Sickie Ickie
09-03-2008, 04:09 PM
First, the tyke bought for .90 at the thrift store.
http://christmasfanclub.com/picture.php?albumid=10&pictureid=112
Broken wheel, but who cares? Not for use of a person anyway. Nobody will notice it from a distance anyway.
Next, I take it apart by removing the philips screws to make it easier to clean and spray. If anyone knows how to take the wheels off, please let me know for next time.
http://christmasfanclub.com/picture.php?albumid=10&pictureid=113
Here I prepared the tyke outside by using masking tape and plastic bags where I did not want sprayed with a certain color. Then I would re-mask for another color, etc. In this case, I masked to spray red Rust-o-leum Plastic Paint, then remasked for the Krylon Plastic Paint green wheels. Then remasked again for the white middle on the wheels.
http://christmasfanclub.com/picture.php?albumid=10&pictureid=116
I skipped the photo of the step of masking for the candy striping. Basically I used masking tape and left open strips for the stripes to be sprayed. I used pin stripe tape for the thin red lines (the pin tape will be permanently left on.)
I think Carrie may have mentioned this before (?), but I feel that it may be easier next time to spray it red, lay on the masking tape and pin striping in the exact pattern, and then spray white over it. When the strips are removed, the stripes will be exactly as layed out. Also, a brick with the three holes held the bottom of the handlebars well.
The middle candy stripes on the wheels were done with red sharpie, although I'm thinking next time maybe Testor's red plastic model paint would work well for exact close work.
When I assembled it again, lo and behold- here's the result:
http://christmasfanclub.com/picture.php?albumid=10&pictureid=117
http://christmasfanclub.com/picture.php?albumid=10&pictureid=112
Broken wheel, but who cares? Not for use of a person anyway. Nobody will notice it from a distance anyway.
Next, I take it apart by removing the philips screws to make it easier to clean and spray. If anyone knows how to take the wheels off, please let me know for next time.
http://christmasfanclub.com/picture.php?albumid=10&pictureid=113
Here I prepared the tyke outside by using masking tape and plastic bags where I did not want sprayed with a certain color. Then I would re-mask for another color, etc. In this case, I masked to spray red Rust-o-leum Plastic Paint, then remasked for the Krylon Plastic Paint green wheels. Then remasked again for the white middle on the wheels.
http://christmasfanclub.com/picture.php?albumid=10&pictureid=116
I skipped the photo of the step of masking for the candy striping. Basically I used masking tape and left open strips for the stripes to be sprayed. I used pin stripe tape for the thin red lines (the pin tape will be permanently left on.)
I think Carrie may have mentioned this before (?), but I feel that it may be easier next time to spray it red, lay on the masking tape and pin striping in the exact pattern, and then spray white over it. When the strips are removed, the stripes will be exactly as layed out. Also, a brick with the three holes held the bottom of the handlebars well.
The middle candy stripes on the wheels were done with red sharpie, although I'm thinking next time maybe Testor's red plastic model paint would work well for exact close work.
When I assembled it again, lo and behold- here's the result:
http://christmasfanclub.com/picture.php?albumid=10&pictureid=117