How To: Painting Springs

This is a simple tutorial to make it easier to paint springs that require two different colors. You ought to paint the base color first.

First you need these materials, and a toothpick. You can use anything you want for the cutting board, I used glass cuz metal can't scratch it, but you can use wood or something else that's hard.
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Use the ruler to measure how wide the space between coils is, then put out a piece of tape onto the cutting board, and mark the width you just measured.
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Next use the ruler to cut a strip of tape that is as wide as what you measured. You don't have to be exact I cut mine a little wider just to be sure.

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Take the tape and wrap it around the spring masking all the sections you don't want to be painted.

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Now paint it with a brush (or airbrush if you don't have a complicated masking scheme like this one). Notice you don't have to be careful anymore, you can just slobber on the paint (not literally) without worrying too much :)

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Wait until it's dry before removing the tape, this is so you won't smear the paint while it's still wet.

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Hope this helps :)

Excellent tutorial. Very easy to understand and lots of pics, what more could you want?? :p

Good tutorial.
Thanks.

Never really thought of that, Thanks.

Originally posted by Marcel34
Never really thought of that, Thanks.

Ditto!~

great tutorial, now i have a much easier wayto paint my springs:cool:

great one,helps a lot:)

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:D Thank you, good sir. You are helper people!!! :D

Hehehe, I think it was me who asked yesterday. But awesome idea. I just used a fine brush and took my time... what a fool i was HAHAHA !

ANYWAYS, thanks for the write up

Great stuff Dan,......i'll add it to the FAQ :cool:

Originally posted by jay@af

:D Thank you, good sir. You are helper people!!! :D

Agreed. He's braught alot of help to this board, thanks daggerlee :)

Nice tutorial!!! Thanks for sharing!

GREAT !!!

Like the Columb's egg :

So simple, but you had to think of it !

Many many thanks. It has always been a problem to paint these kinds of springs.

Good tutorial, need that for those pain in the ass springs.

I tried it ! It's wonderful.

Very easy to do.
Thanks

$hit, if i knew this forum was here on AF a day earlier, i wouldnt have messed up my springs. good thing its my first model ever and i can learn from my mistakes.

Thank you for such a simple, but great, idea. Sometimes the easiest things are in front of our nose, but we can't see them!!!.

José Antonio (México)

haha i jsut hand paint the spring with gundam marker...