Custom Paint Job - … Go Mad With A Nomad

Once dry, the blue tape can be pulled to show the ribbon effect.

Here the roof has been masked off and now it’s cobweb time. The technique is done by having non-reduced paint shot at low pressure. It comes out like Silly String. Do a few tests on paper for your desired effect. This is then shot over with more candy to fade in the panels.

All masking is pulled and you can finally see it all jiving together. This is the lace and fade job on the centersection of the roof. The lace was found in the textiles district in downtown L.A.

Pictured are the final effects of the cobwebbing and ribboning. The webbing is subtle in the fade but at the same time contrasts the rest of the roof.

Once the roof was done it was time to cover it and get to masking on the bottom for the fade job. The guys put all the trim onto the car and used it as a guide for the fades and panels on the bottom, then masked them out.

It takes a lot to build up the fades; it isn’t a one-shot deal. There are 10 passes with the gun over the tape-outs to get the desired fade and effect. Jack went around the car fading out the tape lines into the body with different spray patterns on the gun, going from a wide to a tight fan.

When the car has had time to sit and before the clear is shot, Malex gets down and outlines all the panels to give it a floating pinstripe effect .

Now dry and unmasked, you can see the huge contrast in the candy to the original base color.

The finished car, ready to be color-sanded and assembled.