Getting a club positioned in order to paint is just as important as anything else on this
project. The issues that are common for a right-handed artist and a right hand club is that
the shaft will get in your way more then you think. Another complication that needs to be
considered is keeping the head level while spraying. I had to assemble a contraption that
MacGyver would have been proud of in order to secure the grip side of the club. This al-
lowed the surface to be painted. Also during this project proper ventilation was used along
with a 3M Dual Cartridge Respirator.
The first layer begins with PPG DBC base coat white over re- rag and “erased” the flames. This is obvious on the left skull, the
duced by 150% with PPG DT870 reducer and loaded into an areas are around the skull are now hard lines. The other issue
Iwata HP B plus. The design will be realistic flames with three was the right skull, as they did not turn out the way that was
skulls. First lay down the skulls in the positions that works best planned. The problem that is not visible in this image is that the
with your composition. The skulls don’t need to be that detailed flames have been layed down around the skull. In order to cor-
in this step; the details will be developed more in later steps. rect this skull PPG DBC Base Coat Black was used to “erase”
This particular image shows that mistakes can be fixed. First the skull and to feather this into the existing flames. The new
mistake that was made was the first attempt at the flame licks Skull was sprayed and the flames were overlaid on it to tie the
turned out to be very bad, therefore I used DT870 on a shop entire image back together.
Once you are satisfied with the under painting, the first coat of This is one of the easiest steps in the entire process of the club.
color will be applied. In this step HOK KK08 Tangerine Kandy Before you start spraying the color use the tack cloth and wipe
was reduced by 20% with PPG DBC500 intercoat clear. This the club down. Make sure you do not apply pressure on while
mixture is then wiping. Apply one wet coat on the club in an even layer over the
reduced 1:1 with entire club. Allow this to dry before applying the next applica-
PPG DT870 and tion of this color; continue this until you get the desired value of
sprayed thru color. This took about three to four coats of the Kandy mixture
an Iwata HP-CS. to obtain the value on this club.
Once the first layer of color has dried a layer of intercoat clear is applied to protect
it. The mixture for the intercoat clear was PPG DBC500 Intercoat Clear reduced
1:1 with PPG DT870 and applied with an Iwata Eclipse HP-CS gun. Two good coats
of the clear where sprayed on the painted areas and allowed to dry before continu-
ing. In this image you can see a higher gloss value then the previous image.
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