Crated and ready to ship

Yeah so,.. 

Some people say I get obsessive over shipping my paint work out,.

I don't care whether its 2 miles of bubble rap , a triaxle of peanuts or hand made crates and welded metal fixtures,.

I always do my best to get it back to my clients safe.

Is a couple bucks and a few hours of my time worth a fucked up paint job,...??

I THINK NOT,.!!!   

still Onit

Here are a few pix of some paint work I'm working on.

 I'm still trying to finalize the end design.. 

but wanted to share some pix,.

The below pix are before the palladium leaf accents. 

Flames on a ford coupe

 A buddy of mine brought in this nice little coupe for some flames,.

he didn't want to go through the expense of re clear coating  3/4 of the car,. i said no problem,.I'll just do everything on top,. and then outline the flames with one shot lettering enamel.

  

I took a pic of the cars profile and drew the flames right on the pic,. this gives me good proportion to go by. then I drew the flames on the car with a stabilo pencil using the pic as a reference  .

 after the Fine line tape is down I take a piece of paper and trace the flames,. I flip the paper over and using a pounce wheel,. pounce the outline of the flame so that i can transfer the flames on to the other side of the car without trouble .     

 I spray the flame ,.blend my colors and clear coat.

 unmask ,.wet sand and buff

 pinstripe

 prep for delivery.

25 years coming up,..wow..

looking a little ahead,. 2013 marks my 25th year in business.

The same place with the same people working there,." ME "

wow,. it seems like almost yesterday,.. 

 I grabbed my tool box,. 300.00 buck and kissed New Jersey good buy.. 

I was looking to start a new life for my self,..

I guess I did just that...   

I've never had an open house or garage party,.

 but I'm thinking,... this just may warrant some celebration.

stay tuned.

  

Primary Belt Lettering

I always enjoy doing these ,. 

I saw the VOODOO VIRGINS,...

ha,.. fuckin love this kinda shit,... I was going through some old stuff  I Have and ran a crossed a pile of old smut mags,..

WHISPER MAG 1954..

 Romance on Lend Or Lease,.!

Awesome,.. 

Bad Influence

Finishing up the latest project.

Rootbeer candy over flake,. Gold leaf lettering and slime green pinstriping topped off with a little airbrush work on the rear fender.

My customer asked for rootbeer flake and somthing with a New Orleans / Mardi gras Kinda feel.

and this is what I came up with,..

Before Clearcoat,..

  

Finished Pix to follow ,..