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What about Hammerite could look good in the right colour and they have a lot of choice.
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Re: mic paint
thanksAlan Pilot wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 05:03 What about Hammerite could look good in the right colour and they have a lot of choice.
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I'm not familiar with that Mic.
I know clear coat spray is pretty good. When I spray things I always do a final spray of clear coat but thats on metal, not sure how well it will take to plastic if the mic is plastic or metal.
I know clear coat spray is pretty good. When I spray things I always do a final spray of clear coat but thats on metal, not sure how well it will take to plastic if the mic is plastic or metal.
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sorry i forgot to say , its metal , will put a pic on later
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Still think hammerite would look good and the finnish also.
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Re: mic paint
Loads of versions of hammerite and the green colour hammered one would look really good. You need to roughen the surface up a bit to get a decent key. The green one is a bit sparkly in the light.
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First let me say i aint no painter and not bad for my first attempt , i usually dont have the attention span or i get someone else to do it , the skipmaster is looking alot better than it did. i used plastikote fast dry project enamel spray
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Re: mic paint
looking good! i need to do my old astatic 1104c so i reckon ill use the same. did you clear coat it after?
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Re: mic paint
avoid hammerite, the paint was never a hammered finish and would look crap..
mics were satin black, flat gold and a flat silver.
to be fair i'd have them powder coated over paint, as being alloy they are hard to get a good key and chip easy, (i spray alloy bike frames for fun)
a lot of powder coaters will do a mic for a couple of quid if they're already using the same colour rather than doing a one off for £40..
mics were satin black, flat gold and a flat silver.
to be fair i'd have them powder coated over paint, as being alloy they are hard to get a good key and chip easy, (i spray alloy bike frames for fun)
a lot of powder coaters will do a mic for a couple of quid if they're already using the same colour rather than doing a one off for £40..
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As i said i usually dont have the attention span to do these things and for a first attempt it came out not too bad and the plastikote fast dry project enamel spray was only a fiver and if i mucked it up i could have always sent it to someone who knows what they are doing , would i do it again NO lol
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Practice spray painting on something else. Like many things things its easy once you get the hang of it. One thing I learned is that you can't rely on other people. Learn to do it yourself, of course not all spray paint is the same and will require some practice sprays before you spay your project.109 Jim wrote: ↑17 Sep 2021, 08:35 As i said i usually dont have the attention span to do these things and for a first attempt it came out not too bad and the plastikote fast dry project enamel spray was only a fiver and if i mucked it up i could have always sent it to someone who knows what they are doing , would i do it again NO lol
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I prefer natural patina, show of the usage with pride, I only intervene when the dreaded rust comes by
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Rust is becoming fashionable if you believe the makeover programs on TV.
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