OH, well then, I never thought of that!:drink:

PSS.. All name's of people should start with a capital letter..

Even your own! LOL If your not smart enough to know that perhaps you should go back to third grade... :drink:

Hey I just did a aluminum panel for myself using Kandy paint over the panel. You can still the sanding, grinding, whatever marks you decide in it but they are colored. You might do something like that.
It looks pretty cool.

I'll post a picture latter tonight, just don't bang on me because it has FOUNTAIN all over it.:drink:

Great Idea!

We wont hold that agianst you...:lolhit:

Please post a pic. I would like some other ideas..

I am not sure what i am going to do now. I went to the coating guys today and i am not satisfied with the Clear anodize, it dulls out the finish. I may just paint in the letters and clear them. What do yall think?

I am going to leave them the way they are until after the show..

Why not Clear powdercoat?

try the candy.. send me one i will hook you up..

I may take you up on that. Thanks

Jeffman.. I thought about clear powder but it is pretty thick coating...

candy over aluminum
 

Sorry I didn’t get this up last night, to many martini’s.

This is in red but you would want to do one of the colors of your boat, if they are using candy you could just get the paint code and match it.

What I have done here is use a grinding wheel to put the marks in it, you can experiment and do what ever pattern you like, it will show through the color. This panel also has another small thing that makes it pop depending on the light, House of Kolor makes what they call ICE pearl in different colors. It is a little bigger then pearl powder but not as big as metal flake. Instead of putting it over the base color like most I mix it into the candy color. It is more subtle when you do that but because it is a bigger flake then pearl, in the right light it will just really show up. This panel has some ICE blue mixed into the red.

I hope you can see how the candy has different shades and you can see the grind marks, not all the time though. On curved items like you have it really will look cool. It’s really hard to get how deep this looks to show up in pictures, if you are new to painting you will want to spray some test parts, and remember you build candy color up slow, and how deep it looks depends on how many coats. What you see with candy is the light showing through the color and reflecting off of the base, in this case the aluminum.

Forgot, I just sanded and cleaned the panels then used Bull Dog promoter on it, for something that see's a lot of sun you may want to use a aluminum prep. Try first, not sure if it would shift the color or not.

Ok, Just got home from the factory and it looks like things are on schedule. I see pat started a thread about our visit. So i am posting a couple of pics to show yall the titty bar....LOL

Is that what you are going to name the boat??

Sweet name.. :coolcowboy:

Looks great!

Very cool on the blue.

Ditto.. looks awesome...

Unbelieveable!! The bar just got set even higher!

airbrushing for effect.

unmasked.

Looking good.

Incredible paint guys. I was at Jeff's today and saw a few other interesting details about this rig. It is going to really be an amazing ride. It is definately setting the standar a lot higher for rigging and layout. Congrats on a masterpiece. :coolcowboy:

112?

Yep, and reliable at that...:party-smiley-004:

37!
that's "37" !!

:drink:

looking good!

predictions on speed? 90-93?

and just in time for Daytona!!!!!

95.6357 mph

I got the ok from Pat to post some pics and he sent me new pics of the dash..

I have a few more and i will post them later..

I like it! But what do I know.....:eek:

But I do have to thank you for these backlit speakers. had no idea. They are BADAZZ!

Gotta luv the Miller Lite in the cup holder. What's in front of the cup holder, switches, indicator lights?

Separate sticks for trans and throttle....hmmmm, verly clean.

New Garmin unit looks SWEET!
Steve

Also, what's ahead of the throttles?

Jeff,

That sound system is gonna kick azz.

James (Excursion) would be jealous.

Steve

Jeff, How much extra would it have been for a steering wheel or do you just steer with that new joy-stick system from Mercury Racing? Slap that windshield on get-r-wet, looks incredible! Love the interior, maybe I should switch to blue graphics, would that be a problem Pat? :grinser010: Steve

That is SWEET!!! Speakers are BAD A$$!!!! Great job guys.:cool::ernaehrung004:

Thanks guys! The screen above the throttles is the new mercury smartcraft vessel veiw..

Throttles or shifters?

My Bad!! Shifters

WOW Jeff you sir have one awesome boat.:ernaehrung004:

Geez, You even have backup lights on the transom :drink: