Craig Fraser - Automotive Cheap Tricks & Special FX 3

DVDRip | AVI/DivX, ~1328 kb/s | 640x480 | Duration: 01:10:02 | English: MP3, 32 kb/s (1 ch) | Subtitles: Russian | 687 MB

Genre: Automotive Airbrushing

In this long-awaited DVD installment, Craig Fraser shows you step-by-step how to create a complete hot-selling automotive kustom graphic using his top tricks and techniques. Cheap Tricks 3 is another excellent companion to Fraser's book, Automotive Cheap Tricks & Special F/X, and is suited for intermediate and advanced airbrush users.

In this video, you'll learn:

Using blue fine-line vinyl tape

Working on metal surfaces

Negative and positive space

Discussion of working on motorcycles and cars

Using automotive quality masking tape

Secrets of masking

Applying automotive masking paper

Uses of the X-Acto knife

Protecting against 'bleeding'

Cleaning the surface

Use of pre-cleaner

House of Kolor urethane paints

Use of RU-311 reducer

Iwata RG-2 spraygun

Iwata Eclipse airbrush

Iwata Micron C airbrush

Paint ratios

Tack coats

Avoiding paint settling

Using Kandy Koncentrates

SG-100 Intercoat Clear

How to mix clears

Use of stencils

Flame effect

Avoiding overspray

Freehand airbrushing

3-D effect in graphics

Techniques in removing tapes

Correcting tape bleed

Smoke/lizard skin pattern freehand

Use of solvent-proof freehand stencils

'pushing' and 'pulling' colours

Use of semi-transparent transfer tape

Use of reference marks

Multiple graphic design

Use of dual-cartridge respirator masks

Urethanes versus acrylics

Wet versus dry spraying

Masking repairs

Dulling the tape

Advantages of gravity-feed airbrushes

'Blowout' technique with an airbrush

Pinstriping:

Pinstriping urethane

Swordstriper technique

Slash line

Pulling and pushing the line

Loading the paintbrush

Importance of spinning the brush

And more!