Perhaps some of you want to give household items made of plastic their individual style, try to decorate, or paint them.
In this article, the author of The Q, a YouTube channel, will tell you about the marbling method.
This is a very simple process of simulating marble on various surfaces with paints.
Materials
- Spray paints
- Medical alcohol
- Cotton pads, rubber gloves
- Masking tape.
Instruments, used by the author.
- Plastic container
- Screwdriver, knife, tweezers.
Manufacturing process.
So, the master decided to paint part of the plastic case of the console from the PS4. It has a very complex form, but this does not hinder the fulfillment of the plan.
The first step is to carefully disassemble the remote control, disconnect the battery, cables, remove the rubber bands and buttons. If you are not friends with electronics, then it is better not to take risks!
What follows is one of the very important stages - this is surface preparation. It must be thoroughly degreased with ordinary medical alcohol. A clean cotton pad is moistened with it, and the entire surface to be painted is treated. This is best done with rubber gloves so as not to leave new fingerprints right away.
Alcohol dries very quickly, and now you need to apply the first coat of paint. It will be a primer, and will provide excellent adhesion with the next, basic layer of paint. It is important to make this layer without streaks and streaks.
If you have not worked with spray paints, then first practice on some unnecessary surface.
After the primer layer has dried, clean water at room temperature is poured into a container of a suitable size. Further, using paints of various shades, the author forms stains on the surface of the water. They can be adjusted using plastic thin sticks, or by air flow.
You can also use ordinary enamels, there are even specialized ones for this particular technique.
The product will be painted only on the front side, and the author immerses it in a container, holding it by the technological pins. If there are no such structural elements, then you need to temporarily attach a holder to the workpiece. For example, a pair of matches, toothpicks or paper clips.
Diving should be smooth.
As soon as the desired surface is painted, the product is taken from the container face down. In order not to spoil the drawing, you should remove the remains of paints from the surface of the water.
The author immediately turns the workpiece over and leaves to dry. If the part was painted completely, then it must be left to dry in the same position as you removed it from the container. Otherwise, the pattern, especially if it has been specially formed, may be damaged.
After the paint has completely dried, it is necessary to dry the part from possible residual water. If you wish, you can apply another, a protective layer of transparent varnish. Now the remote is going in the reverse order.
The next candidate will be the top cover of the PS4. The master carefully removes it, and proceeds to preparation. He needs to protect the logo from staining. This is done using a conventional masking tape, which is tightly glued into the recesses, its excess is cut with a knife, and removed.
The process of degreasing and priming is similar.
A large flat part must be immersed by slightly tilting it relative to the paint surface. Otherwise, there is a risk of getting unpainted spots.
After the paint dries, the protective layer from the masking tape is carefully removed from the logo with tweezers. The cover is installed in its place.
This is how the updated PS4 looks so unusual, the author spent about 20 minutes on the entire process, without taking into account the drying time of the paint.
I thank the author for a simple but very effective way of coating surfaces!
This method is also suitable for other products made of ceramics, wood, glass, cardboard and even fabrics. However, they have some features that will be described in other articles.
If you have interesting homemade products, share them on this site. Here you will get a real reward, not a “bunch of green stuff" at the entertainment forum.
All good mood, good luck, and interesting ideas!
Author video can be found here.