow to give me an orangish tint

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You can see that the design seems to disappear as you apply the color. That is where the clear comes in. As you apply several coats of clear it brings out the design and gives it depth. The first coat of clea only starts to bring it out. You have to apply several coas and let it dry to get the effect. I will post a picture of the finished panel after it is totally dry to show the difference. The effects change with the color and pattern that ou grind onto the surface


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and one similar in color that I have striped

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Enjoy and ask questions. I did not originate this technique and I have to thank Dirty Dag for the tip on using rattle can paint form the hardware. You do not need to use Kryoln that is just what Meijers carried the day I bought mine.....

can be used for striping panels and probably for a background for airbrushing although I have not tried it for that yet.

Tim

[Skids]

cool panels!! neat!

[Stang]

I thought you said you were new Moose. Those are awesome!

[moose]

I thought you said you were new Moose. Those are awesome!


learned autobody repair and painting 25 years ago. Been building hotroda ALL my life. Been playing with learning to pinstripe for a few years BUT only had the airbrush in my hands for a month.....

Tim

[Stang]

I'm right with ya on that. Body and paint 24 years now. airbrushing very little and pinstriping almost none. More like just moving a brush around to see what happened.

[Skids]

More like just moving a brush around to see what happened.

heheee...funny, that's kinda my approach to doing body work.... man, it's harder than it looks!!

[Whit]

Bodywork is just a part of the paintwork !!!
Before any custom application,,, a paint job
is about 90% prep,,, that includes bodywork !!
Get it ready to paint,,, anything is possible !!!
Those panels are Lookin Great Moose !!!

[Skids]

would be interesting to see if you could get some true fire patterns going on there and then paint...hmm....or do "true smoke" patterns then paint the fire over that?

[Clem]

True smoke patterns, what are we doing with that one. Just made me think ya may be trying acetylene soot drifting on to wet clear.

Kinda long day here I guess but seems I remember someone trying that when I was a kid in school. Kinda went along with folks spraying through lace and such.

Clem

[JimmyG]

Nice panels Moose....I use a die grinder like that with 3" pads, (for all sorts of grinding) scotchbrite and sanddisks, and I also have some smaller 1" pads and seperate arbor for those 1 inchers.....which brings me to point here....
Your blue panel looks going toward "engine turned" effect.....I think that would be cool to use a 1" pad carefully tiled with the grind, and follow your paint and clear technique....I'm inspired, with some practice may could yield an "engine turned" panel similar to real gold look.....

And Clem, "spraying thru lace" flashes me back some years and probly a good reason I bought my first cheap airbrush....Oh yeah...those were the days, the lace patterns on auto side panels were quite stylish for a while.....hehehe.....stripes for borders and fades on the curves.....

[Clem]

I think we are both giving up our age on this one. Kinda surprises me that Whit didn't chime in on it. Have a feeling he knows what we are talking about. I never tried it myself but I watched a few garage paint jobs laced.

I'm still waiting to hear from Skid about the smoke to see what I missed.

Clem

[moose]

Jimmy,

First Welcome to the group. You hit it right. On that panel I was looking to see if the engine turned look could be achieved with this technique. A smaller disk would have made the effect closer to real but it was just playing arounf in the shop so I did not take the time to switch sizes.

Whit I have seen the acetylene smoke effect but have never tried it myself. Lace Panels mine that brings up images from the 70 of vans that drove around here........Groovy Man

Tim

[Skids]

I remember what you're talking about Clem. I have an old how-to book somewhere that a fellow put out that illustrated the technique using a torch....wild stuff! seems like he was using metalflake prods so it may have actually been produced by them. This guy liked to get creative with his freak drops!! HA!

[Pepe Custom]

Very cool Moose. I envy anyone who can pull of nice consistant lines with a sword. I am getting better but striping is not one of my strong points. I am in southeast Michigan also so I think I will just be calling you when I need some striping just to save myself the embarrasment and the struggle.

[mob33]

Really nice ground metal pieces! I've done a few ground metal signs but never tried striping on any of them...until now.
Looks great, keep it up!

MOB33

[Lizard]

Moose - awesome stripe design mate! Love it.