Paint a Completed Pedal

[JonnyAngle]

Has anyone painted a pedal without disassembling it first? I have a green russian muff clone that I want to paint green, but the pedal is so jam packed that I can't take out the components without de soldering half of the pedal.

Is the answer just making tape and spray paint? Thanks

[rratajski]

Pretty much, yes. Get ready for frustration and longgggggg drying times!

[s_mcsleazy]

i didnt but my graphic grrrrrrrl donna did. still looks fab however

[JonnyAngle]

Originally Posted by rratajski

Pretty much, yes. Get ready for frustration and longgggggg drying times!

Is the juice not worth the squeeze?

[rratajski]

Originally Posted by JonnyAngle

Is the juice not worth the squeeze?

If you don't need the pedal for about a week, go or it. If you do it right, you'll need over a day between each paint and clear coat. Rushing it's the last thing you'll wanna do.

[jwr]

Do yourself a favor and use painters tape if you do pull the guts. It will save you a lot of time with sanding the damn holes. Recently built a TGD kit from Dwarfcraft and it uses the enclosure for the grounding. So I had to sand some of the holes because of paint over spray. Pain in the ass.

Turned out really nice though.

[rratajski]

Originally Posted by jwr

Do yourself a favor and use painters tape if you do pull the guts. It will save you a lot of time with sanding the damn holes. Recently built a TGD kit from Dwarfcraft and it uses the enclosure for the grounding. So I had to sand some of the holes because of paint over spray. Pain in the ass.

Turned out really nice though.

You can always hook the grounds that go on the chassis to the ground on the power. Works equally as well.

[jwr]

Originally Posted by rratajski

You can always hook the grounds that go on the chassis to the ground on the power. Works equally as well.

Where is the facepalm emoticon? That would have saved me a lot of time and frustration.