I saw the Airbrush 101 video about 3 years ago. I’ve been wanting to do a flame job for a while. So I found something in a magazine that I liked and I’ve been waiting for the right board to come along. The first board belongs to Surf4fins. Maybe he’ll chime in with more info about the shape. In the video they cover the board with tape , draw the flames on the tape and then cut out the flames with a razor blade. I’ve been told that you can use contact paper but I went with the tape. After a few attempts at drawing flames I remembered that I can’t draw. Out came the 1/8" and 1/4" tape. I did the flames with tape and cut everything with the razors planned.
The second board is an EPS short board that I shaped over the summer. No one wants to trade anything for it or buy it so it’s just been sitting around collecting dust. I had quite a few new ideas running through my head so here’s flame job #2.
This time I taped out my pattern directly onto the foam. This worked out much better for me. I also handled the rails different.
This board has not been glassed so the next time I feel all Artsy Fartsy I’m going to go back and add some more color…just a little…got some ideas brewing…
The third board was rough shaped by Resinhead. The deck was domed and the concaves were there. Surf4fins and I screened the rails and did the finish sanding. My only instructions on this one were “Do what ever you want as long as there’s some yellow”. So I thought about it for a while…total blank mind. One day when I was spackling an EPS blank it hit me. I was playing around with the spackle and the squeege making patterns and BINGO! an idea hit me like a ton of bricks.
I drew out my idea and made some notes ( remember ,I can’t draw) This is what I came up with
Sorry the photo are so small… You could say this one’s inspired by Spackle!
I got a bubble in the logo. Right in your face on the deck of the board. I can only blame myself…too bad I did not see the bubble until I was hot coating.
After power sanding the board with 100 grit I went back and cut out the bad area with a razor blade. I then hand sanded with 100 to smooth out the damage. There was a good coating of resin over the foam so I was very careful not to damage that. I then used resin and cloth to fill in the damaged area.The board was glassed with Epoxy so I did the repair with epoxy. Here’s a photo after filling in the bubble
Great work Stingray! Coming from a hotrod background I have a thing for flames and it’s always nice to see someone else’s ideas translated onto a canvas. Here are a few of my latest flame jobs:
Negative flames
Positive Flames
This is a paint job I did on a surfboard that was cut in half to mount as a shelf in my nephews room, it was all done in automotive paint with about ten coats of clear then striped.
You’d be surprised how easy it is,check out ed hubbs on youtube,flames,skull, all kinds of nice work using mostly stencils and tape,very little free hand required.
Howzit stingray, I do the same thing, just tape off the flames. I find I can do tape offs better than drawing them on the tape. Another way is to fully tape the area where you want flames then tape off the flames with 1/8" tape and cut out the area to air brush. I like doing flames.Aloha,Kokua
I could be wrong, but I guess you can draw the flames on the foam first, then tape all the surface, and finally cut it carefully. You can see the drawings through the tape…
This time I taped out my pattern directly onto the foam. This worked out much better for me. I also handled the rails different.
This board has not been glassed so the next time I feel all Artsy Fartsy I’m going to go back and add some more color…just a little…got some ideas brewing…
Sorry the photo are so small… You could say this one’s inspired by Spackle!
Slightly discolored in the damaged area.
One piece of 4oz over the whole logo…If the photos were better you would see more flaws… Share the stoke! Let’s see your Flames and Fades! Stingray
