custom painted fresh dye i4s

[harrisonboy]

custom painted yesterday first one ive ever done but to be honest i dont think it looks to bad let me know what you all think may be doing more so gimme a pm if your intrested and want some done but anyway its orange with white splash

right people before anyone says anything about the fumes or millenium series regulations i will not be wearing i did it as they are simply my old goggles that i no longer wear. this was just an experiment to see what it would look like, and something to pass the time.

 

[topchef]

custom painted yesterday first one ive ever done but to be honest i dont think it looks to bad let me know what you all think may be doing more so gimme a pm if your intrested and want some done but anyway its orange with white splash

Are these painted or dyed???

-ChEf

 

[harrisonboy]

these are painted mate.

carl

 

[topchef]

these are painted mate.

carl

With what kinda paint fella?

Krylon or just normal model paint?

-ChEf

 

[Bambulus]

Very nice,

Also interested in the process, and how resilient the finish is

 

[harrisonboy]

its a project paint little bit smelly but i went over them with a gloss spray lastnight and left them outside and the smell has died down alot so il leave them out again and hope it dissappears totaly

carl

bambulus

when i get some more to do as a mate wants his white i4s done il take pictures and make a how to thread.

 

[topchef]

Is the paint not likely to chip etc?
I know Krylon is specially made for plastics and is less of a risk but dont know of any other paint off top of my head (doesnt mean there isnt any) that wont chip when battered with paintballs.

Looks good initially though.

-ChEf

 

[harrisonboy]

well i hope it wont but il test it late maybe shoot it abit see what happens probably only way il find out

 

[Bambulus]

Is the paint not likely to chip etc?
I know Krylon is specially made for plastics and is less of a risk but dont know of any other paint off top of my head (doesnt mean there isnt any) that wont chip when battered with paintballs.

Looks good initially though.

-ChEf

I've used the spray stuff from wilkinsons to paint the nose ridge of some flex bottoms a while back, gave them a good, solid couple of coats to make sure it was a very even and thick covering. Looked very good for spray paint.

They held up, but after some serious use they began to crack and eventually chip. It was a real pain in the behind to get the rest of the stuff off after that.

Unfortunately, painting masks isn't for any old spray paint. I'm not sure how well Krylon holds up, but would be interested.

 

[topchef]

they began to crack and eventually chip.

As much as a shame that it is, this seems to be the case in the majority of 'painted' masks that I have seen done. Shame really as you can do some cool stuff with paint, its just doesnt last for too long



-ChEf