Camouflage-style paintwork adorns many cars today. Coloring of this type is becoming more and more popular and is no longer associated exclusively with the military or hunters.
It is impossible to paint in the factory, usually only a single-color paintwork is applied there, so many car owners are armed with the necessary shades of paint and try to do the painting work on their own.
Camouflage painting can be done in different options, therefore, before starting work and buying paintwork materials you need to carefully read them and choose the right color.
To apply camouflage on a car, you need to have a good imagination and the ability of a designer.. To make the drawing look organic, it is necessary to adhere to the rule of the golden section and evenly distribute the spots over the vehicle body. There are such painting options:
- Forest camouflage.
- Desert (shades of sand or brown, camouflage on this type of car has small and abstract spots).
- Winter version (the picture has a white-gray-black color scheme and the spots on the body are made larger).
- Hunting or military (all the spots are large, as if they pass into each other and at the same time have blurry edges).
Recently, digital camouflage has become more and more relevant - spots in this case have clear edges in the form of huge pixels. Typically, this design is used to decorate racing and sports cars.
Painting a car in camouflage
Despite the fashion, hunters or the military most often paint their vehicle in this color. Do-it-yourself UAZ painting in camouflage can be done with minimal time and labor costs, since such cars often have a khaki or grayish tint. Therefore, you do not need to carefully select shades to get the job done.
To perform the work, it is necessary to purchase the following materials and tools in advance:
- Newspapers and magazines to protect non-paintable surfaces.
- Masking tape of different widths in rolls.
- Aerosol paint of the desired shade in cans.
- Airbrush (if the work will not be done manually).
- Solvent.
- Clean rag.
- Primer and putty (if it is necessary to eliminate some defects on the body).
- Degreaser.
- Lacquer and polish for finishing.
It is recommended to apply camouflage on a car in a specially equipped room with good system ventilation. This will not only avoid defects in the applied paintwork, but will also be useful in order for the applied layers of paint to dry as quickly as possible.
It is necessary to work in a protective suit and a respirator, since the fumes of paintwork materials are very toxic. It is also advisable to equip the room with good halogen lamps that provide illumination without glare. So you can better inspect the surface of the vehicle and apply paint.
The car must be thoroughly washed and dried, and the interior must be tightened with a film so that paint does not get inside during work. It is also necessary to protect the glass and optics of the vehicle with newspapers or old magazines and masking tape (if possible, it is better to dismantle the headlights altogether).
If the car does not have any chips and bumps on the surface, you can immediately treat it with a degreaser and start applying camouflage. If paint swelling or rust was found, these places must be cleaned to metal, treated with putty, sanded well and coated with a primer.
Do-it-yourself camouflage on a car
There are three ways to paint a car:
- Drawing drawings of leaves, reeds and a variety of grass (a plotter is used for work). This type is considered the most expensive, since it is very difficult to depict it.
- Camouflage with blurry edges.
- Camouflage with clear contours of spots.
How to paint in camouflage? All work, no matter what color and type of pattern needs to be applied, starts the same way - the vehicle is carefully prepared and washed away from dirt. Before starting work, it is imperative to choose the shade of paint that will be used to paint the upper layers.
It all depends solely on the imagination and wishes of the owner. It is necessary to prepare specially cut newspapers or self-adhesive film, if necessary, so that the pattern on the body is with clear boundaries. After treatment with a degreaser, you need to wait for the car to dry completely in a chaotic manner and, in accordance with fantasy, the film is applied to the body.
It is necessary to ensure that the pieces go to all parts of the body and at the same time do not form kinks. If you do not follow this rule, the paint may lie unevenly in places of fractures, and the entire vehicle body after painting will look inorganic. Then a layer of the selected paint is applied (it is better to start with dark shades).
Painting a car in camouflage is a lengthy and unhurried process. It is necessary to wait until the paint layer is completely dry and only after that the car is again pasted over with a film so that the spots overlap each other a little. Now you can apply a light shade of paint.
When all the colors have been applied and they have dried, you can remove the entire film. In order not to spoil the edges of the stains, the surface must first be slightly warmed up with a halogen lamp. This way the tape will come off on its own and won't damage the paintwork.
