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    Sunday, April 10, 2016

    Fighting evil by moonlight - Bad-ass Motorcycle Makeup

    I've been pimping my ride - sticker style!

    First - I made a rough estimate of the area I wanted to sticker. Just visualizing the style. By the way - Sailormoon / Pinkie pie crossover is what I was going for.

    See that grey "x"? Say goodbye to the grey!
    Second - Wipe down and prep the area. I used painters tape and leftover Christmas wrapping paper to protect the rest of the bike. Spray a few layers of plasti-dip on the surface of the bike. Follow plasti-dip directions! It came from DipYourCar and those guys make instructional videos - watch them first!

    Painters tape first, then wrapping paper and masking tape to prevent overspray
    Third - Stickers! I roughed out the layout on my couch and made final adjustments on the bike itself.

    Sources:

    Right side

    Left side - you can see the shine of the mod-podge, this is before applying the final coats of clear plasti-dip. After application that shine disappeared.

    Fourth - After applying the stickers - I lightly brushed over the sticker area with mod-podge. A few of the stickers kept lifting because I'd had to move them once....maybe ten times to get the design right. A little patience and podge fixed it!

    I was a little nervous since the podge was high gloss - but once it dried and I sprayed another coat of plasti-dip over it the shine faded and after 3 more layers of the plasti-dip...well, my bike is winning love by daylight!


    3 comments:

    1. Your going to have to carra hot pipe plack, children are going to try and get a ride

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    2. All thumbs, can't spell ...looks good be safe

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      1. I got it :-)

        I don't know if little kids would "get" Sailor Moon, but I'm all about encouraging questions and having the most girly, most super-sailor-ific bike possible.

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