Painting Skis
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JonathonChandler
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1. LIGHTLY sand the topsheets, just enough so the paint has something to stick to.2. Put on 2-3 really, really, REALLY light coats of spray primer(black will make colors darker, white will make them more vibrant)3. 2-3 light coats of whatever spray paint you want, it should be light enough that the 3rd coat will just make it solid.4. 1-2 super light coats of spray on clear coat.
As long as you keep the layers really light ( i know ive said it alot, but its important) and wait like 24 hours between diffent colors ( you can all of the coats of the same color about 15 mins apart, like primer, 15mins, primer, 15 mins etc) it should all turn out good. Good luck!
As long as you keep the layers really light ( i know ive said it alot, but its important) and wait like 24 hours between diffent colors ( you can all of the coats of the same color about 15 mins apart, like primer, 15mins, primer, 15 mins etc) it should all turn out good. Good luck!
slottyboom
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okay i know quite a few people who have done thisbut on the bases not the top sheets
they all used acrylic paintjust slap on what ever design you wantand let it dry
just make sure the bases are cleanand what notif you want to know what they look like nowi can post pics if people are interested
they all used acrylic paintjust slap on what ever design you wantand let it dry
just make sure the bases are cleanand what notif you want to know what they look like nowi can post pics if people are interested
CheesePuffs
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My friend did it with his snowboard. He used paint markers
All the info in this thread so far has been wrong.
Do not clear coat like you would anything else, do not use primer.
here's my recipe:
have done it a bunch. It defininatly works best on publics. The steps for best results are:
1. sand it with a fine grit paper.
2. Clean it really well, make sure that you dont leave any cleaning soaps on it.
3. spray in a bunch of thin coats, and the best spraypaint to use is Krylon flat white. do like 5 to 10 thin coats... so each coat goes on and almost instantly dries. The idea is that you don't want it to set up into a thick layer, so you HAVE to spray it on thin, so the new coats don't solve the old coats and create one really thick later.
4. for custom graphics, sharpies work the best. just keep it moving, because otherwise the sharpie ink will act like a solvent and absorb paint up into the sharpie, ruining it.
5. Use a thin coat of clear coat. not very much is needed, jsut make sure it is covered.
https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/148163/
read that thread, read my posts.
Flat White Krylon is the only paint I reccomend. It bends much better than any other paint I have ever used. Other paints crack and chip off.
Do not clear coat like you would anything else, do not use primer.
here's my recipe:
have done it a bunch. It defininatly works best on publics. The steps for best results are:
1. sand it with a fine grit paper.
2. Clean it really well, make sure that you dont leave any cleaning soaps on it.
3. spray in a bunch of thin coats, and the best spraypaint to use is Krylon flat white. do like 5 to 10 thin coats... so each coat goes on and almost instantly dries. The idea is that you don't want it to set up into a thick layer, so you HAVE to spray it on thin, so the new coats don't solve the old coats and create one really thick later.
4. for custom graphics, sharpies work the best. just keep it moving, because otherwise the sharpie ink will act like a solvent and absorb paint up into the sharpie, ruining it.
5. Use a thin coat of clear coat. not very much is needed, jsut make sure it is covered.
https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/148163/
read that thread, read my posts.
Flat White Krylon is the only paint I reccomend. It bends much better than any other paint I have ever used. Other paints crack and chip off.
drumbumocdp
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i really want to try this
