painted(and gripped) my skate

Jimmy T · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 525

this is an old 484 concave that i got from david hanson. i sanded it put a couple coats of white paint on it and painted it. i made that cassette stencil and i did the letters by printing out some letters from MS word and cutting them out. i have yet to grip it.

HighRida · Posted: Apr 17, 2005 12:36 pm Post subject:

, why didn't you buy a cassette!? Pretty good paint job though.

Jimmy T · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 525

HighRida, ha i knew that would come up. i dont really care that it is a 484. i got this thing for free and it was a POS when i got it so i did some work and made it look decent. i just thought makin a cassette stencil would look sick, and why not do some letters while im at it.

Vance Collins · Guest

Jimmy T,

Looks sick.

JamesBoardr · Posted: Apr 17, 2005 1:31 pm Post subject:

yea, i like they way the paint fades. def sick

colorless · Frontside 180 Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 332

Yeah that's pretty sweet, nice work.

Jonesie · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 811

that actually looks real good, keep it up..

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 17, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject:

hey can u send me that stencil?

Jimmy T · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 525

-=AlexXx=-, i found a picture online, blew it up in paint, printed it out, taped it on some cardboard (thin cereal box cardboard) and took an exacto knife to it.

im gonna keep this one, and im not really up for making another one for you haha sorry im lazy bro.

Jonesie · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 811

-=AlexXx=-, do what he said he did with paint and the cereal box cardboard...here is the logo..http://www.midwestwakefest.com/images/logos-2/cassetteClogo.gif

Jimmy T · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 525

Jonesie, good find that is an even better picture than i found but anything with fairly define edges (once blown up) will do.

-=AlexXx=-, it just takes a little bit of patience but it is worth it. an exacto knife or box cutter will do fine. good luck

hammer49 · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 646 City: longwood

i was in the middle of painting when i saw this thread. I did the thing with the cereal box. I suck at cutting with the knife but I wanted to get the skate fixed so i can ride it.

Jimmy T · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 525

hammer49, i like it dude. thats a real sweet idea to make a Cassette-head stencil haha nice man.

wakemitch · Posted: Apr 17, 2005 7:23 pm Post subject:

im in the process of painting my skate. its going to be awesome...looking, its still going to suck because it a 116 scape

RUSSIAN · Posted: Apr 17, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject:

cassette mold - 484 - cassette graphics Laughing

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 17, 2005 10:01 pm Post subject:

thanks guys!!

BillyOLDS · Posted: Apr 17, 2005 10:13 pm Post subject:

hammer49, your gna want to get some spray polyurethan(spl?) to seal it otherwise it will absorb water. paint only wont do it. also it will make your board last a really long time.

colorless · Frontside 180 Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 332

-=AlexXx=-, I made the cassette 'C' in Illustrator in vectors, which means I can resize it to any size and it'll keep the excellent quality...also for anyone else who wants it. PM me if you're interested....I only charge $100 per pic. Idea

Jimmy T · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 525

man all you lucky folks and new technologies in illustrator ha. this is what i used, even blown up bigger. quality sucked but i could still do it.

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3337

i painted mine as well. but only the elite few get to see it. you know who are Wink