Re-ment: Miniature Painted Stitch Kitchen Aid in Pale Blue
This is one of the steps I take when re-painting a Re-ment Kitchen Aid. After having severe hyperthyroidism several years ago, my hands often shake a bit; which makes fine detail painting difficult. I use masking tape to make it safe to paint small areas that I could never do free hand.
-I place masking tape over the side, covering the narrow indentation where the chrome detail goes and above and below (see notes on picture).
-Then I smooth the tape into the groove so it's very tight and smooth (a fingernail is perfect).
-After that I use a super sharp craft knife (I like Maratha Stewart's) to cut through the tape along the grooves.
-Last I peel off the tape covering where the chrome detail goes (I use a super sharp pointy tweezers by Tweezerman).
-I will use Professional Rustoleum Aluminum spray paint (sprayed into a small bowl) and an especially tiny brush to make the "chrome" details on this. ((I used to use a much shinier silver leaf paint, but it took litteraly months to dry! Six months after I was finished, if I touched the silver then possibly the body of the mixer, a touch of silver was left on the color. This happened many, many times and it was a nightmare. That is how I messed up three of the yellow espresso machines. It was heartbreaking!))
-While the paint is still damp-ish (20-30 minutes) I peel off the tape. If I wait until the paint is completely dry, usually the line won't be crisp, or the tape may remove part of the paint.
-After drying for a week or more (patience is a virtue), I'll re-tape and mask off a couple small areas to do the knobs in black (see notes on picture).
Spray painting these and other Re-ment is far easier than you think. And far more fun! I find the detail painting to be the most difficult part of the whole process. Give it a try!
~Stitch Cooking #7
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~Here are a couple of Kitchen Aids I've done with the finished detail paint:
www.flickr.com/photos/24617799@N06/5619900052/in/set-7215...
This year has been quite awful migraine-wise and I have barely been able to paint at all! But I now have this one all ready for when I have even half an hour of migraine free time and can finish it. These are also the first pictures I've taken in awhile. :(
This particular Kitchen Aid is for Princess Di-O-Rama, finally almost done. :D
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
Re-ment: Miniature Painted Stitch Kitchen Aid in Pale Blue
This is one of the steps I take when re-painting a Re-ment Kitchen Aid. After having severe hyperthyroidism several years ago, my hands often shake a bit; which makes fine detail painting difficult. I use masking tape to make it safe to paint small areas that I could never do free hand.
-I place masking tape over the side, covering the narrow indentation where the chrome detail goes and above and below (see notes on picture).
-Then I smooth the tape into the groove so it's very tight and smooth (a fingernail is perfect).
-After that I use a super sharp craft knife (I like Maratha Stewart's) to cut through the tape along the grooves.
-Last I peel off the tape covering where the chrome detail goes (I use a super sharp pointy tweezers by Tweezerman).
-I will use Professional Rustoleum Aluminum spray paint (sprayed into a small bowl) and an especially tiny brush to make the "chrome" details on this. ((I used to use a much shinier silver leaf paint, but it took litteraly months to dry! Six months after I was finished, if I touched the silver then possibly the body of the mixer, a touch of silver was left on the color. This happened many, many times and it was a nightmare. That is how I messed up three of the yellow espresso machines. It was heartbreaking!))
-While the paint is still damp-ish (20-30 minutes) I peel off the tape. If I wait until the paint is completely dry, usually the line won't be crisp, or the tape may remove part of the paint.
-After drying for a week or more (patience is a virtue), I'll re-tape and mask off a couple small areas to do the knobs in black (see notes on picture).
Spray painting these and other Re-ment is far easier than you think. And far more fun! I find the detail painting to be the most difficult part of the whole process. Give it a try!
~Stitch Cooking #7
rement.iamneverbored.com/136.php
~Here are a couple of Kitchen Aids I've done with the finished detail paint:
www.flickr.com/photos/24617799@N06/5619900052/in/set-7215...
This year has been quite awful migraine-wise and I have barely been able to paint at all! But I now have this one all ready for when I have even half an hour of migraine free time and can finish it. These are also the first pictures I've taken in awhile. :(
This particular Kitchen Aid is for Princess Di-O-Rama, finally almost done. :D
Created with fd's Flickr Toys