custom painted refrigerator?

[85Chief]

As I was looking at my ugly, gold, 1970's fridge in my garage today I had a thought of painting it flat black with some sort of flame design on it. I have some extra time this week, and need something to keep me occupied. Has anyone done something like this and have pictures of how it turned out?

Good idea, or lame idea?

Just me thinking out loud I guess

 

[5-90]

1970's? That enamel is going to be a pain to paint, probably.

Definitely going to want to sand the surface (scuff it real good) before doing anything else, the wipe down with a decent solvent (to get out dust and oils.)

I'd want to do at least two coats of primer - but I'm picky. Allow the primer to dry fully before you paint anything else - allowing it to cure will help to point up errors in your preparation.

Having let the primer dry, you should be able to apply your choice of top-coats. I'd probably do something with a Jeep theme - but I'm about as artistic as a developmentally challenged sea cucumber...

As has been said so often around here - "This thread is worthless without pix!" Be sure to let us know how it came out for you!

Remember that preparation is critical to a spray-paint job, and work accordingly...

5-90

 

[woody]

Prepwork is key... buy a gallon of denatured alky or acetone and some 3M greenpads and make that thing sterile. Then wetsand out any chips/scratches & prime the bare spots...

Buy the best tape you can... junk tape leaves junk behind you'd rather not deal with. I've messed around using a crayon on the primer (or prepped old surface) to draw flames or other patterns. Once ya have it... shadow with thin tape & wash the wax line off.

The model aisle in your local hobby shop or dept store may have small aerosols in some different colors...

 

[bjoehandley]

I've recently done that with an old headboard and lamp I had, but haven't taken pics of them. The headboard was bright red and the lamp was white with gold trimmings and I repainted both of them with Dupli-Color Silver-Green Mirage and the gold trim of the was scuffed, primed and painted Testors Chrome Silver. I did mostly what 5-90 suggested and it's held up well for now.

 

[XJEEPER]

Back in my commercial painting days, I painted a few fridges gloss black for customers. I used Sherwin Williams Polane (IIRC) which is an industrial finish used designed for tool machinery. It's a 2 component catalyzed finish that can be sprayed with a conventional cupgun or HVLP setup. Finish is super tough after a days cure time.

 

[Bent]

I've seen vinyl wraps that make them look kinda like gas pumps, make it a beer pump.

 

[85Chief]

Thanks for the tips guys! Im not really sure what year it is from. I think 1970 just sounded good, but regardless it is fairly old. I'm thinking about just doing a flat black base color with a gloss black flame from the bottom. I would do something Jeep, but not sure of how I could do that.

anyways, I searched google and found this place.

http://www.hotrodworks.net/decal/odd.html

I want the bowl cover. haha

 

[Camshaft]

Paint it avocado.

 

[85Chief]

Here's todays progress.

Here's how the fridge stood as of this morning.

After some wet sanding, wiping down with denatured alky, repeating, and shooting on a layer of primer. Tomorrow I plan on shooting on another layer of primer, sanding, and anything else.

I'm not quite sure what I want the final product to be, but I would imagine a flat black base with flames. Im not sure if I want flames like
#1

or #2

Comments? Suggestions?

 

[YELLAHEEP]

Definitely flame #2.

 

[RKBA]

One word: Camo

 

[RichP]

The heck with a flame job, how about this....
I got busted for indecent exposure for this one on my custom van in kentucky at a van-in in 78, had to buy magnetic refrigirator pasties to cover the 'offending areas' before the cop would let me roll outta there. The guy who did the paint neglected the vest and enhanced her about 3 cup sizes

 

[Gil BullyKatz]

NO Frickin WAY!

you had a Frazetta painted on your van?

Too Cool, yet only in the 70's...

I've got a few Jaguar God and Deathdealer lithos somewhere...

Nice taste Rich!

 

[RichP]

The frazetta bros live in the next town over from me...they have a cool store too....

 

[85Chief]

Well I desided to go with the flames. Here is what I have so far...

 

[BIGSLVRXJ]

:wantyou: I want that. I wonder if my dad would let me do that to his 2 year old fridge. Hmm... probably not. Lookin good though man.

 

[XTrmXJ]

Mine has dried up vomit on mine

 

[85Chief]

I have one side almost done. I need to go back and touch up with black where the white found its way through the tape.