Painting flames

[BuickFarmer]

I am at the point of painting the bottom third (about 3 feet) of the walls of my shop. They are used cinder block and I have cleaned them well and plan to paint them with utility grey paint. I am also considering painting flames on it. Any body have any experience with painting flames like this. I am not an artist so hopefully there is a way to cut some stencils or something.

 

[Finley]

its a very easy pattern. there are a few variations of flames, but the one i like the best is also one of the simplest

heres a scnan of a quick drawing i did for ya, hope the pattern helps, or at least gives you an idea.

the one on the left could be used for a repeating pattern, and the one on the right could be used for a crowning point on the center of the bricks or whatnot. the unshaded is the basic outline, and the shaded one shows a variation with the center being a different shade than the outer line.

p.s. please pardon my artwork. its 1030 in the morning and ive only had one cup of coffee so far. so im shaky

 

[BoCRon]

Give me a bit to look through my favorites. I'm pretty sure I saved something that had flame stencils or maybe large flame decals.
Finley, nice work, I'm so jealous of people who can draw.
So would everyone here think the flames should "shoot up" from the ground or go sideways?
Annette

 

[Finley]

ps again...
if you took the image, and drew it out on a large piece of cardboard, that would be a great stencil

 

[BoCRon]

Here's a border I had in my files. A good reference for colors.

I have others I'll see if there is anything worth posting.
Annette

 

[BoCRon]

Here's a stencil, only about a foot tall, but a start.

http://www.powersportsfx.com/sa/p/Tribal_Flames.htm

Annette

 

[Der Bugmeister]

I did these ones in my garage...very basic, similar scheme to the ones Finley sketched out:

 

[BuickFarmer]

I can't even cut out a Halloween pumpkin without ending up with an extra eye, but I'll try and sketch something up on some pieces of refrigerator box and see what I come up with. It's just an ol' barn anyway , thanks, y'all.

 

[cc_rider]

Dang it y'all! After seeing that now I'm thinking about doing it too!

One thing I DO need to do is repaint the walls with a semi- or gloss paint. The builder used flat, which is fine for most rooms, but in the garage it attracts dirt and grease like a magnet. Plus a glossier finish would reflect light.

I gotta stay away from you guys; I get more new project ideas here...

c.

 

[EZ SPEED]

Here is a picture of the flames I painted. I made a cardboard stencil and outlined them first then colored them in.

 

[BuickFarmer]

OK, brought home some 36X42 plan sheets from work and taking from FINLEYS lead and using his fine sketches I set about drawing up about 40 LF of flames. I cut them out with an exacto and will be sticking them to the wall and beginning the fun part of painting them Saturday I hope. These first ones aren't real good, but I got better. Will post more pics when I get some of the Safety Yellow paint on the wall.

 

[Finley]

too cool! post up the finished work!

 

[BoCRon]

Looks great!
Do yourself a favor and go to a craft store (Michael's, Joanns, Hobby Lobby...) and get some clear mylar and cut the stencils out of that. It is much sturdier and will hold up longer and won't allow seepage. Also, get some spray adhesive for stenciling, it comes in a spray can and will save you all kinds of time and frustration. Then you will need some super short bristle brushes to do the dry stenciling.
You can probably get everything for under $15.00.
Good luck, can't wait to see pics,
Annette

 

[BuickFarmer]

Darn, we have booco's of old Mylar plans at work I could have salvaged. I've got 12 of these cut out now so I'll see how much seepage I get with this paper and may have to remark and cut some mylar. Thanks for the hints

 

[BuickFarmer]

Well, I tried placing the stencils today and could not get the stencil adhesive to stick to the cinder block walls. The block are very course and have a fresh coat of gray oil base paint on them. I mean they would not even stick for a minute. Not to the wall, but to each other they stuck just great. I sprayed them HEAVY, like one can per 3x4 panel (which even if it worksed would be to costly). It may be that it was too cold and humid. Does anyone know of an adhesive that might work. I may need to wait til it warms up and dries out to try it again.

 

[PAToyota]

One bit of advice on painting block walls - go with the "block filler" primer to even things out. Use a roller and roll it on heavy. Fills up all the voids and really makes things look professional.

 

[hunt]

bricks my be hard to paint...sheetrock much easier. my entire garage is like this

 

[BuickFarmer]

Very nice Hunt. I'm afraid mine is going to be a little rougher finish. And you are so right re the bricks may be hard to paint. This is an open front room and the wind was gusting about 25 mph today when I was trying to put these up. the d*** adhesive still wouldn't hold so I ended up just mask taping them and will come back and remove it and spot paint. That was a lot of fun. As I said this is just a part of my old barn, so I ain't real particular that they aren't coming out perfect. Here is the "Safety Yellow", I put on with a 4 inch roller. Plan to spray the orange and red tomorrow.

 

[1320stang]

I was going to say, I think I would have cut the pattern out of masonite. You could screw it to the wood to hold it up. I agree about putting something to fill the block voids as well.

 

[Mr.N]

Check out Killerpaint dot com, then find a local airbrush guy who is still learning, and see if you can work a deal.

 

[BuickFarmer]

Well folks, looks like all of you all's advice always came a little late for me to use it but I definitley agree that should anyone else attempt they would be way better off to use Mylar for the stencil, paint the block with block filler and use a good grade of paint in the first place.
Here is the final product.

I know it's not great but like I said it's just an old barn. The compressor is on the other end and I plan to put my blast cabinet, grinders, drills and a couple of work bences in this room. It is only 12X18 but has a 16 ft wide garage door that will open up to allow me do sandblasting etc. Will post pics of rest of the barn later.

 

[Finley]

that came out awesome!