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[Deerslayer]

I found the perfect pallet for some different paint fill and metal finishes.  The Cameron Laguna.  Great large dots to do some translucent fades along with some over-sized lettering that also makes fades turn out nicely.  Here is what I did to this Laguna in creating my "Tequilla Sunrise Special"

DIY - Charcoal Mist Finish usning the Caswell 370 SS Blackener
DIY - Honey Dipt Finish on the weights using a Butane Torch
DIY - Tequila Sunrise fade paint fill using Tamiya translucent paints

The putter is darker in person than what you see in the direct sunlight.  I did happen on an incredible accident that works absolutely unbelievably well in making the paintfill of the "cherry bombs" mirror smooth with no imperfections.  Doing a fade right on the dots usually takes multiple times to get them perfect.  Many times of doing them, letting them dry only to find one imperfection on one dot and having to redo it.  This was the case the last fill when one dot had a small bubble or imperfection on one tiny spot.  I touched it with my finger and put a fingerprint on the dot knowing I was going to remove it.  I then poured clean acetone over all three dots.  It spilled off within a second because I almost dropped the putter.  I looked down and unbelievably, all three dots were mirror smooth and PERFECT!  The flood of acetone for a second or two and pouring it off, evens them out perfect and leaves a perfect mirror finish on the dot.  Only cleanup around the dot is needed where the acetone/paint mixture runs off.  Learned a new trick  
Here are a few pics

[Mizunolover97]

who's going to putt with this beauty?

[QWKDTSN]

That is one hot lil' tamale!  Very very impressive work, as always, with the faded paintfill.  It looks good on the big lettering on the bumpers but looks awesome on the SC logo on the face.

[JanKo]

Great work again, Deerslayer

Always a pleasure to see what you are doing to putters, keep it coming.

[Deerslayer]

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who's going to putt with this beauty?

Not Stratton.......he is pretty hot with his PING WRX Anser right now.

[Mizunolover97]

very cool! what torneys has stratton played in lately?

[dannymac63]

Deerslayer, on 14 October 2010 - 06:38 PM, said:

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who's going to putt with this beauty?

Not Stratton.......he is pretty hot with his PING WRX Anser right now.

*Edit* Can't believe I forgot to say this, but...HOLY CRAP that looks amazing. Nice work. *Edit*

Not sure if you'd be offering this as a service at some point, but could you possibly go over your technique in fading the letters so well? It looks amazing. I'm waiting on a Del Mar Button Back and trying to think of what type of fade coloring might make it really pop

Edited by dannymac63, 14 October 2010 - 06:56 PM.

[Deerslayer]

Next week he plays in the Texas Cup Invitational in Dallas.  Rickie Fowler won this event in '06 so I KNOW Stratton has had his eye and prep on this event for a while. Lot of kids from Leadbetter School in Bradenton FL will be there along with all the top players from TX and Mexico.  Good field and event.

Edited by Deerslayer, 14 October 2010 - 07:05 PM.

[Deerslayer]

Fades are a trial and error thing.  Start with your darker color and then proceed with your lighter color.  Controlling bleeding is the key.

I have a really good camera, but for the life of me, I can not get a picture that shows how cool the dots are.  What looks like glitter is actually the texture from the bead blasting that was originally done on the head.  You can even see mill marks through the paint as well.  The dots have a lot of depth in person that doesn't really come out in photos.  I guess it is kind of like photographing a holographic glare.  In person, it is vivid and bright, yet photo it and it is not nearly impressive.

Edited by Deerslayer, 14 October 2010 - 07:10 PM.

[newportbeach]

Great work thanks for sharing.

[RookieBlue7]

I've tried different methods to do fade fills something similar to these and never can quite get the artistry and beauty your always have.  Thanks for inspiring me to buy lots of paint and try over and over to get this right to only give up and end up going with solids.  I keep trying with the a-west needle tipped bottles, small drops and letting it bleed and always end up with a mess of weird colored blobs.  I wished you'd share a video or something on part of the technique so those of us trying to do it would have some sort of direction.  /Sarcasm

Seriuosly though, I've tried and can't get it to work right.  You're an inspiration and the putter is, as always, beautiful.

[Deerslayer]

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Seriuosly though, I've tried and can't get it to work right. You're an inspiration and the putter is, as always, beautiful

~Ancient Chinese Secret~ LOL  

I tell most of what I have learned here, but I have to keep some secrets or everyone can do it and it becomes "just another"  
Really though, it is easier than you think.  THINK your way through it and you will figure out why you are having those issues and HOW you can prevent them.  I have spent hundreds of hours of trial and error and most times stumble on ways to get my desired effect.  In my initial post, I revealed a method that makes a HUGE difference on filling large areas to make the fill flawless and like glass. I literally stumbled on that last night and now have perfected that technique the "acetone wash"

Edited by Deerslayer, 14 October 2010 - 10:33 PM.

[idiotbox]

Very nice and clean work.

[TRoc9892]

I wasn't going to post because there I honestly couldn't agree more with everyone here.
But one more won't hurt. Probably Definitely one of the nicest jobs I've seen

[JelUltra]

Very impressive paintfill!

Makes me want to try some on my own...

[vanla01]

Great work Deerslayer, putter looks fantastic with the new paint job!!

[clarkjt21]

I am always amazed at your work.  

Did you get a copy of the latest Texas Golfer that mentions Stratton as winning the Firecracker Open?  If not, let me know and I'll send one down.

[adigiulian]

man im inspired. i like my custom paint fill quite a bit right now but after my round this weekend i think im going to redo it now! where do you get Caswell 370 SS Blackener and whats the process for using it? does it work on a circa 62 #6 or would i need something different?

[o_man]

Looks fantastic...well done!

[Bill Brasky]

deerslayer,

pardon my ignorance, but after seeing this i really want to try this out as it looks exactly like the tour black finish you see on Scotty's website.  However, I have never done anything like this.  Did you have to strip the finish on the Select before you did the blackening?

i really want to just buy a beat up Studio Select from someone, sand it up and refinish it in this tour black with black and white paintfill. I want to make it "mafia'ed" out.

[Brando5105]

Looks great as always. Are you going to be gaming your masterpiece?

[KyleGD]

That paint work is RAD. Great job, sir!

[Golfer4Life]

That is a beautiful putter, congratulations on a magnificent job!

[Jordo8]

Would that blackening process work on sayyy, a set of callaway '09 X Forged??

[velandgolf]

All i can say is sick!!!!

[rrkman]

Deerslayer....another great looking project.  I've done the 'bleeding' numerous times and love the way it looks.  Some other colors turn out nicely but nothing beats the yellow to red but it also seems like anytime you use red, it gets a little more difficult to make it perfect.  For some reason, red always seems to 'take over' any adjoining colors.

I just wish I was braver when it comes to blackener.  I haven't tried it yet but would love to darken up some of my stainless putters.

Again...nice job.  I always enjoy seeing your DIY projects and they always inspire me to get the paints out again.

Thanks for sharing.

Edited by rrkman, 28 October 2010 - 06:37 PM.

[smartcore]

Awesome! Some of the custom jobs i see on here just amaze me!

[Redman]

Truly AWESOME Breck as usual.  Glad to see you are back at some custom work.  Hadn't talked to you in quite a while.  I'm glad to see Stratton is still doing great in the tournaments and hopefully he can pull out this one upcoming.

[DEEMO]

Amazing work. Love it.

[mp69]

nice job! It's always a pleasure to see the creative work that people do with their much loved equipment.