lady3bglover

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MpTy... how are you on illustrations like cartoons? And are you planning to clear coat, or is it required with this type of painting?

wildcatcamaro

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awesome work man!

dry_kill

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looks sick dude

Occupational_Hazard

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Awesome work. can you qoute me a price for flames on an ls2 engine cover?

budhayes3

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You have awesome skills man

kinggacha

very nice work

cttandy

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WOW, very impressive

MorepowerTY

I'm ok at cartoons, which ones? Yes, I clear all my work. That's the only way to do good work, and to have happy customers. Two light coats, color sand in between and one wet coat, with a color sanding, and buffing. On stuff for the engine bay, I usually don't have to color sand and buff, because it's out of site most of the time, but the way I clear, is very deep and shiny anyway. I use PPG and House of Kolor clear coats.
Terry

DoubleDuece

Could you post some estimates. For instance most of the pics you showed us were of different color "true fire" images. What did you charge for those?

MorepowerTY

Ok, just that you all know it isn't easy to do these and takes about 1 1/2 weeks to complete for each one or set. I will tell you the process, and why it costs this way, and or if you all still want them done. Depending on what you want painted, I still have to spend many hours on cleaning and prepping them, to get all the oils off. I spent a whole day just on mine. If you closely on them, they have a texture to them. The paint will NOT adhere to this for some reason. So, I had to sand most of that down to get a smooth finish. What a bitch! Then I have spray an epoxy primer on them, so the paint has something to grab onto, then the black base coat goes over top of that. I'll then color sand the black base to scuff it up. Spray what ever flames or picture you guys want (depending on what you want painted). True fire is a 4 to 5 layer process, thats a few days to do (waiting for paint to dry). Then I'll inter coat clear, wait, then color sand again. Spray the final coat, wait, than clear everything. Alot of labor goes into these, especially when doing a car or truck. So long story short, the whole set for flames would be ( not encluding shipping) $225: the top engine cover alone would be $125.00. So now you guys know the process. Please give me a PM of what you want painted, colors, and how many. Then I'll have a better idea. P.S. I have alot of colors in stock.
Terry