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[scaleuser]

Anyone who's good at it care to discuss how they do it?

[Mark H]

What kind of checkered flag? Symetrical or waving flag look?

 

I've done both and I just cut out a bunch of little squares, the hard part is if you have to go around corners. For a really simple waving flag its actually easier, you just cut a bunch of random-shaped rectangles and piece them together. I did this on a body years ago and it came out pretty cool! I still have it if you want to see.

[Brian Davis]

Here's a body i did a bit ago... All the bodies I paint use custom cut decals by myself. What I do to cut anything is take a piece of blue tape and tape it to a mirror (I have a small 8" x 12" piece of mirror I use). Just make sure its clean! Then I draw with pen or marker on the tape and then cut my decals that way. So with a checker pattern (since you have to cut it on the body) draw your lines on the tape and put it on the body. Get a new blade on your knife and carefully cut the pattern out.

 

 

As you can see I missed a couple of the pieces when I was pulling the masking... haha.

 

[Rich Clark]

Man... That must take hours... here is a panel done in a couple minutes... using vinyl mask from my cutter machine. The checker portion comes with a backing and transfer tape to hold them in position during transfer. I apply all checkers at one time.

 

 

All the detail on this car is painted, done with machine-cut vinyl masking... easy place... easy pull... no bleed...

I'd be happy to cut some for you...

 

Check my Facebook page for some ideas.

 

I have been asked to do a "waving" checker set... I'll post a pic when I get er done!

 

Rich

JnR Vinyl

[Brian Davis]

hours? maybe like 5 minutes. its not hard to do it just takes a little patience. 

[Rich Clark]

cool,,,very nice effect,,,lotta patience!!!!