Picked up this method on the Hamb last year. This winter it was time for small update on the 33. Have been looking at this one for five years now, time for a change Took out a spraycan of HYUNDAI Hellrot orange, Fired up the acetylene torch and sooted the dashboard. And used toilet paper dabbing around to get something like a wood pattern. Then without touching it I sprayed on some coats of clear, to protect the surface. I will fix the rest later, spring is arriving soon here in Sweden. I think it came out quite nice. I have all electric buttons mounted under the dash , because i dont whant to add any extra holes in the rare 1933 standard dashboard.
maybe the pictures don't do final result justice but, does not look like any type of would I use for projects.
Well you may have a point, It looks better in IRL I think it was the Picasa picture Improvment function that betrayed me a bit. Anyway here is some pics of another one i did. I guess its a bit more wood like. But its up to you and is quite easy to redo it before yo put on the clear. Just wipe it off and start again.
I like it, kind looks like tigers eye maple or burled walnut to me. Lars, I think you should post brighter pics when the sun comes back out in Sweden (June?) Those dark garage pics don't do your dash any justice. I think I'm gonna try the torch technique but not with Hyunda hellrot yellow.
i know wood. wood is my friend. this sir, is not wood. only kidding! (not) but maybe look into "aqua decals" or "auqa printing" i'm not sure of the real name, but you can see it being done on you tube. if it's not you're cup of tea, disregard.
Well opinions are like assholes everyone got one What you see here is a couple of hours work and 10$ of money. I know about the other technices but im not interrested to sepnd just now. And if i wanted original id probably would be on another site Scripps is (was?) a boat builder during WWII and the tach was mounted in a small dash with temp and oilpressure gauges on Landingcraft boats, that was powered by flathead engines. This tach was NOS when i mounted it some time ago.
What impresses me most when I look at a car or motorcycle is the things that are unique, inventive, self-fabricated, and personal to the owner or builder. This is one of those. I like it!!! Nice job!!!
I wonder if you used a dry a paint brush instead of toilet paper to brush in wood grain and more of a tan color base paint. What you have is unique, I like it...
I like the first sample better, someone said it looked like tortoise-shell and I agree. It could be a very cool effect with the right car/interior. I've done some texture painting for theater sets and with a little practice and experimentation you can come up with really visually interesting results. Maybe more of us should think outside the box and be daring and resourceful enough to try things that might seem odd at first. To me it's like building a model kit straight out of the box. Without any personal touches, it's just a soul-less lump of plastic with all the warmth of paint-by-number Jesus. Keep up the good work and please post pictures as you go.
Thats pretty cool, I never in a million years thought of that idea. My father has a next door neighbor does film dipping, mostly does hunting rifles. He takes the gun strips it down and dips the butt and stalk in a film sort of like a model car decal but much bigger. Sort of has similar results. Brent
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