I dont remember seeing any in Wanda Vision but I could be wrong.if I remember they said some of their frames would show up in the marvel tv shows, both in wanda and falcon/ws
We're the Vayper significantly more expensive thanFinished messing around with my Oliver Peoples Sheldrake 1354/R8...
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Eventually found some brand new and boxed Gunnar Vayper Neptune (don't know why, but I've found these particularly hard to come by )...
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Seems my DIY "blue-ing" attempt on my placeholder onyx pair wasn't too far off after all ...
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I suppose now I can use my DIY onyx pair for everyday PC/tablet screen wear. We all seem to be spending more and more time looking at screens - we need to look after our peepers!!
We're the Neptune significantly more expensive than the Onyx? Great findFinished messing around with my Oliver Peoples Sheldrake 1354/R8...
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Eventually found some brand new and boxed Gunnar Vayper Neptune (don't know why, but I've found these particularly hard to come by )...
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Seems my DIY "blue-ing" attempt on my placeholder onyx pair wasn't too far off after all ...
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I suppose now I can use my DIY onyx pair for everyday PC/tablet screen wear. We all seem to be spending more and more time looking at screens - we need to look after our peepers!!
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We're the Neptune significantly more expensive than the Onyx? Great find
Thanks for that. Is it a specialised paint?Did you simply remove the lenses and tape up the arms?There's plently of blue paint colors out there, but if you wanted to give a pair of onyx a quick jazzy makeover, this was the paint I used (from p.203).
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I've been searching high and low for the Gunnar's - they are very hard to find.Eventually found some brand new and boxed Gunnar Vayper Neptune (don't know why, but I've found these particularly hard to come by )...
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Seems my DIY "blue-ing" attempt on my placeholder onyx pair wasn't too far off after all ...
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I suppose now I can use my DIY onyx pair for everyday PC/tablet screen wear. We all seem to be spending more and more time looking at screens - we need to look after our peepers!!
It's not specialized paint, just PlastiKote.Thanks for that. Is it a specialised paint?Did you simply remove the lenses and tape up the arms?
Thanks
The paint is durable to some extent, but it will not stand up to metal against metal during assembly/disassembly. The original paint doesn't stand up to this either though, as the original black paint on the arm temple "pins" wears/scrapes off too.I've been searching high and low for the Gunnar's - they are very hard to find.
I'm even considering painting a pair of the Onyx ones like you did.
What sort of paint did you use and how's it holding up? (EDIT - Sorry, missed the follow up post with the paint color)
Also - Is it me or do the screen used glasses actually have the darker amber lenses?
Cheers
Steve
Awesome. Thanks for that, absolutely perfect.It's not specialized paint, just PlastiKote.
To paint them is really not that difficult and a lot easier if the frame is stripped down.
The small Gunnar "G" logo "temple square" runs the whole show and helps tighten the frame front on to the lenses and also holds the arms on to the frame front.
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First, squeeze the arm section here, pressing together with your thumb and forefinger...
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This will remove the arm completely.
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The temple square will press out of the frame.
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Now the lenses will come out. Just take care as the frame sits in a groove that is cut in to the lens edge. The lenses don't really pop out, but rather the frame has to be very carefully taken off the lens groove until the lens has enough room to come free.
The clear silicone nose pads will just press out of the nose pad holders (Top tip : Make a note of which is which (L+R) as they are similar looking!!).
Now you have just the frame front to play with.
Very lightly sand the frame front with very fine grade sandpaper to create a key for the paint to hold on to.
A quick light dusting with a few coats of grey primer and it will be ready for the color.
The trick for spray painting something so small is MEGA light coats of paint.
It's not like spraying a car panel!! Haha.
It might test your patience, as it's almost human nature to want to load on the paint in one go.
By using extremely light coats, the paint is critically able to dry thoroughly between coats. Very fine coats will also help the overall finish.
I can't stress enough about using mega light coats!!
If you are heavy handed with the spraying it will come back to get you later!! - The finished job might look okay, but when you come to handle the frame, the paint won't be dry underneath and the finish will be damaged. Even if you left it to dry for days, it still wouldn't be dry underneath!!
I learnt this the hard way!! Lol.
It may take you a few attempts to get it right or achieve something that you are happy with. You can always strip it back and start afresh.
The Gunnar "G" temple part, I painted this bit by just putting it face down on to a piece of masking tape.
Don't be too hard on yourself if the finish isn't perfect and expect to lose some paint when re-assembling the parts (this metal on metal paint loss will happen on original Gunnar paint too). At the end of the day, a 100% perfect paint job probably isn't really possible with a spray can, but you can get close with patience - even if you did get it 100%, as I said, there would be paint loss when putting back together as the parts (frame/lenses/arms/temple square) are quite tight fitting.
Hope this helps
If the question is, do I get another frame? The answer is always yes.Do the Cocktails ever show up in a gold frame? Got offered a pair at 120$ but I'm not sure if it's a color we've seen on RDJ. Should i get them? ( I feel like I'm asking the bartender if I should get another round...)