If you want to improve the camouflage a little, you can soften its contours using a black shadow border. To make the car's camouflage look more advantageous, some car owners cover the surface with a layer of varnish.
But most prefer to leave the car as it is, haze gives it an unusual appearance(in this case for additional protection paintwork it is recommended to apply a coat of lacquer with a matt effect to the vehicle).
Painting methods
There are two methods that can be used to apply camouflage to the body.
Method 1. After the vehicle has been cleaned, a primer layer is applied to its body. The surface is pasted over with adhesive tape to prevent paint from flowing and the darkest shade of the selected ones is applied. You need to create spots from adhesive tape of a small width, it will be better to lie on the surface of the body.
Be sure to paint the roof of the car, otherwise the drawing will not look solid and complete. It is better to choose a quick-drying paint and after drying, the adhesive tape is removed from the body. Then the spots are arranged in a new way, while painting the body with a lighter paint and repeat the whole procedure again.
Then the tape is removed, at the request of the car owner, you can fix the pattern with varnish and polish it thoroughly.
Method 2. In this case, the car will need to be repainted. How to paint a car in camouflage? First, the vehicle is degreased and the surface is puttied. After it dries, the surface must be cleaned with sandpaper and blow off all the accumulated dust from the compressor.
Then the surface is primed and degreased, the body is ready for painting. Cut film, tape or newspapers are placed on the body in a chaotic manner. Then applied dark paint and after it dries, the tape is removed.
The procedure must be repeated several times, apply another gray, brown or green color. The whole procedure does not take much time and as a result you can get a camouflage with clear spots.
If the owner wants the edges to be blurry, the surface of the body must be heated with a lamp and the edges will spread themselves. You can also use an airbrush for this purpose.
In order not to perform all the painting work, you can purchase a special film and paste over the body with it. Camouflage film on a car can be:
- Various textures and thicknesses.
- Have a glossy or matte finish.
- To be of different widths, while it is already ready for application to cars.
- It has different colors, so everyone can choose a pattern to their liking.
Its main advantage is the ease of removal - the old coating will not be damaged and you can change the color at any time.
Painting a car in camouflage has become very popular lately. And there are a number of reasons for this. Someone likes it from the heart, someone wants to stand out among the racers. This is very convenient for hunters - the car will not frighten away the beast. Someone misses the army in which he spent best years life. The society is now embraced by the spirit of patriotism and not too healthy militarization. Someone was going to go to a hot spot and save Russkiy Mir. Many people want to know - how to paint a car in camouflage?
Varieties of camouflage
When applying, it is important to understand: why do you need camouflage coloring. True disguise assumes that the machine will work in difficult natural and weather conditions, often off-road. With such factors, it is necessary to approach this matter very carefully. Camouflage must be resistant to scratches, abrasion. The film will not work under such conditions. But for urban use, the car can be completely or partially glued in a khaki-type film. Color solutions make the following classification of camouflage:
- For the forest. These are large gray, green and brown spots. Sometimes black and white colors are used. This is the most popular look, a proven and ideal classic.
- For the desert. This is the favorite color of the cars of American warriors. Small pattern with light shades in the style of "khaki".
- For winter. It is made in the style of "winter forest". Medium sized drawing in black, white and grey.
- Nautical. Very similar not forest, but instead Green colour- blue. Sometimes blue-gray spots are used.
- For hunting. A very popular drawing. The color scheme is green-gray, brown. Sometimes with the image of reeds, trees, bushes, vegetation.
- In digital style. This is the distribution of ordinary spots on a mosaic in the form of squares. Very similar to digital pixels.
- Chemistry colors. Non-standard solution khaki style with alternative color schemes.
- Graphic. There are no rounds at all. The drawing has elements of different styles, and the color scheme is completely at the choice of the owner.
It is very easy to stand out from the huge flow of cars with the help of camouflage. Although sometimes it looks defiant and does not make any practical sense in use. When drawing a picture, matte paints, matting films will be required. Gloss for this purpose will be inappropriate. this work — good way show creative potential. You can use large large forms while maintaining the standard colors. From the point of view of the type of work, the technology consists of the usual operations: cleaning, degreasing, sanding.
