custom lace spray

[shagracer]

ive just got an old car which has flat paint here and there, thinking of doing a lace job on her, ive been told to keep the paint light and do lots of coats which will help keep the lace dry, my question is after pulling the lace off should i very very lightly wet and dry it with 600 or just clear coat it.

[waveman1500]

Have a search around, there are threads about it. This one is from 2008, but I remembered it like it was yesterday!

retrorides.proboards.com/thread/45263

[shagracer]

nice link, thanks

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

Yep I've never flatted over lace. But I tend to use a silver flake base, patterns then get crazy with the candy!!

What car and which panels are you planning?

[shagracer]

picked her up on monday, the roof and boot are the bad areas

i only want to use black on top of the lace.
got her booked in for some exhaust improvements next tuesday shes way to quiet, and don't worry about the wheels they are coming off to

[vulgalour]

I don't think those wheels are too terrible, depends what you're planning to replace them with. The design of them might even complement a bit of lace panel work as they're light and fiddly looking.

[baggabones]

Sept 1, 2015 14:47:04 GMT vulgalour said:

I don't think those wheels are too terrible, depends what you're planning to replace them with. The design of them might even complement a bit of lace panel work as they're light and fiddly looking.

Indeed! Find some lace to suit the wheels! Simples

[althebass]

I've just finished a lace roof.
The base was silver, silver flake then loads of clear to bury the flake.
The colour (purple in this case) was a mix of red and blue candy paint from The Custom Paint Shop.
I found that one coat of colour over the lace was plenty - with more I think you would risk losing the definition in the pattern.
After removing the lace I gave the panel another light coat of a lighter purple to blend the silver.

After the second coat of purple I gave the panel a fairly good going over with grey Scotch Brite to knock down the edges before more clear coats.
600 might be a bit coarse for this but 800 would be ok if you are careful.
The last picture is before the clear.

[shagracer]

great work guys, thanks for the interest shown, i think i was thinking more 1200 than 600 for the light rub over just to break the edges off

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

althebass that looks good. What's it on?

[althebass]

Thanks slackerTHEpinstriper
I'd rather keep the car under wraps until I've painted the rest of it hopefully today or tomorrow...

As a teaser here's the rest of the roof:

[baggabones]

Sept 2, 2015 13:06:57 GMT althebass said:

Thanks slackerTHEpinstriper
I'd rather keep the car under wraps until I've painted the rest of it hopefully today or tomorrow...

As a teaser here's the rest of the roof:

Oooofff!! That looks awesome!!

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

@altheebass awesome mate. If you need Pinstriping gimme a shout

I've plans for mine over the winter aswell

[vulgalour]

That's awesome, best sunroof I've ever seen.

[hamps]

Sept 2, 2015 13:06:57 GMT althebass said:

Thanks slackerTHEpinstriper
I'd rather keep the car under wraps until I've painted the rest of it hopefully today or tomorrow...

As a teaser here's the rest of the roof:

That looks the absolute fun lumps

[shagracer]

Sept 2, 2015 4:05:38 GMT althebass said:

I've just finished a lace roof.

man your a star........10 out of 10

[althebass]

Thanks slackerTHEpinstriper baggabones vulgalour hamps shagracer glad you like it!

Got the car finished today and MOT'd. Whoop Whoop!!

[baggabones]

OMG!!! ....now that I did not expect!! Awesome!

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

Sept 3, 2015 18:01:02 GMT baggabones said:

OMG!!! ....now that I did not expect!! Awesome!

Ditto that's awesome!!!

Big gold flake steelies needed

[fannywhacker]

ooooofffffff. Fck. Yep.