RTE 66 ARTWORK Z228R's- RTE 66 COMPLETED!

Post by **stipud** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:23 pm

That's very classy! Good choice of logos!

Damo95 · Post by **Damo95** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:54 am

that looks a lot better... more class with the simpler logos...

like everything, you get better with the more you do!

Post by **ttocs** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:49 am

even better yet

Post by **ttocs** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:49 am

even better yet

Post by **mhyde71** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:40 am

OKAY SO got the electronics/boards back together with sink

Last week changed out the grey term's to black term's....

this should be one nice looking piece when finished...

Post by **mhyde71** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:38 pm

GOT COVER CLEARED

DID 2 COATS OF GLOSS AND THIS IS LOOKING BANANA's!

will be all together tomorrow morning !

Post by **ttocs** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:42 am

just curouis, can you wetsand the clean to get it mirror smooth? While it looks good I was just wondering if it was possible to make it even better with a wetsand and buff?

gbody805 · Post by **gbody805** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:20 am

I was thinking the same thing.

Would look very nice with a mirror smooth finish.

Post by **mhyde71** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:02 am

absolutely you (someone) could no question...

I dont typically offer polishing and all that...
BUT perhaps i would have slight concerns about sanding on top of the artwork...
BUT given i did two coats of gloss clear i bet there wouldnt be any trouble.

SO absolutely! yes yes you can... and it would be smoooth smooooth smooooth like glass. sometimes finishes come out smooth and no need for that sanding... but in others where there might be the desire of glass looking finish... then yes you would sand...

typically i do not sand... i have, but normally do not.

m

Post by **mhyde71** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:07 am

stipud wrote:That's very classy! Good choice of logos!

OH and matt gets credit for the design or artwork ideas. all his idea doing. just as he wanted it... but yeah i do like it too!

m

Post by **ttocs** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:48 am

I would be talking about a quick 1500 grit, 2000 and then buffing it. I bet that thing could look like a mirror. I am not sure if I am happy or sad that I discovered wet sanding as since then I am completely anal about orange peel in the work I do myself. When people find out I painted my dash myself with a rattle can they are suprised but it is all in the polish that happens after the paint.

Don't do it yourself hyde as I could see you falling into the same rut as me and then needing to polish all your work....

Post by **mhyde71** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:14 am

well funny thing is,
is that this batch of clear gloss has been giving me problems from the last vanity plte I did, the reactor cover, and now this piece...
there are a number of causes and resolutons to prventing OP...this cover also sustained some peel, not so so bad...but its happened on last 3 pieces I did, not color coats, but the gloss clear- so im thinking its the powder.

I normally don't expirience OP in my results...but lately with gloss I have been- need to look into that- it is also a diff gloss clear than I normally have gotten- so maybe I need to go back to the orig i had always gotten before. TBH this was lil cheaper and from my primary vendor.. i used to get clear off ebay like ritually, but this last time i didnt - it's gotta be this powder.

Post by **ttocs** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:22 am

I thought even pro painters would wet/color sand to get a perfect finish. I don't think it has much to do as much with the person or equipment, just to get stuff perfectly flat is really really hard.

Post by **mhyde71** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:25 am

well here she goes...

now remember i only blasted and painted it... i didnt make it new so the dented/bent metal i tried fixing... i made the 2-3 cases better, but they are not new- this is not a new amp... i tis a painted/coated 20 yr old amp. Elec been re-furbed by the best in town, the coating done by the best cloater around too! so here it is -

I ended up deciding to go witg gold screws in the badge b/c that was really all i had that fit... and had nuts for. i just so happened to have the stainless nylon lock washers that worked great with the 6-32 gold plated cap heads... plus every-single other fastener visible is gold plated. would have seemed odd i think (could easily be changed), but to have white or black there would have seemed like they we'rent following suit.

yeah yeah

Matt you are gonna love this man! WHOLLY SHIT MAN!

Sry about the OP in the gloss as we were discussing earlier... but it still looks great... i was looking at my white 2250/2125 sinks i have here and their bottom covers... I see OP in their coating also! I will be going back to my original clear i dont recall ever getting OP in.

matt

Post by **mhyde71** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:32 am

NOW FOR THE BACK

ZTwenty8SSR · Post by **ZTwenty8SSR** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:16 pm

I love it and think it looks better than the original route 66 Phoenix Gold just put too much text on the cover.

tonym · Post by **tonym** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:34 pm

nice work

oldschoolfan · Post by **oldschoolfan** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:46 pm

I mean like, Dang!

paintguy · Post by **paintguy** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:54 pm

ttocs wrote:I thought even pro painters would wet/color sand to get a perfect finish. I don't think it has much to do as much with the person or equipment, just to get stuff perfectly flat is really really hard.

We do

I bet there are very few, if any, custom paint jobs out there that haven't been cut n buffed to within an inch of their lives, as modern products make a perfectly flat finish more and more difficult to achieve straight from the gun.

In fact multiple painting sessions are the norm for the really high end custom stuff, with each being sanded flat before the next application.

Damo95 · Post by **Damo95** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:31 pm

dahum...

very very nice looking amp...

Post by **mhyde71** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:54 am

BENCHED AND 100% RUNNING/FUNCTIONAL!!!!!!!!!
SOUNDS GREAT- SAD to SEE IT GO NOW!!!!!!

AND FOR DIFFERENT TYPE OF MUSIC

IT WORKS WITH ALL TYPES!!!!! YIPPIE!

Post by **mhyde71** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:12 am

paintguy wrote:
ttocs wrote:I thought even pro painters would wet/color sand to get a perfect finish. I don't think it has much to do as much with the person or equipment, just to get stuff perfectly flat is really really hard.
We do

I bet there are very few, if any, custom paint jobs out there that haven't been cut n buffed to within an inch of their lives, as modern products make a perfectly flat finish more and more difficult to achieve straight from the gun.

In fact multiple painting sessions are the norm for the really high end custom stuff, with each being sanded flat before the next application.

WELL imma try getting the gloss clear i normally used... back in the day and never had any trouble with getting a more smoother finish... if i had any i would have used it on the cover, but i had 5# of this gloss clear from my primary vendor... so i tried it... last three things i did came out with some orange peel - some more than others.... thank goodness it's not so so bad on this one... BUT the reactor it was real bad... hence a re-do will be getting done with the reactor cover... then it will look like glass. Live and learn- already oprdered thje other (orig) clear- should be here shortly

m

oldschoolfan · Post by **oldschoolfan** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:53 am

Matt, who were we listening to in the first video. Sounds very familiar but I can't place it?

Post by **mhyde71** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:30 am

stetsasonic
1st ever hip hop 7-man band

I like their stuff
a real band - a big plus!

vwguy3 · Post by **vwguy3** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:29 pm

Are you ebaying it? or selling it outright? What are you looking to get for it? And this amp is one hell of an amp! Looks very sweet!! Love the art work. Even though I'm kind of an originalist this is very very nice. I wouldn't throw it out of my bed!

Thanks
Justin