With frames / forks / bitty parts all fabbed and prepped, it's time to start throwing paint. Many of the bikes for the show require multiple layers of masking so I began cutting them out today on the plotter.
Here's a page full of Hibiscus flowers for the Dirt Road bike...gonna have a Hawaiin theme
Once I've got the graphics layed out in the software program, I send the info to the plotter to cut it out...
Much like a printer, the carriage moves left/right and up/down using a micro knife to cut the multi layer mask based on the speed, pressure, radius info, etc... that is set for each graphic
Peeling back the vinyl, you can see the final mask. I'll use both the outline and the negative for this finish.
With the masking cut, it's time to start getting the work into the paint booth...
and finally, a bake box full of primered fun...
and a potporri of ti fiddly bits for Chads bike...
See y'all next round :)
rody
No comments:
Post a Comment