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Feeling badgy

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One of the most tedious bits about sprucing badges up is the masking off part. So. I've pinched a technique from my model making days.
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So, paint on liquid mask for the bits I need to keep clean. paint the badge, peel off the liquid mask, polish the bits to remove overspray. Now ready for the orange glitter infill

What was a half hour job now takes ten minutes. I know I'm not going to be the first to use this technique but someone might benefit. Kev
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Re: Feeling badgy

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Bake at 80c for 30 minutes and serve to the sound of "Do you have to put those things in the oven, the whole house smells now" :lol:
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Re: Feeling badgy

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Look really good!

What do you use for the orange glitter infill?

Paul.
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JNNNGS wrote:Look really good!

What do you use for the orange glitter infill?

Paul.
That’s Kev’s hard earned trade secret! if he told you he’d have to kill you :o
They're rubbish them Jap bikes lad they won't last five minutes! you want to get yourself a nice Royal Enfield!
A quote from my old dad 8-)

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Re: Feeling badgy

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JNNNGS wrote:Look really good!

What do you use for the orange glitter infill?

Paul.
no secret Paul, I talked about it on another thread

http://www.kettleclinic.co.uk/kcforum/v ... &start=120

Page 12

The proportions I ended up with give a deeper orange colour and a good proportion of sparkle

These are :

10ml of resin/hardener

0.3 ml of orange candy dye (you need a 0.2 ml pipette for this)

.3g medium size metalflake (you need a jewellers scales for this) Or just go for two good pinches.Keep stirring the mixture whilst applying to keep the metalflake well dispersed
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wow they are looking excellent Kev,how much do you charge for a pair to be remanufactured? 2sj
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2strokejohnny wrote:wow they are looking excellent Kev,how much do you charge for a pair to be remanufactured? 2sj
PM sent 2sj
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Not a clear red like the original but looks ok
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I’ve got a set of very rare 750J tank & side panel badges you can practice on if you want? They look a LOT better in the pic than they actually are btw :roll:
I borrowed Alan H’s red nail varnish to do the job :lol:
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Re: Feeling badgy

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I have a method to replace the broken or missing pins on the back of the badges, LOL
Two strokes, its just that simple.
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