Camouflage color on the main color of the car
This method is based on budget coloring. But the effect obtained is not inferior complete technology repainting. Spotted forms are randomly applied to the surface through a stencil or with adhesive tape on the existing machine coating. Factory representatives offer a variety of colors, including VAZ and UAZ. VAZ has more samples, but UAZ uses camouflage more often. Ulyanovsk SUV very convenient for coloring in camouflage. Its strong, semi-military factory colors make it easy and simple. Example: Mud spots on a sandy background are great camouflage. But the work itself requires sterile conditions. The procedure should be carried out in a clean garage with excellent natural light and comfortable temperature air. 
Before work, you need to stock up on materials:
- Polish.
- Old, unnecessary paper (newspapers).
- Adhesive tape for construction (many and different widths).
- Paint in spray cans (it is not advisable to use an airbrush and a compressor).
At each next stage, the master considers the location of the spots and determines their shape with the help of newspapers or papers. With the help of a narrow adhesive tape, the outlines of the spots are removed, and the sheets are attached with a wide one. Even incomplete painting of a car leads to the consumption of a large amount of paint. Adhesive tape will be needed to protect seals and auto glass. The stencil for camouflage is placed in the desired shape, but the figures must be overlapped, new spots must “run over” the old ones. This allows you to control the borders and creates a quality pattern. Particular attention should be paid to this, care should be taken when processing the main places. If light paint is superimposed on dark paint, then two coats must be applied. Otherwise, the dark one will show through. Between the application of layers, it is desirable to maintain a pause of a couple of hours. This is enough to completely dry the lower level.
Painting with film
This method is not cheaper, but the quality of the drawing will be higher, and the work will be done much faster. Film cannot be used as a base layer. But in the future, this layer can be reused. Vinyl film is required to remove paint after applying layers of camouflage. The most profitable option is a Chinese manufacturer!
The film is pre-cut and determined with the image. The technology itself is easy to apply with your own hands. The car is painted, then the car is pasted over. And this procedure is repeated several times. Then the film is simply torn off and camouflage is obtained. The film is glued randomly and overlapped. Optimal quantity layers - three. Three layers of paint and two layers of film. A small airbrush adjustment is possible - if you are not satisfied with the hard edges that the film leaves.
The size of the image depends on its purpose. When driving around the city, it is customary to stand out, camouflage should be catchy and visual. His original mission, disguise, will play the opposite role. Large, unnatural shapes will do the trick! It is customary to apply paint according to the principle - from a dark tone to a light one! Light tones perform the task of the main color of other tones. This sets a unified style in the design. It is important to remember the rules - the new paint of the car must have half the main color. To meet "hacks" of the factory release is a huge rarity!
Camouflage on the car- choice active people who like to spend their free time in nature and draw attention to themselves on the city streets.
The article "Camouflage pattern on the body of a UAZ car" was provided to us by a girl named Malika, for which many thanks to her!
Introduction.
The drawings on the body of the car are called airbrushing, but the special coloring of the car with spots is camouflage. Cars are camouflaged mainly for going into the forest, for fishing, such a car is inconspicuous in the bush, but it attracts the attention of traffic participants and pedestrians in the city. Camouflage used to be used for painting army vehicles. fashion in automotive world exists whether we like it or not. Being fashionable and keeping up with the times is a lot of work, big expenses and incredible patience.
Camouflage is classified as an element of car tuning; you can paint it yourself, in several stages. In this article, we will look at how to make a camouflage for a UAZ 31512 car with your own hands which is dyed khaki.
List of necessary things and tools for self-camouflage of a car:
- Old newspapers or magazines (as many as possible)
- Construction paper tape (5 rolls x 2cm wide, 5 rolls x 4cm wide)
- Spray paint (4 cans black, 4 cans brown, 4 cans green)
- Bottle of solvent No. 469 0.5 liters
- Clean flannel rag
- Spatula painting width 7 cm
- 1000 watt halogen lamp
- Car polish with sponge
- Gasoline 200 ml
Car preparation
It is necessary to paint the car indoors, which is well ventilated. As a rule, any painting is carried out in the summer, so that dust does not settle on the body of the car, you will need a garage. We drive the car into the garage, wipe the dust from the car and seal the windows of the car with newspapers using 4 cm wide adhesive tape.
It is better to remove the optics of the car, if there is no time to mess around with it, it also needs to be sealed. A newspaper strip is taken, applied to the headlight, and adhesive tape is placed along the edges of the newspaper and the headlight itself. When pasting a car, it is worth using a wide adhesive tape, as it holds the paper better and does not peel off during the staining process.
The frames of the car doors should be removed and pasted over.
The sealing gum must be completely sealed, if paint gets in somewhere after painting, it can be removed with a solvent. We also glue sealing gum windshield and rear windows.
After pasting the windows and headlights with paper, we process the body of the car with gasoline. Gasoline will do any that is available. It is enough to lightly dampen a clean rag and wipe the car. You should not use a solvent for these purposes, paint from a can will corrode the main coating, which will become a “fur coat”. If the “fur coat” nevertheless appeared, we warm the painted spot with a halogen lamp and carefully remove the paint from it completely with a spatula. If you do not remove the paint completely, the paint will rise again when you re-stain.
Stencil or spots?
Spots can be made in two ways, the first method consists of 3 staining steps. This method is laborious, but using it, you will get camouflage spots of various shapes.
Stage one
Spots on the car are created with tape of a small width, it fits better, it is easier to make a contour with it, and when it is removed, the main coating of the car is not removed along with the adhesive tape.
It is enough to determine in which place the stain will be located and stick adhesive tape there. The adhesive tape sticks tightly to the body of the car, it is worth making sure that there are no kinks in the "bends" of the spot, otherwise the paint will fall into the kinks after application, leaving colored scratches in them. The contour of the spots should be relatively large, and extend over various parts of the car.
The photo shows that the stain occupies part of the hood and fender of the car. Then paper is glued along the contour on a wide adhesive tape, a smooth contour of the intended spot is created.
What is pasted over, we paint over in black.
Having glued the spots and painted them over the entire surface of the car, we get this kind of UAZ 31512.
The paint in cans dries quickly enough, it is recommended to start applying stains of a different color only after the paint has completely dried (approximately 3 hours).
Second and third stages
The first coat of paint on the car has dried, we are preparing the car for the second painting. Here it is important to position the contour of the spots of a different color in such a way that the new spots overlap the old ones. Overlay stains overlap. This procedure is done so that the camouflage pattern is solid, and the car after painting does not resemble the color of a forest animal.
The procedure for applying stains is the same as in the first stage: tape of a smaller width should fit snugly against the body of the car, you should pay attention to the “kinks” of the adhesive tape, if there are, smooth it out. From above, on the contour of the spots, paper is glued onto a wide adhesive tape, the car is painted.
The first layer of spots is applied with black paint, followed by brown, and only after the second layer has dried, green spots are applied.
It is convenient to start painting from the starboard side, moving clockwise around the car. Do not forget about the roof of the car and the pillars, they must also be stained, otherwise the picture will not look solid.
After the final painting, we remove all the newspaper and adhesive tape and get such a UAZ 31512 car
The second option for applying stains (I did not carry out, there are no photos)
You will need:
3 meters thick paper (not cardboard) or fabric
Adhesive tape 5 cm wide - 5 rolls
Scissors
A spot is cut out of thick fabric or paper, glued with a wide adhesive tape to the body of the car.
It is enough to cut out 6-7 spots of different diameters and geometric shapes in this way in order to use them in the future. We apply the stain to the body of the car, glue it with adhesive tape and paint the resulting space.
This coloring option is the simplest, the coloring will be much faster, but the result is not always satisfactory. Such a stencil must be carefully glued inside so that it does not move anywhere when stained, and spots of different colors will turn out to be almost the same shape.
Important!
Apply spots in such a way that in the end the amount of the main color is not less than 50%, otherwise the traffic police will fine.
It is recommended to apply stains of all colors in 2 layers, otherwise the black color will shine through green and brown. A 1000 watt halogen lamp will help dry the paint quickly. It is not worth using a building hair dryer for these purposes, the paint can “burn out” (change color).
Peel off the adhesive tape carefully, there is a risk of tearing off the paint. To avoid this, use halogen lamp: Heat up the tape and remove it at the same time.
After the final painting of the car, in no case should you wash the car in the next 2-3 days, the paint should lie down. Also, do not drive the car out into the street, the dust that has settled on the paint will spoil the whole impression.
When the car is dry, it is recommended to go through it with a soft sponge and polish, this treatment will add gloss and shine to the car, smooth out surface irregularities. After the main staining, you can apply liquid wax It will help fix the paint.
If one paint color is matte, then all the others should have a matte shade. Gloss will be enough on the "native" color of the car.
UAZ 31512 was produced from the factory in 2 color options: khaki and gray, for a car gray color the selected paint colors will not work. Here it is better to use the following colors: gray, black and white.
Finally
This method of creating a camouflage pattern is also suitable for motor boat, and for an ATV, even a metal garage can be painted this way. A little imagination - and your car, vehicle will be transformed!
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Stand out among other motorists or prepare the car for hunting will help special disguise in camouflage pattern. You can use film pasting or quite complicated procedure camouflage paint. And if there is nothing to say about the film - it just needs to be pasted correctly according to the instructions - then the situation with painting is much more complicated. Today we will talk about how to apply camouflage to a car with the help of paint. You might assume that a self-painted car may not look like the cars in professional photos.
The problem is that it will not be easy to paint your car even without using camouflage patterns. But apply a few layers different color with clear boundaries and not rough geometric shapes, sometimes it seems completely impossible. Therefore, painting a car in camouflage is considered one of the most difficult options for transforming vehicles. It is worth carrying out this work with a decent understanding of technology and all tools for painting.
We paint the car in camouflage with our own hands - stages and tasks
If you have chosen the option to paint your car, you need to decide on the type of drawing. We will talk about the choice of a pattern below, but for now we will touch on technical aspects task execution. Painting in camouflage requires the performer to understand all the stages painting works. Body preparation must be perfect, bumps are not allowed. The choice of paint is also quite important. In the process of staining, you can apply simple methods:
- applying the main layer of paint, and then curly gluing spots on the car body;
- painting a car in camouflage using an airbrush and artistic enamelling;
- decorative application of dark spots on top of light paint - the so-called urban camouflage;
- overlaying dark spots of paint with a transition to get a smooth flow of one color into another;
- the use of small strokes to disguise a car in an autumn or spring nature landscape.
And if the car is painted in camouflage for decorative purposes, you can use ordinary enamel in medium price category. The use of a car for hunting or off-road requires more quality training coatings. You can watch a video in which experts talk about the requirements of the material, as well as painting methods in this case. To successfully solve the problem, it is important not only to paint the body, but to provide it desired characteristics for use.
Choose a good camouflage color and type for the car
You can learn how to paint a car in camouflage, just watch popular videos on the topic and evaluate the work of specialists. But be careful with such training options, as many video creators tell a lot of false things, while not knowing how to paint a car in camouflage. Choose a drawing pattern that you can recreate with your own hands without the help of specialists.
Film – the optimal solution at a lower cost
For many owners Vehicle paint body parts just impossible. There is no place, skills, tools and other factors for this. But pasting a car does not require special preparation and can be done even on the street in the warm season. In this case, you can choose the most sophisticated car camouflage, the color can be matte or glossy, and the most unexpected and suitable pattern is available. There are a number of advantages to car wrapping:
- a well-chosen film does not fade over time, does not wrinkle and perfectly protects the body;
- the surface of the material is protected from cuts and scratches, which guarantees long-term operation;
- if necessary, in a few minutes, you can dismantle and return the car to its previous appearance;
- no need to worry about how to paint the car in camouflage, as well as overpay for the services of masters;
- preparation takes a minimum of time and consists in a good washing of the body and drying it.
With such a film, camouflage will always be fresh, suitable for the style and features of the pattern. But the film also has its drawbacks. It can look artificial and often unacceptable for functional use. If the question is a decorative change in the appearance of the car, then the best option you won't find. In the end, at any time you can remove the film material, which definitely will not work with the paint layer.
