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06-06-2010, 03:29 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Anaheim
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|  How Do You Make Colored Lenses?
How Do You Make Colored Lenses? Any input would be appreciated. |
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06-06-2010, 03:33 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: On the "ROCKS"
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06-06-2010, 03:38 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hartsville, SC
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Rednecks in my town seem to enjoy using colored packing tape on there real cars.  |
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06-06-2010, 05:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Jacksonville FL
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like light lenses??? u can paint the inside with trasparent paint made for model cars |
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06-06-2010, 05:32 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vacaville, CA
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you could use a candy color paint. its pretty transparent without a backing color
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06-06-2010, 05:40 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kaufman
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I would try the model car route I know they used to make specific paints for like tinting windows, if they dont have thoes anmore then you can try the can just make sure you dont spray a thick coat on it. | |
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06-06-2010, 09:57 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Centered
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I shot my Yota lenses with Tamiya Clear Orange (TS73) and hit the grill with Matte Black (TS6) and Flat Clear (TS80) to help pop the color a bit more. I found that spraying two light coats on the inside of the lense only, gave me a better overall appearance.   |
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06-07-2010, 01:43 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Anaheim
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06-07-2010, 01:44 AM
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06-07-2010, 04:24 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: E. City
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Go with the Tamiya transparant spray paint. It's what they are made for.  |
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06-07-2010, 06:29 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hallsville, Tx
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if you are going to paint the taillights red be careful. red has a tendacy to bleed through any light color, so i would mask out the lens first then let it cure really good then you can mask over it and paint the rest of the body.
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06-07-2010, 06:55 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Naples
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I've used Sharpie markers in the past with good results, they come in many different colors. http://www.sharpie.com/enUS/Product/...nt_Marker.html |
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06-07-2010, 06:17 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Anaheim
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Do you have any pictures? | |
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06-07-2010, 06:19 PM
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06-08-2010, 09:34 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Naples
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06-08-2010, 02:58 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Waukesha
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I use tamiya transparent bottles. They have amber, red, yellow, etc. You don't see the brush strokes and it works fine.
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