blue blue blue - three rolled layers later
some light sanding in between coats
and one final layer with the spray can
let's remove those stencils - looking good so far ...
not bad i'd say, BUT when removing the "letter stencils" it's a slightly different story
as you can see, there's been a lot of bleeding paint. i was afraid this was going to happen, because the stencils didn't stick that well to the white base. i had to press them down again from time to time, especially the thinner pieces. don't know why that was though, perhaps because the stencils were quite old or because of the paint i used ... hmm? might try a coat of clear paint first on the opposing side to "seal" the edges.
but don't worry, nothing's really lost, because basically it's a layer of blue on top of a layer of white, meaning i should be able to scratch it off!
same spot with the blue paint run removed! this is going to be a painstaking process of pure will, but it'll work and that's the most important thing
and here we are, after an hour of scratching it looks so much better. there are still some spots left i could go over again / i have missed, but i'm extremely happy with the way it turned out. not to mention that the blue / white color combination simply looks kickass!
