FastRidesOnly

like this:


i know how to paint a car. so i should be successful.
i'll also need to buy a airbrush gun to hook to my air compressor.
the different shades in the flames dont have to be a certain way..so i doubt i can mess up.

but i was wondering...instead of dirtying my spray gun up just to paint a few mailboxes.. do they sell a airbrush nozzle to fit onto a regular rattle can spray paint? cuz it would be alot easier to just throw the stencil on the mailbox, then take turns using the 3 different colors for the flames. that way i wouldnt have to clean my spray gun up afterwards.

Ghost666

Yeah it sucks cleaning up airbrushes for piddly jobs but I haven't ever seen any airbrush nozzles for spray cans and don't think they would work as well as an airbrush if they did make them. I would stick with the airbrush. I think it was at menards I found a smooth finish mailbox without the ridges like yours has would look a lot better for painting flames on mine is still in the box haven't got around to painting it yet.

FastRidesOnly

i can get that mailbox above for 43 shipped. is it worth that?

Ghost666

No I think I only paid like 10 or 20 bucks for mine it been a year or two ago though it was painted black walmarts website has a white smooth finish one for 15 bucks. they would be a lot easier to lay out graphics on and look way cooler when done.

therealcreeper

iTrader: (37)

i don't know how big the market for flame mailboxes is but if you get good (maybe just practice on mailboxes for a while) you could probably make some better money airbrushing intake manifolds/fuel rail covers and what not.

poltergeist 02

iTrader: (65)

i would paint air lids if i were you, there is probably a bigger market for something like that. not to say you won't be able to bring in some extra cash by doing the mail boxes. either way, good luck with it!

FastRidesOnly

yea but you're saying u paid 15/20 for a plain black mailbox? i was talking about one with painted flames.

yea that'd be cool to paint flames on other things...
my dream is to paint professionally.. i dont think i can paint flames on a car.. but if u think about it u could... cant be that hard.

i sent a 'best offer' thing on ebay..and they accepted it and now i gotta pay the 29 plus 14? shipping... or i'll get bad feedback.

Ghost666

sorry didn't know you were talking about with flames but why buy that mailbox if your going to paint your own?

01 ss vert

iTrader: (1)

I like the idea, but the pic posted looks pink in parts. If anything, I would want more blue and white.

FastRidesOnly

i wanna practice painting flames anyway

that mailbox comes in the mail tomorrow.
i'm gonna get tracing paper and trace the flames..and make some template somehow.
then take a flat mailbox and practice with spray cans before i use my air spray gun.

Ghost666

I should hope only a Ford owner would copy some **** like that for a mailbox I wouldn't hang it on my neighbors lawn. Get some 3m fineline tape and a smooth mailbox and do it right sorry to hear you actually bought that mailbox.

PINKYPINKY

iTrader: (1)

^^^^^ lol

FastRidesOnly

looks good in person.

i'm not just a ford owner btw.. 3 chevy's and a pontiac also