I was bored this weekend, so I decided to paint my Eddy Custom Kevlar in my favorite scheme of all-time. Felix Potvin. Only trouble was deciding the color combo
Since I just got brand new Vaughn 8600's leg pads, T5500 Catch and B7400 Blocker in a matching White, Black, and Silver scheme....decided to replace the "Toronto Blue" with a silver color
I already had the airbrush and compressor from my days moddeling glue-together airplanes, so it was a trip to the Automotive Paint store in search of a good Black and the perfect Silver.Looking through the books I setteled on a Honda color called "Desert Mist". Had the guy mix up a 2oz. bottle of the Silver, and one of the black, bought some urathane reducer and a can of two-part clear and headed home.
First mistake: Even though I thoroughly cleaned the mask, COMPLETELY forgot to rough up the gel-coat with some scotch-brite. Not doing this makes it a pain in the ass for the new paint to adhere to the surface of the mask.
I have a really good pic of the Potvin Mask on my laptop, so I took the polished cage and all hardware off, masked off the entire inside of the mask as well as vent holes, bought a 12'er of cheap beer, and proceeded to mask off the design.
While I was painting the mask, I dropped the cage off at a local powder coating shop to get the polished cage turned to white.
Mask in original state:
masking stage:
