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Over a summer or two, matteo and I repaired an old lawnmower that we found on the side of the road. We decided to give it a sweet flame paint job. It was good practice for painting something bigger like a car, and also let us try out some airbrushing techniques. Before any of the painting could be done, we had to grind away much of the rust and old paint, which is not pictured here. We also had to rivet plates where the wheels attach, as the holes had become worn and broken where the wheels attach- probably why it was thrown out.
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Apr 1, 2008. 10:17 PMebergh
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Wow, great flame job! Your slide show does an excellent job of showing the steps involved in creating the multi-colored flames. Still takes a lot of artistic talent to do such a nice job! My step son, Yoshi, did a flame job on our old Wheelhorse garden tractor back in Vermont several summers ago... thought you might enjoy seeing a picture of it... -eb
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Jun 23, 2011. 4:43 PMScumm7
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That tractor is truly awesome. Thanks for sharing the picture!
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Jun 23, 2011. 5:33 PMebergh
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Thanks! That was his first "flame job" too. We were back at the family camp, so all he had to work with was masking tape, an x-acto knife and rattle cans - came our really nice! It sure makes it fun to go out an mow or roto-till!
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Apr 2, 2008. 4:17 AM
sam (author)
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sam (author)
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that looks awesome!
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Sep 26, 2008. 4:41 PMpogosoft
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i pimped my 20 years old law boy. Thank you guys for the idea.
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Sep 23, 2010. 6:20 PM2 stroke
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nice man i love 2stokes
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May 17, 2010. 4:45 PMCraigSnedeker
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Saw your mower on Flicker, nice build :D I an inspired!
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Apr 6, 2010. 7:30 PMmpikas
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Looks good... one old school rodding trick that will really make the flames pop is to pick a contrasting color (usually something that you would think of as unnatural) and pinstripe the edges of the flames. It smooths out any rough lines and gives you a little leeway to add weight to where you need it and take away where you don't, and from a distance you don't really notice it, you just notice that the flames are more noticeable. In your case I would try lime or grass green...
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Oct 3, 2008. 5:34 PMCanadarocker
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Wow, nice lol, I might do this once im done my keyboard.
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Apr 11, 2008. 9:49 AMpmac93
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All put back together......check out the pics.
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Apr 13, 2008. 9:49 AMsam (author)
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sam (author)
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Hey! That turned out really well. Is there anything you changed in the way you did it from the way I did it in the slideshow? I often wonder if people actually make the things I've posted- well now I know!
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Apr 13, 2008. 4:39 PMpmac93
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I planned on following your directions and did the same taping technique, but I used spray paint to yellow the tips......and my drawing style is different so it turned out having smaller flames than yours.
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Apr 7, 2008. 9:08 PMYerboogieman
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Yerboogieman
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oh wait, nevermind its electric
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Apr 7, 2008. 8:57 PMYerboogieman
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Yerboogieman
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this is a serious question, id that really a lawn mower or a kids lawn mower toy? (im not talking about the paint job)
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Apr 7, 2008. 8:41 PMpmac93
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There it is......
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Apr 7, 2008. 6:03 PMpmac93
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I just sprayed the base coat.....I'll post a pic when l'm done
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Dec 3, 2007. 4:53 PMGorillazMiko
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burn the grass! haha just kidding. your lawnmower looks cool with those flames :)
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Dec 3, 2007. 11:11 AMcanida
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canida
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That's awesome! Looks like a perfect test-project for painting flames. I'd always wondered how that was properly done- now I want to paint some flames on my old Volvo wagon. ;)
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Dec 3, 2007. 11:42 AMsam (author)
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sam (author)
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You definitely should! I'm thinking of painting flames on our newly acquired snowblower, that or racing stripes... either would be rather ironic i think! -but right now its busy clearing all of the snow we've been getting up here.
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Dec 3, 2007. 2:26 PMcanida
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canida
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I think you give the snowblower blue flames.
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