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Well... I finished "A" lighter, Pics
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:40 am
by Swindiana
Hi friends!
I just thought I'd show you a few pics of a lighter I made using a simple method with only varnish paint and a clear varnish coating to protect the surface. (They use that stuff on cars, so I figured why not...?)
Not screen accurate or anything but I kind of like how it came out in the end.
Equipment used:
Regards,
Swindiana
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:53 am
by Doc Ephraim
Looks pretty darn good to me!
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:02 am
by Shtick
Just don't have the lighter lit when spraying the clear coat.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:10 am
by Marcus Petrius
What kind of paints did you use?
I might be able to get those here too (and they seem a lot easier to use than epoxy).
The result looks great.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:46 am
by indybill
The lighter looks great!
I made my own lighter about 6 months ago too.
I haven't been able to post pics 'til now though
as I'm in the process of changing web host, but
here's mine:
I carry mine with me always, so it does show a little
use.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:50 am
by Swindiana
I used "Hobby Varnish", Hobbylack in Swedish. The maker of them is Lefranc & Bourgeois, a French company.
The clear coating is alkyd varnish, from Henkel, with a Plastic Padding logo on there too.
Lighter..., lit..., spraying..., coat. :idea:
Thanks guys!
Regards,
Swindy
Re: Well... I finished "A" lighter, Pics
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:55 am
by VP
Swindiana wrote:Equipment used:
Hey, it says "Kirkas Lakka"! That's Finnish, and you're Swedish!
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:57 pm
by Swindiana
Yay!, another guy from the frosty North! Haven't seen you around, nice to meet ya'!
Where are you located?
The spray seems to be produced for selling in all nordic countries and it even has phone numbers to the supliers if anyone feel they need it.
Hyvvä!
Regards,
Swindiana
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:21 am
by VP
I'm located next to Helsinki, in the 2nd biggest city in Finland. It's called Espoo.
Jättekiva to see you too, Swindy!
Where in the Sweden are you located?
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:41 am
by Swindiana
I'm in Luleå where I study at the university of technology.
Here is a map:
Up north!
Regards,
Swindy
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:36 am
by Swindiana
indybill, how did you make yours? The epoxy method? Really nice!
Regards,
Swindy
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 6:27 am
by auntsugar
Looks alot like the "FallGuy" method...
Both look great, fellas!
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:10 am
by indybill
I started by trying Fallguy's method, but the epoxy wouldn't work
right for me. So after painting the background and clover on the
lighter I used about four coats of clear nail polish for the top coat.
I've added another coat or two of the nail polish since then as well.
The finish seems very durable so far and is easy to apply.
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:22 am
by SHARPETOYS
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 11:31 am
by indybill
Neat looking lighter and box. Appears to be available
for $33.99 from the vendor. I don't see it on Zippo's
web site yet though. The collector tin is cool too!
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 12:28 pm
by prettybigguy
I just applied about 4 thin coats of Rustoleam acrylic clear coat to my "Studio" clover leaf Zippo to proytect the silk screen. with the exception of a little bit of "pooling" around the edges (I masked out the print with masking tape) it turned out very nice. I shall be field testing it soon to see how it holds up in a pocket full of car keys and coins.
PBG
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:49 pm
by SHARPETOYS
I got mine for $26.00 off ebaY.i THINK ITS THE SAME ONE FOUND ON iNDY GEAR WEB SITE
http://cgi.aol.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... tegory=952
