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DIY painting a dial and add lume First Time


Pratt

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Had a few spare dials coming , so i try painting this .. 
 
Using Flat Black  / Elephant Grey and Desert Beige
heres the stony effect
 
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seems to change a little colour in different angles and lightings ..
 
i have a problem waxing the wordings . Seems like theres too much "spillage" . do i need to sharpen the crayons ?
I'm using Chocolate Brown , white and yellow.
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I was trying to fill indices a different way . and this is what i did.
 
Ingredients : 
1. Oracle tinted medium brown film sticker
2. Crackle medium
3. Some lume
 
Overlay the Oracle sticker on the back of the dial.
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Heat it and soften with hairdryer, Poke the indices with a blunt toothpick , creating a channel
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Pour some crackle medium, wait to dry about 30-45 mins. Add lume.
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if u dun like it , u can peel off the entire sticker, and do another .. u got  a clean blank.. :)
 
tried some of my wife nail polish laquer , the results ... looks  
 
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