The Official SteelBook Custom Glossing thread!

[howiesteed]

Here us a slight guide to the way I glossed mine ok here's what I used

Spoiler

A gravity fed spray gun

Then I used some accelerator and clear coat which I use when I spray cars also added is a slight but if thinners I think it's 2 to 1

The steels are wiped over with cleaners I get rid of grime and oil that fingers can lea e and any oils

Then I spray it in a booth which is heated and has ventilation AND IS HEATED KNOWN AS AN OVEN
Basically it what I use to spray car bits

Then spray and leave them to harden at least a day and this will be hard enough to polish to

OH I FORGOTTO ADD A PICTURE OF THE HARDENER AND THE FACT I GET ALL KITTED UP LIKE WALTER WHITE FROM BREAKING BAD ....

WELL A BREATHING MASK AND OVERALLS AS THIS STUFF ISNT GOOD FOR BREATHING IN A CONFINED SPACE

Edited for trading

and can do sparkly too

 

[ocielz]

Check yours and see if there No damage to the finish. I'll take some pics of the ones I did and the one I got from you. It could be an easy fix of sanding and buffing but I won't know till I try.

The first couple of steels I did with Enamel Finish are fine and have No visible damage.

 

[ocielz]

@howiesteed
Here's some pics....

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Here are some of the Laquer Finish

And here's one with Enamel Finish, still in great condition

Don't know how the attachments will show up, I'm using Tapatalk to upload them. @Drum18 anyway on fixing these pics

 

[ocielz]

Damn Crap!! Every attachment is in the wrong order and multiple of the same. Now I'm trying the mobile site uploading. Looks to have attached much better than tapatalk.

Enamel Finish, still in good condition.

 

[howiesteed]

What are you using and how are you storing them ?

 

[ocielz]

Polybags and stored Upright position like any other Blu ray case.

 

[howiesteed]

That's strange it depends on what you use . Seems like the lacquer is still soft . It possibly can be sorted with some sanding and cutting compound buffing it up . The mermaid can.sort it for you

 

[ocielz]

I will try my luck with wet sanding and Buffing it. Hopefully they can be saved.

 

[howiesteed]

Make sure it's a smooth sand I use 1200-1500 grade and use plenty of water then a liquid cutting compound

 

[howiesteed]

Just put these together for a fellow ninja and they look pretty

 

[zesty]

ocielz from my boy racer days that LM looks like its had a change of temperature before fully drying the laquer, I don't laquer (I let Mark do mine) but when I'm spraying I leave them a week no need to rush
Is that my Pi Mark>
PS I sent the 'others' yesterday

 

[ChrisIW]

Hi guys, I'm looking to do some custom glossing (nothing too ambitious, just straightforward glossing from a can), and I was wondering if there's any reason why either of these won't do a decent job of glossing some of my matte steels. I know some of you do use simple spray can glossing, so an expert opinion would be great:

Simoniz Clear Lacquer Spray Paint

Chestnut AGL400 Acrylic Gloss Lacquer

 

[howiesteed]

1st one

 

[howiesteed]

1st one as the other seems like a wood one plus it has the word gloss on it and I hate that . But the 1st one seems too cheap if you get me as you usually get what you pay for . But try it on a old useless steel. Probably godfather or some other rubbish

 

[ChrisIW]

1st one as the other seems like a wood one plus it has the word gloss on it and I hate that . But the 1st one seems too cheap if you get me as you usually get what you pay for . But try it on a old useless steel. Probably godfather or some other rubbish

Yeah it does seem too cheap to me as well. Luckily I do have a broken Heat steelbook that Zavvi replaced and never asked for the damaged one back - so it should be perfect for risk-free testing.

Thanks, I'll give it a try

 

[schrute farms]

I began adding gloss to some (all) of my matte steelbooks. Here is what I've used with excellent results

Here is a quick shot at my THOR Best Buy steel:

 

[MrFurious]

two steels that i did with spray like that looked great at first, but a few months later they developed a crackle type effect,

 

[ocielz]

two steels that i did with spray like that looked great at first, but a few months later they developed a crackle type effect,

@MrFurious did you placed inside polybags? I had the same issue with one product. The first product I used on my steels is great. No lines or crackle effect, even in polybags.

 

[schrute farms]

two steels that i did with spray like that looked great at first, but a few months later they developed a crackle type effect,

This is an enamel, not a lacquer. I've seen issues with cracking when a lacquer was used, but not this stuff. I've done a lot of them and all but a few turned out exactly the way I wanted them to.

Captain America 2:

Fight Club:

Prometheus:
BEFORE

AFTER

I, Robot:

 

[ocielz]

Laquer Finish is the one that worked great for me. Enamel looks good but I just needs a lot of time to fully dry.

 

[lolwut]

Great job. Fight Club looks awesome. I gave up trying to gloss because I ruined three steels.