Mummy Bear's Infection

Ever since I was given the opportunity to Infect the fibre glass mini, I've been waiting for a chance to put my mark on a real car.  Recently, I was given that chance! 

  In exchange for being 'marked' myself, (fresh tattoo ink at the hands of Inky Bear once again) Lisa, the owner of Dabs Tattoo in Southport, asked me to Infect the bonnet and side panel of her car. 

We arranged a day for me to go down to Southport to paint and get inked all in one afternoon, but once again, I was at the mercy of British weather! It was raining when I arrived and after Karl worked his tattoo magic on my arm, it still hadn't stopped so we arranged for me to come down another day. 

Between my busy workload, finding time to go down to Southport and the constantly unpredictable weather, I ended up making a few trips down there before I was able to spray and paint the bonnet in optimum conditions! 

I made stencils for the main shapes of the designs (my own interpretations of their bear logo for the studio) and spray painted them on using white Montana spray paint. 

  I then used apple green and black Posca paint pens to add the detail in. 

Unlike the Mini (which had been pre sprayed white for me by the guys in the garage), 

   I wasn't sure how the paint would take to Lisa's metallic orange car, but the apple green  looks really vibrant! 

I will say, if you're thinking of painting your own car in this way, it isn't the best way to go about it, as sometimes with the Posca pens, especially black as I've found, the paint can dry and you get tiny white crack lines.  In some parts though, it's actually quite effective and with this project, I spray coated the design once I'd finished with Plasti-kote Krystal Clear to seal it and protect against the weather. 

It was a real treat getting to paint an actual car that people will see as it's driven about! Massive thanks to Lisa for making the project a reality and to Inky Bear for more sweet ink! 

Watch this space for more auto Infections as Lisa's husband Tony wants a panel on his van painting......!