The Official SteelBook Custom Glossing thread!

[howiesteed]

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

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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

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and can do sparkly too

 

[howiesteed]

welcome to the thread,thats why i did all of those too, problem now is you will look at every steel and go i can spray that, you using a can?

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and bcdavis9958 nice tutorial when i spot glossed mine i used masking tape as i thought that a stronger adhesive tape would fetch paint off but nice effort much easier than trying to get masking tape around akira

 

[MrFurious]

Cheers mate, yea take them apart and I'm using a can, Valspar clear coat. And yes I'm looking at the shelf thinking whats next!!

 

[howiesteed]

custom stargate forgot how much i liked this movie ,

The horse like creatures on the planet were in fact real horses, with an external costume d***** over them.

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Ha ha it has blanked out the word d r a p e d wonder if it blanks out that northern English town that ends in Thorpe

 

[lgans316]

Thor 2: The Dark World - Zavvi UK - Custom Glossed

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Before:

After:

Frozen - Zavvi Exclusive UK - Custom Glossed

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Before:

After:

 

[Xavier]

General question for everyone. Has anyone tried to "fix" or gloss over scratched or scuffed steels?
Im mainly looking to do something with my POS Blufans WIR steel before I throw it out the window

 

[howiesteed]

Theoretically if it's not damaged the paint work the lacquer will cover it and not make it as obvious if it's paint chips it's a case of painting and then spraying I've got one at the minute which I actually need to touch up some black as there as chip . And again theoretically pant over it then spray the spray should even out the paint and make it look like it wasn't there .
Please note the use of theoretically a couple of times lol

 

[Xavier]

Theoretically if it's not damaged the paint work the lacquer will cover it and not make it as obvious if it's paint chips it's a case of painting and then spraying I've got one at the minute which I actually need to touch up some black as there as chip . And again theoretically pant over it then spray the spray should even out the paint and make it look like it wasn't there .
Please note the use of theoretically a couple of times lol

Thanks for the tips!

I certainly may give this a try. With the replacement one it does not appear to have any deep enough to the paint. I will wait a few weeks until the temperatures can stable I can do in a garage or something.

 

[Gamesgaryjp]

Wanna see some pictures of howies frozen. That and tlm look to me like the best steelbooks ever created!

 

[howiesteed]

Wanna see some pictures of howies frozen. That and tlm look to me like the best steelbooks ever created!

https://www.hidefninja.com/forums/showpost.php?p=998374&postcount=18

not the best ever they ok

 

[kezzar111]

Will anybody be planning on doing a custom gloss job on The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug steelbook? Thinking about doing it myself too, just a bit disappointed by the matte finish on it.

 

[stephen3001]

Here you go Gamesgaryjp, a quick before and after gif of my greatly appreciated copy of TLM

 

[lgans316]

Will anybody be planning on doing a custom gloss job on The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug steelbook? Thinking about doing it myself too, just a bit disappointed by the matte finish on it.

Yes. Hopefully by end of the week once I receive it.

Project code named as "Desolation of the Matte"

 

[Gamesgaryjp]

Here you go Gamesgaryjp, a quick before and after gif of my greatly appreciated copy of TLM

Looks incredible!

And howie dont be so modest. This and frozen are beyond what any scanavo effort will ever be

 

[lgans316]

I am worried that by being so modest, someone will copy the idea and make money out of it

 

[lgans316]

The Aviator - Zavvi UK Custom Glossed (even custom glossing wouldn't help boost the horrendous quality of the front artwork)

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Matte UK - Custom Glossed

Wasted opportunity as the artwork suits LOTR and not Hobbit. The people who approve these designs should be suspended or fired.

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[lolwut]

Massive improvement on The Aviator!

 

[howiesteed]

took ages to get this up

 

[Blu-devil]

Thanks to Howiesteel. Taken ages to upload, due to illness, work schedule and the like.
Colours and contrast definitely take a major boost with glossing. Thanks Mark.

World War Z- ES

World War Z- MM

Star Trek: Into Darkness- ES

Star Trek: Into Darkness- MM

Iron Man 3- IT

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen- Zavvi

 

[Anth0ny80]

My first test, so it have some imperfections in the front.

 

[bd251]

Ok guys, I decided to try something new and so far it looks like it turned out pretty cool. Will post pics when it's dry. Stay tuned for The Shawshank Redemption (US) with "raindrop" finish!

Here's a before picture: