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Step 2Prepare the Clockworks
Before we start hackin' things up and doing the fun stuff, it's worth it to get the painting out of the way. Spread out your drop-cloth or newspaper and lay out the hands and numbers. Group them according to the colors you will be painting them. I only have plastic spray paint, so I used primer on the metal hands prior to painting the final color.
Follow the instructions on your particular paint. They usually tell you to spray a few thin layers on, leaving two minutes or so between each layer. I found it worked very well to spray the hands, shake the can, spray the numbers, shake the can, spray the other numbers, shake can, etc. There was no down time and it turned out very nice-like. Again, don't forget to flip them and paint the other side.
As an alternative, you can hang each part from a thin thread or wire through one (or both) of the holes. This will allow you to paint both sides without flipping, but can also lead to problems because the parts are very light-weight and the spray paint will tend to blow them around.
I chose to paint four of the clock stuffs red and one clock stuffs metallic black.
Follow the instructions on your particular paint. They usually tell you to spray a few thin layers on, leaving two minutes or so between each layer. I found it worked very well to spray the hands, shake the can, spray the numbers, shake the can, spray the other numbers, shake can, etc. There was no down time and it turned out very nice-like. Again, don't forget to flip them and paint the other side.
As an alternative, you can hang each part from a thin thread or wire through one (or both) of the holes. This will allow you to paint both sides without flipping, but can also lead to problems because the parts are very light-weight and the spray paint will tend to blow them around.
I chose to paint four of the clock stuffs red and one clock stuffs metallic black.
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