Bullseye Paint Question
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Bullseye Paint Question
Looking to paint my tank, 1/4 fairing, and rear fender in a similar manner to Zakk Wylde's bullseye guitar and was wondering what ideas were out there for the best way to mask perfect concentric circles so it looks correct. Thanks in advance.
I would try to find some kind of a 'dot' sticker, something that is already round for the center of the bullseye, and then measure off that. Preferably something a couple inches in diameter or however big you want the center to be. Probably going to be kind of tricky going around the tank curves, but if you get the first one perfect it shouldn't be too hard from there.
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Yeah I was thinking either the sign shop or there's a website that sells the vinyl masking for the actual guitar. I emailed them to see if you can get the design without the guitar shape being cut, waiting to hear back....
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I don't think the vinyl will work, you'll never be able to get it to lay flat and the circle will be all messed up. I just painted my whole bike and tried all sorts of stuff. If you are painting it yourself here is what i would do. Find the exact center of what your are painting. Then get something like an ice pick to hold in the center point and tie string around it and the other end to a thin sharpie (by the point) go around the take and make a bunch of reference points. then get some thin line tape and get it on there and tape it off. Add more string and do the next circle and so on. Keep checking and keep measuring. Make sense at all? Kind of hard to explain.
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I see what you're sayin'. As soon as the vinyl hits a curve it'll wrinkle which is what I was afraid of, but I get what you're explaining with the string to make the circles. I was gonna try that initially until I saw the maskings.
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Try to find one of the overhead projectors to project whatever you want onto the tank/ fender/ wife. Draw it out and then paint. Using the projector will keep the perspective right to see it from the side.
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find some pin stripe tape. the thin stuff youll be able to get lay flat. then fill in the rest with masking tape. but itll be up to you to get a perfect circle. best bet is to tie a string to a marker, secure the end of the string and draw a circle then tape off from there.
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