Wheel painting problem

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A standard hole punch has to be the right size for at least one size of wheel....

[Guest]

A standard hole punch has to be the right size for at least one size of wheel....

A standard holepunch turns out to be near-enough perfect. Thanks for that suggestion, I'll get cracking on it.

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Hi,

Just had a slight struggle masking the hubs of my Boomerang too small for the Olfa compass cutter always a bit dodgy, then had brain ripple most stationers stock various sticky backed for anyone who can remember Blue Peter shapes just happened to have some circular ones to suit. The adhesive doesn't seem to have affected Velejo paint other types well?

Cheers sharowjohn.

Oh and if anyone else has already suggested this sorry for standing on your toes.

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If it's got a hole for the axle you could try putting the wheel into a drill. As it spins, you only have to touch your brush to it and you'll get a nice even line. You might find your drill is too fast even at the slowest speed though, and just spins the paint straight off again - so don't try it in the kitchen unless you're planning on redecorating! :lolGern

I built a turntable based on that. I used the rotating video record head(?) thing from inside an old VCR mounted onto a small old wood display box with one of the VCR's motors to drive it, and 3volts battery to keep the rpm down. just bluetac the wheel to the centre of the top of the rotating drum, start the motor and paint with a fine brush. I did the 1:35 sas landrover wheels using it and a 1/72 phantom, near perfect tyres everytime.

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I would personally go with bluetac or plasticine - over the wheel hub, then go around it with a toothpick to get all the bluetac in the right place - incidentally, paint the hub first to save on the reverse masking!

I would agree, these make a great flexible mask