In this article I will share with you my technique for creat- ing a jeans material look on a motorcycle tank. To come up with this was simply a matter of trying many different tech-
niques until I found what worked best, which was actually a piece of jeans material.
To begin this project the tank was prepped and primed over which I applied a solvent base matt white color. With the matt white given time to dry completely I scuffed the entire surface with a Scotch Brite pad. The area of the tank that would not be cover by my jeans material look was masked off with 3M mask- ing tape on which I drew a jagged edge to make it appear as if the jeans where ripped or torn. There will be a jeans label on both sides of the tank and these areas where also masked off.
After making sure the surface was clean and dust free I applied a mix of blue with just a touch of black added to it. This color will be the base for my jeans pattern so it must be fairly dark. At this point in the process I also create what will be folds and seams in my jeans material by making these areas just a little darker. As you will notice in this picture the folds will all be going in the same direction much as the folds a real pair of jeans would be. With the base structure of the folds and seams in place I apply a coat of transparent blue over the entire surface.
Now we will start the jeans pattern and for this I will use a paintbrush, a piece of jeans material and acrylic white paint. I apply the white to the jeans material covering the whole piece of material. I quickly found out that reducing the white would not work as it soaked into the material too much to be effective so I used it with out reducing it at all. To remove some of the paint I pressed the painted side of the jeans onto a piece of paper; by removing some of the paint it will give you a much nicer pattern.
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