Selection of ideas for Niva - paint the car in camouflage colors
For domestic cars painting is often used, since in this case the body is repaired, its protection against corrosion. Film solutions also protect well, but eliminate the need to wash out old paint, peel everything down to metal and apply additional protection. Painting Niva in camouflage with your own hands can be both very successful and ridiculous. Look at pictures of other people's work to see what it's all about.
Painting must be professional or done skillful hands. And if you can paint a car with metallic paint only in the chamber, then camouflage shades can be applied even on the street. Here the dust is not so much terrible as wrong selection drawing. So before painting it is important to think about proper preparation all factors. Then you can complete all the tasks efficiently.
Summing up
There are dozens of ways to beautifully finish your car. If you decide to apply camouflage on a car yourself, it is better to use a high quality film. Painting will be worthy only with the use of high-quality tools, and also subject to sufficient experience of the performer. Otherwise, the whole idea may not remain the most successful experience in your life.
You should choose high-quality materials, as well as think carefully about the type of pattern. Otherwise, it will not be possible to successfully paint the machine, difficulties and problems will constantly arise in the process of doing the work. It is possible poor quality results, so that all stages of the process must be planned from the outset and all risks assessed. That's the only way you can be sure high quality results.
How to draw camouflage on a car with your own hands
Painting a car in camouflage is a fairly common phenomenon. Car owners choosing this particular design for their car are guided by various often conflicting considerations. For some motorists, this is a means to disguise their car in the wild. This approach is observed among lovers of hunting, fishing, off-road competitions and travelers. These people strive to merge with the surrounding nature, to become part of the landscape, to harmoniously feel themselves in it.
Another category of drivers, on the contrary, seeks to somehow distinguish their car from total mass. And camouflage, especially designer camouflage, successfully helps in this. Such a car looks brutal and cool, the militaristic vein in the design looks courageous and attracts the attention of others.
Today, there are many different technologies that allow you to transform your car. To paint it in camouflage tones, you can, of course, contact the service. Experts will do their job professionally, save you from the hassle and worries. However, you can "dress" the car in camouflage with your own hands. This will not only save money, but also give you the opportunity to experiment on your own, choose each color and overall pattern.
At home, this work can be done in three ways:
- draw with paints, forming a pattern with adhesive tape and newspapers;
- draw with paints using stencils for painting from vinyl film or thick cardboard;
- perform restyling vinyl film with ready-made camouflage pattern.
Each of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. All of them are quite easy to perform at home, and you will be able to implement any of them with your own hands. To do this, you do not need special skills - only accuracy, diligence and conscientious observance of all the subtleties of the process.
Draw without a stencil
To draw camouflage without a stencil, you will need the following equipment:
- a large number of unnecessary newspapers;
- masking tape - narrow and wide, five skeins of each;
- flannel dry clean rags;
- 0.2 liters of gasoline;
- half a liter of solvent;
- car varnish with a matte or glossy effect;
- kilowatt halogen lamp;
- construction spatula 70 mm wide;
- car enamel in spray cans - 4 cans for each color of the pattern.
To begin with, we select a drawing. We shovel a mountain of relevant sites on the Internet, leaf through catalogs in stores with military literature, consult with friends, turn our heads 360 degrees on the streets, looking for something suitable on other cars. Having decided on the pattern, choose each color for it - you can use any gamut you want. Or leave everything as in the found original.
Next, we prepare the room. To work, you will need a well-lit garage with efficient ventilation. No dirt and dust is allowed - they will settle on a freshly painted surface, nullifying all your efforts.
Now we are preparing the car. This process consists of the following steps:
- Thorough car washing, removing all dust and any kind of dirt.
- Drying the machine dry.
- Removing headlights to protect them from splashing paint. If you don't want to mess with it, you can cover them with newspapers and masking tape. You should also seal the windows and door frames. Be sure to close all rubber gaskets - the paint should not get there.
- Auto body degreasing. It is wiped with a lint-free cloth soaked in gasoline. If at the same time there is a swelling of the old paintwork, it must be heated with a lamp and peeled off with an unnecessary spatula.
