All the prep should be the same as respraying a panel on a car. The web has heaps of stuff for that. I''ve used 2pak cause its tough as nails but I think the nelson factory in Maui uses 1pak because they spray it on without any PPE.

Done several boards with this, if you dont want to do the compressor spray gun thing it gives a excellent durable finish.Prep coats recomended but i just used the "cheap as chips" spray putty/primer. You can also do the sugar grip deck trick with the same paint.
keywords - epoxy enamel

If you have a certain colour that you just have to have, most paint shops will put the colour coded paint in a pressure can for you.

Ive been playing around with the paints over summer. What kinds of paints are you guys using? And anyone got a really good acrylic clear they could recommend??? Using guns and airbrushes, not cans.

Barn, i had that hair do when that movie come out.

Dan use automotive base coats, not enamel or acylic for the graphics, enamel is really cr@p paint and if you use Acylic and put clear over the top it will deleminate the clear.

Actually don't ever use enamel for anything apart from garden furniture.

U-pol do a Acylic cystal clear, this would be good for the clear coat if you don't want to use 2k, 2k is the best for durability.

Anything that is not 2 pak has a hardness of about 30 (out of 100) whereas 2K is like 90 something)

Try and scratch your car with your fingernail then try it aain with any rattlecan you bought at Bunnings.
Yeah big differance - so I am sure now you want 2 pack.

Who gives a fk about fumes?

$40 for a 3M organic filter on eBay.
Or do it outside.
Or don't spray, I've seen a show car done with a foam roller - 20 coats then compounded and it was awesome. It wuz more choice than a cuzzybro's shiny umport Tuyota fulluz. Good paint can be applied in ways other than spray!

The auto air acrylics don't have any fumes at all but have to be cleared. I have a good respirator which works a treat, it's the neighbours that concern me when doing the clear. Just out of curiosity, the acrylic clear (lacquer) that I'm using smells pretty strong. How bad is the 2pack clear vapour wise?

Thanks. That rules it out for me then ;). I'll give the upol 1k a try. You used it?

Haha, awesome

is it all "texta"? even the top?

P.C_simpson said...
is it all "texta"? even the top?

Just to clarify, they are POSCA paint pens. They come in lots of colours and you can blend them.

We were going to paint the other half of the top using one of your designs from Ben Severne's board with the lightning bolts in pink, blue and yellow and try and make it look like it is half STARBOARD and half FUNKY JASE. It was a bit too ambitious for me and we wanted to use the board the next day. We love your work though and if we don't get to own one of your artworks, we will probably be ripping one off.

hey guys it looks like a wet weekend , let me know what colours you will need to do my board , just finished it today and was about to do the grip and pads ,
ill just leave it up to you guys to come up with the design, the board is finished in primer grey some of those fluro colours should look awesome

Seeings I found you your avatar,it would only be fitting of me to get my yellow and black texta out .