Once the intercoat clear has dried the next layer of under paint- completed use the tack cloth again to remove any overspray
ing is applied to bring out “hotter” areas of the flames and created. In the pictures of me spraying, I removed the respira-
skulls. In this step more details will be added to the skulls as tor in order to take the picture. If you notice you can see the
well and for this I used an Iwata HP B+ with PPG DBC base coat ventilation system that helps exhaust the overspray. Also in the
white over reduced by 150% with PPG DT870 Reducer. Only close up of the club, you can see the skull on the right that was
cover the highlights you want to emphasize. Once this layer is redone in the beginning steps.
The second color will be a Same as the previous in-
transitioning to a brighter tercoat step. The mixture
color on the club. The mix- for the intercoat clear was
ture is HOK KK08 Tanger- PPG DBC500 Intercoat
ine Kandy mixed with HOK Clear reduced 1:1 with
KK12 Pagan Gold Kandy PPG DT870 and applied
at a ratio of 1:2 further re- with an Iwata Eclipse HP-
duced with PPG DBC500 CS gun. Two good coats of
intercoat clear at a 1:1 ra- the clear where sprayed
tio. This mixture unlike the on the painted areas and
first color layer is applied in thin coats; this will help keep the allowed to dry before continuing. Notice how the club’s finish is
colors from bleeding together. Keep applying thin coats until nice and shiny compared to the previous image.
you get the value you desire. Keep in mind that working with
Kandies, the color continues to darken with each layer. Notice
the club’s current matte finish.
Once the intercoat clear has dried the next layer of
under painting is applied to bring out “hottest” areas
of the flames and skulls. In this step, more details will
be added to the skulls as well. PPG DBC base coat
white over reduced by 200% with PPG DT870 Re-
ducer is used to accomplish this with an Iwata Hp-B.
You can see in this image the level of detail put into
the skull compared to the first step of the skull.
In this last step the first color used is HOK KK12
Pagan Gold Kandy reduced 20% with PPG DBC500
intercoat clear. This mixture is further reduced with
PPG DBC500 intercoat clear at the ratio of 1:1. Iwa-
ta Eclipse HP-CS airbrush is used once again to apply
thin layers concentrating on the highlight areas. The
Second color mixture is to push back some of the
flames and areas of the skull. This is a brandy red
or dark red created by using HOK KK11 Apple Red
Once the club was finished with color the final clear coat is applied. PPG
Kandy and adding drops PPG DBC base coat Black.
clear coat was used for the final clear coat. Thank you Brian Foreman of
Using a free hand shield punch back some of the
Spray Tech Designs (www.spraytechdesigns.com). He allowed me the use
darker flames to create the illusion of depth. With
of his facilities to spray this club and gave me technical advice along the
this color the eye sockets in the skulls were pushed
way.
back, as well as the nostril and mouth areas.
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