Here is my question. The customer wants to spray his own artwork on, and has lots of sick colors (has his own spray booth). I know the paint would not go well with EPS. so im trying to improvise. Will there be an bonding issues with an automotive paint and a layer of 6 oz? Im trying to stay away from spraying on EPS since of its en even and porous nature even after spackle/micro balloons.
glass with 6oz
hotcoat
etc
thanks for the help, im really stoked on this board, the artwork should be sick.
thats what i thought would work too oneula, but he wants it to be under the glass for that look. I would have to agree, sprays under glass look 100 times better then ontop on the hotcoat. Have you experience with the auto paint? looks like some test pieces are in order. Thanks man.
Roger’s DVD shows him doing over a poly hotcoat to create a marbling effect before he gloss coats it. I think you’d want water based acrylics over foam.
I don’t know of any auto paints that don’t use lacquer or enamel…
Oneula has the right idea. If you plan the paint job well you can tint the initial lamination and cheater/fill coat with a complimentary color. Use a pre glass fin system like ofishl or futures. Sand the board to 180 grit and send to the painter. He tapes off the boxes already under the glass and does his thing, paint job then 2 coat clear. It will look better than any on foam paint job hands down.
The art work will look as if it is floating in tint.