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Painting Pedals

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:24 pm
by PanicProne
Allright. So I'm probably never gonna build a pedal myself. But I had one built for me and was thinking about getting some artwork done.
So what do you use and how do you use it when you paint your pedals? And how complex motives can be done?

Re: Painting Pedals

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:28 am
by The4455
If you want a really elaborate design it may be easier to go with a sticker, but if you look at the hand painted pedals at Fuzzhugger.com that's as complicated as I've seen in terms of hand painted.

Re: Painting Pedals

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:28 am
by Pollinator95
Depends what you want. If you can draw it by hand or on the computer, you can usually use a t-shirt transfer. I personally am not in love with that kind of enclosures, so I swirl paint them (greeny23 will probably tell you about it in a minute :cool: ) and am looking at etching, though that might be harder; I kinda like the industrial look though.

Re: Painting Pedals

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:06 am
by PanicProne
So, I've got two friends who're interested in drawing some art for my custom builds. One's a cartoonist and the other tattoo artist. D'you guys reckon I do the sticker/shirt transfer thing for that or use some kind of "colouring pens"/brushes? What's the easiest cheapest way to get a sticker or transfer done, if you only want the one of-thing?

Re: Painting Pedals

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:47 am
by in_sherman
what is the most durable type of paint to use?

Re: Painting Pedals

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:29 pm
by The4455
Perhaps acrylic, as long as you spray a clear coat over the painting the painting should be fine.

Re: Painting Pedals

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:57 pm
by RR Bigman
Overhead Projector transparencies are always an option...rick at frequency central used to do his stuff with them...I think there's a guide somewhere out there on how he did it.

edit: here it is

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=77001.0