Tried a paint trick..

Something I saw on youtube,paint swirling...So take a tub of water and spray into it several diff colours - in this case it was yeller,mauve and matt green - - a mistake but if you dont try you dont learn...


Dip the object in and using say a stick clear the water for the oject exiting..

Looking at it now,the centre section is as smooth as glass - of course the 1/4 panels are screwey because of the matt green..

i think the difference they dont use paint, but ink so its a lot thinner

Hmmmmm, potential.

beowulf wrote:i think the difference they dont use paint, but ink so its a lot thinner

Isn't ink water soluable..

arni wrote:

beowulf wrote:i think the difference they dont use paint, but ink so its a lot thinner

Isn't ink water soluable..

lol, perhaps i should have said 'pigment' or 'colouring agent'

from the wiki

In the process, the substrate piece to be printed first goes through the entire painting process: surface preparation, priming, painting, and clear coating.[4] After painting but before clear coating, the part is ready to be processed. A polyvinyl alcohol hydrographic film, which has been gravure-printed with the graphic image to be transferred, is carefully placed on the water's surface in the dipping tank. The clear film is water soluble, and dissolves after applying an activator solution. Once dipping is begun, the surface tension of the water will allow the pattern to curve around any shape.[citation needed] Any remaining residue is then rinsed off thoroughly. The ink has already adhered and will not wash off. It is then allowed to dry.[5]

A friend of mine use to do this but he just took a container of water and put the body in it with a coat hanger attached to it sticking out of the water. Then he would spray the enamel paint colors on the top of the water and very carefully and slowly lift the body out allowing the paint to be caught on the body then just let air dry.