slopitch
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Re: Bat emblem?
What application and what kind of paint will stick best to latex? Thanks
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2/26/2004, 8:05 pm
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GOBBY
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Re: Bat emblem?
Well latex sticks to latex best. All you do is tint the latex with acrylic paint bought at any place that sells craft supplies and airbrush the piece.
You may need to thin out the your mixutre with distilled water (a milk consistency) to flow nicely through the airbrush. Keep a bowl of water with a little bleach or mild detergent in it to dip the airbrush into between sprays to avoid clogging.
And just spray out the excess and refill paint cup or bottle and and continue. You could probably use one of those gray paint sponges with a wooden handle to apply the paint as well. Just follow the steps for the airbrush.
One other thing if you have a costume or medical store shop near by you can probably get the latex there. Another flexible solution is pros-aide. This is used to make pax. You just mix the acrylic paint with the pros-aide. Its a medical adhedsive used in the film industry for masks and makeup applications.
Also if you need to fill in a seam say on latex, you can use prosaide mixed with cabosil. It becomes a paste like medium and once its applied to the surface its stays put and flexible.
Sorry to ramble......
-Gobby
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2/26/2004, 8:35 pm
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Jants
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Re: Bat emblem?
Bob :rollin
Hey Mark, since your suit was taken right off of the statue, the emblem is also latex as the rest of the chest, so you can follow the same instructions I said earlier, just get some yellow plasti-dip and black plasti-dip, mask off everything but the emblem and it will work fine. Paint the whole emblem yellow, clay out the background and then hit is with black plasti-dip. Just be careful and make sure you get it nice and smooth.
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2/26/2004, 9:01 pm
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BruceWayne131
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Re: Bat emblem?
Bob, Long ago i have gone the same route you are talking about. All of my emblems are of a 3 piece design with the exception of the Clooney which is a 2 piece mold. Although i do color my resin i still like to paint each piece. As for paints i only use automotive lacquer. I also prime each piece before giving it its finish coat. The primer bonds to the resin and in turn the finish coat bonds to the primer. Its durable and it dries in no time. Once assembled they are all crisp and clean looking.
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3/3/2004, 3:53 am
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Jack Knight1979
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Re: Bat emblem?
great topic!
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3/4/2004, 10:11 am
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Jants
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Re: Bat emblem?
Just to clarify, looking back I made it seem like I paint all of my emblems and that isn't the case. All of my emblems are poured urethane quick cast, where I use different tints and powders for dusting my silicone molds. The paint method I described earlier was from a long time ago when I got a whole bunch of different emblems from BV and none of them were painted at all. So to make all of my emblems the right colors I used the clay off method and I have even recently helped a bro out by doing it for his Clooney emblem, turning it into an OnStar.
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3/4/2004, 2:41 pm
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Magic Man
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Re: Bat emblem?
I always sprayed the whole thing black then pour the yellow paint in layer at a time as Jeff described.
Brad
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3/4/2004, 2:47 pm
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thuth
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I have not tried this but I thought it was a good idea at the time...
A handful of years ago at a hobby shop I saw some specially cut wax strips used for masking models during painting. This seemed to me to be a great way to get a really clean edge.
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3/4/2004, 6:27 pm
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thuth
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Re: Bat emblem?
Hey.
I just noticed we have a whole thread here and no one has posted pics of their emblems.
Anyone care to share?
Bob, I'd love to see some pics of your "snap-in" yeallow background emblems-- and I bet I'm not the only one.
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3/4/2004, 6:28 pm
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