Painting a Board

Maestro · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 5:02 pm Post subject: Painting a Board

Hey, I know this has been asked before, but I was wondering how you'd go about painting a board? I was going to do something to my 02 Premier 135 DNA to customize it. I was thinking of painting it all black except for the "Premier 135" (near the nose) and the DNA 135 (near the tail). Then I was going to make a stencil of the

Hyperlite logo and spraypaint that in white in the middle of the board.

I was just wondering if I'd need to sand the top at all, or if I could just spray-paint it on then cover it with a clear coat? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

a friend of mine spray painted some stuff right on the top of his parks board (as well as the bottom). he didnt put anything over the spray paint so its kinda rough where the paint is but it seems to be holding fine.

Maestro · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 5:19 pm Post subject:

Has the paint eaten away at the top sheet at all? That's one of the things I was worried about...

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

it looks just fine but he only put it on a few weeks ago...only time will tell i guess. he hasnt had any problems so far though.

you can always spray something down under the spraypaint like you would a primer...

derrick lenz · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 5:32 pm Post subject:

i've always hated the way the top of my origin looked so one night when i was smashed i broke out the spray paint and went at it. looked kinda bad and it scrapped off easily so i took a flat head and started to scrape it off. after a while i really like the way it looked all partially scraped off so i just left it. i'll try to post a pic of it.

Face-Plant · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 703 City: Riverview

yea i love to scrape half the paint off my boards and then just leave them too!

jk, sounds pretty ghetto tho, why not scrape the rest off and paint it?

derrick lenz · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 5:50 pm Post subject:

cause it looks freakin tight. i'll get a pic and put it up on here. it is kinda ghetto but it's my favorite graphics i've ever seen now.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

ghetto fablous... Just spray paint it... maybe clear coat over the paint if you really like it.

Maestro · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 6:12 pm Post subject:

So if I spray paint it and don't like it, will the paint peel off so you can't really tell that it was painted? If that's the case I'm gonna do it for sure...

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

I sprayed mine, I first did all red then masked off flames and did a light coat of black so you could still see the red comming though. It looks pretty cool. But its started to chip off, Doesn't really matter I cracked th board anyway.
and I would think the paint will peel off that easy.

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

I sprayed mine, I first did all red then masked off flames and did a light coat of black so you could still see the red comming though. It looks pretty cool. But its started to chip off, Doesn't really matter I cracked th board anyway.
and I would think the paint will peel off that easy.

Dirty$outhRida · Addict Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 665 City: Austin, Tx.

maestro post some pics if you decide to do it

derrick lenz · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 6:40 pm Post subject:

maestro- my board is coated with p-tex so it comes off fairly easy if you just scratch. can't say if it'd be the same for your board.

Maestro · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 6:46 pm Post subject:

I think I'll do it in a couple days when the work load lightens a bit... what's there to lose? I've been playing around with images in photoshop trying to see what would look the best... colour combos/logos/etc... I'll definitely post some pics once it's done... maybe I'll paint my Swampthing too... we'll see...

Josh R · Posted: Apr 16, 2003 12:13 am Post subject:

I wish I had more pics, but when Randy came down here he had just left o'brien and spray painted his board. It looked awesome. The top was blue urban camo and bottom was straight gold.

Heres a pic I took of it. Its currently sitting in my friends room. One day he'll put it up on the wall.

Maestro · Posted: Apr 16, 2003 12:39 pm Post subject:

Ok, now I have to decide what colours to do it... I have black, silver, gray, red, gold, white, royal blue... I was thinking of doing it all black with a white logo (or maybe silver logo), or all white with a blue logo, or all gray with black or blue logo... I'll fool around with the images in photoshop and post them so you get a general sense of what it would look like....

Sean_Brinston · Posted: Apr 16, 2003 1:12 pm Post subject:

I would go for the black and silver. Post a pic if you can when your done. Peace

Face-Plant · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 703 City: Riverview

yea i would go black with the silver logo or gold logo, either that or white with the blue logo, get some pics up

Slaytwebeling · Addict Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 892 City: Houston

Yea i want to spray paint the bottom of my lucky wakeskate for fun, i'll try to post pics when i am done.

chubby · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 487 City: NC

I have spray painted my wakeskate (3d casette) , i did the whole top black grip tape and all, and made a stencil that said legit (our gay wakeboard "team" haha) and i made it look all droopie with paint kinda leading off some of the letters and i spray painted that in red on top of the black right in the middle of my board, its not to big maybe 5 by 7. and then on the bottom i had it sanded natural wood colour for a while, and that looked dope as hell but i got bored and prey painted the bottom with the Legit stencil with red a royal blue paint over and over all over the bottom to where you couldnt tell what the stencials say and its just a mess of red a blue and almost looks like some kinda of deep art that you cant understand because your just not cool enough, hahahaha. i also have trip fins in this board, there spraypainted over also (there the smallest size).

BIGMAC · Posted: Apr 16, 2003 8:22 pm Post subject:

Maestro, It seems that the paint would almost have to crack because of the board flexing unless you use the right paint. Just a thought.

Josh R · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 6:09 am Post subject:

Painting wakeskates is fun. Here is mine:

Funkster · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 7:33 am Post subject:

Maestro,hit up umali,he painted on of his board all black. It look pretty sweet,I think it added alittle weight to it. Shoot him a PM!!

buckthis · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 9:55 am Post subject:

j. robinson, the dice graphics are very cool, nice job!

Benjamin · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 129 City: Palatine, IL

Representing....

Sean_Brinston · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 12:49 pm Post subject:

Josh that looks sick

Maestro · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 11:23 am Post subject:

I put the first coat on... I opted for a light silver, so if it looked good I could keep it or if it didn't then I could go over it with a darker colour... plus, then it goes with my new JP molded silver vest Laughing

... it looks pretty good, but it's not as smooth as I thought it would be. Hopefully that will get worked out with the next coat... I'm pretty woozy from the fumes... I'll post some pics later...

Face-Plant · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 703 City: Riverview

yea keep us posted on how it goes from here i.e. if it peels or anything

Maestro · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 11:36 am Post subject: Update

Here's the pics... I think I need to take spraypainting classes... haha... the first coat I put too much on I think... plus it's a little bit colder than it should be outside... Oh well...

Maestro · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 12:08 pm Post subject:

Alrite, there are certain spots on the board where the paint is kinda lumpy... would it be possible to smooth this out once the paint is dry? Would a really fine sandpaper smooth it out after a couple coats dry? I'm gonna put some clear coat on top once I'm satisfied with it, but I really would like to have it smooth if possible... anyone have any advice?

doubleupboarder10 · Outlaw Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 169 City: arizona

when you paint your wakeskate do you just use regular spray paint?

BigFeeeel · Criminal Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 59 City: NorCal

little wet sand and flat grey rattle can on my Harris board. My boy sprayed my old thruster at his body shop when he was sprayin his girlfriends truck black.

Maestro · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 4:26 pm Post subject:

Some updated pics... There's still some lumpy spots - i tried to sand them down but it didnt do too much... I don't really care anymore... I think I'm gonna spray HYPERLITE (the style used on the parks board) in blue on it somewhere too...

Ryan W · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 4:29 pm Post subject:

Looks sweet.Did those straps come with the HL symbol on them??

Maestro · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 4:38 pm Post subject:

Thanks... and nope they didn't... I got sick of the Belmont logo, so I flipped the straps/overlays inside out and drew the H*L logo on...