See also: How to perform local painting of a car body
Now the car is ready for further work - we can start drawing. The step by step process is as follows:
- Using a narrow masking tape, we form spots on the machine. We try to make them big size, captured several elements of the body, and make sure that the tape lays down without creases. Each crease is a thin colored scratch on the drawing.
- We cover all spots with newspapers, forming smooth lines. We fix them with wide tape.
- With an aerosol can we apply the most dark color.
- We wait until the paint dries, after which we apply a second layer.
- After the paint dries, remove the adhesive tape and newspapers, and then we begin to form spots for the second color. They should overlap the first paint. We also cover the narrow tape with newspapers and fix it with a wide tape.
- We apply the second color, wait for the paint to dry and put the second layer.
- Thus, we apply spots of different colors. The darkest color always comes first. The last one is the lightest. We carefully monitor that each layer is applied only after the previous one has dried.
- We remove the newspapers and remove the paint particles from the places where it accidentally got into with a solvent.
- Lacquering the body. We mix the auto varnish with a fixative and a solvent, according to the instructions. We cover them with a body in several layers. Each next layer is applied only after the previous one has dried.
We draw with a stencil
You can also draw camouflage on a car using a stencil. We will need all the materials listed in the previous section. But in addition, you need to stock up special vinyl films or thick cardboard - they will be needed to make a stencil.
Preparing the machine for work and the principle of applying enamel itself are no different from those described in the previous section. But we do not form spots with adhesive tape and newspapers, but use a stencil. We stick vinyl films or cardboard on the body, in which spots are cut out, after which we apply paint - color by color.
See also: How to remove smudges on the car
The disadvantage of this method is that the spots are the same. And in order for the drawing to look stylish, it is desirable that they be of different shapes and sizes. You can, of course, make many different stencils, but this is quite labor-intensive.
Covering the car with vinyl
Modern technology offers another method, camouflage film for a car - pasting with a vinyl film with a camouflage pattern. The advantage of this method is that you can choose any pattern for your car - you will not need to draw it.
Your possibilities are limited only by the range of films, and it can be quite wide.
Vinyl wrapping has the following benefits:
- spectacular pattern on your car;
- additional protection against scratches and chips;
- neutralization of the negative impact of atmospheric factors;
- durability, provided that the washing is carried out according to the rules;
- the ability to get rid of the coating at any time;
- the opportunity to process the car with your own hands.
Before starting work, you need to thoroughly wash the machine, remove all dust and dirt. After - carefully dry it. Then - degrease the surface of the body and get to work:
- The first step is sampling. Together with the substrate, we apply vinyl to the surface, put marks with construction tape. After all this, we perform cutting, given that more material will be needed for irregularities and bends.
- Lay the material on a flat surface and remove the backing. We make sure that specks and dust do not get on the adhesive surface, and also avoid the formation of creases and folds.
- Using a spray, spray the adhesive surface with soapy water and place it at the place of gluing. We can move and adjust the position of the film.
- We smooth with pressure with a rubber squeegee, expelling air and water from under the vinyl. Warm up the film at the same time building hair dryer making sure that overheating does not occur.
- At the places of bends, we heat the film and stretch it. Here the material will have to be stretched more strongly, so we carefully monitor the heating.
- We expel the remaining air with a felt squeegee, warm it up again with a hairdryer. Cut off the rest of the vinyl with a knife. Edges and joints are treated with sealant.
- Leave the car to dry for 12 hours. After that, the work is considered completed. Refrain from washing the car for another week. This is necessary for complete shrinkage and fixation of the film.
Film sticking on cars Conclusion
You will quite be able to “dress” your car in camouflage on your own - there is nothing difficult in this. Please note that more than 50% of the surface of the car must be covered with one color, as required by the rules.
Eat different ways restyling. Choose the one that is easier for you and will give you the desired result. No special skill is needed here - only accuracy and patience. If performed in good faith, any of the methods will give good result don't doubt it.
Education: secondary special. Specialty: car mechanic. Professional diagnostics, repair, maintenance passenger cars foreign production 2000-2015 Extensive experience with Japanese and German cars.
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