Ground off all the rough casting around the edges, file finished the rocker gasket seat then sanding blocked the whole thing til all the faces were as flat as I could get them. Then I used a linishing block so the grain followed the same direction. Gave it a clean and hit it with a can of coloured lacquer. I was aiming for that 'extruded' look. A lot of work but it looked pretty good IMO. Click on my photobucket link in my post above (they're not in complete order but once you see a rocker cover image pre-painted the rest are sort of grouped together)
p.s. haven't updated my photobucket for a while due to #1 - photobucket being a dick, and #2 - my expensive DSLR camera frying
Originally Posted by geezer101
Ground off all the rough casting around the edges, file finished the rocker gasket seat then sanding blocked the whole thing til all the faces were as flat as I could get them. Then I used a linishing block so the grain followed the same direction. Gave it a clean and hit it with a can of coloured lacquer. I was aiming for that 'extruded' look. A lot of work but it looked pretty good IMO. Click on my photobucket link in my post above (they're not in complete order but once you see a rocker cover image pre-painted the rest are sort of grouped together)
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. Sort of job you only want to do once. I've done the black ripple paint and the OTT polish before so I wanted to try something different and the coloured lacquer was out on sale at the time. Looks good mitchi!
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