Sunday, January 7, 2018

Along Came A Spider....

Over the past few days, I've been working on a small side project for the JK. During the Christmas sales madness, I was able to score a Poison Spyder Dana 44 differential cover for the insane price of $59.99 (normally $108.99)!!! This was actually part of my Summer budget, when I'll be working on under armor, but for this price, I just couldn't let it pass me by.

I had seen lots of pictures of individuals painting their PS diff covers and I became inspired to do the same. I decided that a red spider would suit me best, so I picked up a can of Rustoleum red gloss enamel from my local Walmart and I was good to go.

After a couple of sessions of masking up the cover, I was able to shoot it with the paint. I gave it four coats, rotating the subject 1/4 turn each time with 10 minutes of wait time between each coat. After a few hours of dry time, the paint was dry enough to touch. I then spent half an hour picking off the painters tape. There were a few areas that needed cleaning up, so I did that when the paint was still wet enough to delete. The final product came out pretty incredible, if I do say so myself!