So why the paint on this one Scott?
Hey Greg. As you probably know, Jerry turned me on to a very light green paint mist formulae that we use very sparingly on the green Blaemire shells.
After sanding shells down smooth, cleaning and wipe down we mist the entire outside of the shell. Not heavy at all. This mist coat sort of evens out the inconsistencies in the raw fiberglass. Jerry says if you overdo the mist coat, a complete re-sand is required. So far I have not had to do the start over. The green mist coat is actually pretty friendly. It is so light in color that it does not really hide any of the flaws.
So as you know with the green shells, one can sand out just about any flaws in the shell. As long as you don't go too deep.
With the amber shells that is not the case. I have tried to sand out flaws in the amber shells. It does not work. The flaws go all the way through the shell.
The amber shells have a lot of pock marks and small crevices in the outer wall. You can see these in my pictures with normal light.
To try and hide flaws, I re-coated the outer shell with poly resin clear.
Will sand down to see if I hid the pocks.
Then I will lightly mist the shell with the ruby color as we do with the green shells. Light, light, light. I just want to give it more of a ruby glow.
The shell will remain translucent.
This is the color combo for shell and hardware I envisioned when I saw the finished drum "In my Head".
Stay tuned. Thanks Man
