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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 04:10 PM
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Default How hard is silver leaf to apply???

i am painting my 95 ta pewter and i was thinking of doing a pin stripe in silver leaf on each side what do you guys think? (silver leaf is the thin paper like substance used on the bike building shows on the discovery chanel)
How hard is this to apply and how costly is it?
Should i paint the car pewter with the silver leaf or silver with the silver leaf
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 11:37 AM
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Leaf Work Is Very Expensive And I Wouldnt Trust Very Many People To Do It. It Looks Easy But Is Far From It.
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 12:31 PM
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o wow man, u got ur hands full with that one...my dads old friend oes those, i was watching him, ad wowowowow....that sht is so hard to do, but if u have someone that can do a good jub it will look koool
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 12:58 PM
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It looks awesome, but it would be so easy to **** up, i wouldnt even try myself. If you can find a good paint shop then go for it.
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 04:23 PM
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definitly very hard and very expensive, but if ya got the money and you find someone who knows what theyre doing, i think it would look really good
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Old Dec 20, 2004 | 09:34 PM
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hell i didnt realize it was so hard and expensive i guess my plans are shattered o well it seemed like a good idea... thanks for the input
Thanks Richard
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