Hi my name is Brian Foreman; owner of down with PPG DX330 wax and grease re-
Spraytechdesigns in Taylor, Michigan. I’m mover, tacked everything off and sprayed
44 years old and I’ve been an automo- two coats of PPG DCC9300 Black which
tive painter for about 24 years and done is a single stage urethane. You could also
some custom painting through the years use a base coat black with a clear coat
but only in the past 2 years have I started over it! That gives me a very stable base
learning the use of the airbrush! As far as to work on! After the required dry time I
the airbrush goes I’m self-taught with the sanded everything down with 800 grit to
help of airbrush magazines and web sites start my artwork. Now its time for the fun
like airbrushtechnique.com! The materi- to begin! I start with the skull first laying
als on this project: PPG: primers, bases, down some sticky Mackey transfer tape,
clear coats. House of color Kandy’s. Iwata: “This stuff is nice”. Sketched out the skull
airbrushes HP-CH hi-line, HP-B plus.On this and proceeded to cut it out with a razor.
bike the customer wanted real flames with With the areas of the skull to be painted
a skull on the top of the tank. The first thing unmasked I fill it in with some well-reduced
I did was repair some problems with the PPG base white, 150% reduction! I start
parts like dents and scratches. I primed with the areas that are going to be the
the repairs with PPG K36 and after the brightest, slowly work these areas up till I
required dry time I sanded everything down get the shapes and depth I’m looking for.
with 500 grit sand paper. Wiped the parts
After I apply the base white skull. To begin I spray it right achieve the depth I want.
next will come some well out of the bottle for the first Ok this is where I’m going to
reduced PPG transparent coats with each preceding leave the skull for now and
yellow 150% which I spray coat I add a touch of black to cover it back up with trans-
mostly in the deepest areas darken it. The darkened yel- fer tape until after I lay some
or crevasses of the skull, let- low I concentrate in the ar-
flames down around it.
ting it lightly cover the whole eas I want to push back until I
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