The "I'm painting a Captain America Shield" thread

Here's mine so far. Pardon the messy background. I am at my office and there wasn't a better place to take the pic. I still have to make the brackets for the back. I sprayed one coat of Duplicolor Adhesion Promoter over the entire shield first. Then, one heavy, wet coat of Duplicolor Metallizer Red and Blue. I just sprayed several coats (read...almost two cans worth) of Rustoleum 2X Gloss Clear last night. I hope to be able to do some wetsanding and polishing before next Saturday (March 23). I am going to Wizard World St. Louis and plan to have Stan Lee sign the shield.


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Yes, it's a steel saucer sled. I'm very pleased with how the finish has turned out so far. I still want to wetsand it, if I have an opportunity. That Rustoleum Clear is the BOMB! I probably have 6 coats on it...almost two cans worth. Here's the exact stuff that I used.

Rust-Oleum Gloss Clear Ultra Cover 2x
 
Hey guys, been a while since I posted, just wanted to pitch in on a few things I've learned since making my shields. First as to welding the star, I went ahead and painted the blue first and then used gorilla super glue to attach the star. I think this is superior to jb weld for 2 reasons, first you can spread a very thin coat over almost all the surface area of the star which gives you plenty of adhesion (I know, I had to pry a damaged star off and it took plenty of force), and also its clear so if some small amount squeezes out around the edge its hardly noticeable. I also found that because its not as viscous as the jb I could get a flatter fit against the shield with no lumpy areas forming underneath.
 
The second thing I wanted to cover was the welding of the brackets. I first used jb weld to place my brackets on the back of the shield. This seemed to work fine until I took it out for a spin with my cap costume on Halloween night. While at the bar the shield was a huge hit and everyone was fascinated by it, also the welds were doing fine until...a patron that had had a little too much to drink punched it (not very hard and not with malice). The vibration caused the weld to pop off on one of my handles (the other handle held). This also slightly dented the star upon the impact. This gets back to my previous post, the jb wasn't completely even under the star and caused a noticeable indentation. This started my search for a stronger adhesive and I tried several other steel epoxies without any luck. I ended up finding a product called duramix metal to metal adhesive. This stuff is what body shops use to epoxy weld fenders to cars it is completely vibration proof and as far as I can determine impossible to remove once it sets. The down side is its very expensive (about $50 a cartridge) and you'll need a special applicator gun to use it. Anyway hope this stuff helps, and thanks again to valor and all the other guys that gave me advice.
 
roguepatriot said:
Hey guys, been a while since I posted, just wanted to pitch in on a few things I've learned since making my shields. First as to welding the star, I went ahead and painted the blue first and then used gorilla super glue to attach the star. I think this is superior to jb weld for 2 reasons, first you can spread a very thin coat over almost all the surface area of the star which gives you plenty of adhesion (I know, I had to pry a damaged star off and it took plenty of force), and also its clear so if some small amount squeezes out around the edge its hardly noticeable. I also found that because its not as viscous as the jb I could get a flatter fit against the shield with no lumpy areas forming underneath.
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I use JB weld for all my heavy duty gluing with fantastic results, I tried all types of glues in my many years of building experience, JB weld is the stuff, I used JB weld to glue the Star and brackets on my shield, people tend to over engineer and apply way to much glue, I just spot glue, you don't need to cover entire area, especially the star which won't go threw any stress, I just put drops of glue in specific areas, no need to put close to edges, my star is super flush with surface with no gaps and bonded for life, no way you could have removed your star without destroying if properly bonded with JB weld, one time I had to remove some metal parts glued on with JB weld and the only way without damaging parts was to use a torch while tapping with a hammer, somehow the high heat makes the JB weld brittle, otherwise I would had to use a grinder ect....

GFollano
 
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More than love and greater power than lust, I simply can't get enough of your shield.
Is it coated to retain that perfect finish?
 
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Fly4v said:
More than love and greater power than lust, I simply can't get enough of your shield.
Is it coated to retain that perfect finish?
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I made a custom mixture of lacquer gloss with a flattening agent to dull it down to the perfect satin finish to retain the powder-coated look. Even feels like bare metal to the touch.
 
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echo9 said:
Would it be possible to share your mixture?
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little bit of this, little bit of that :)
Seriously, it's all done by eye, I just kept adding the dull to the gloss and did test sprays until I got the sheen I was looking for.
It was sprayed on in multiple thin, even coats on low pressure.
 
GeneralFROSTY and eveyone else,

I am going to paint my shield soon and was wondering what the final paint color of the blue and red. I think most people us Duplicolor, but what is the exact name of the color.
 
Also people said there are different ways to paint the shield. One said vertical is better than horizontal. What does that exactly mean though, should lay the shield flat and paint down on it or something else. Also any other great tips.
 
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