Painting a Pedal?

[Rouse]

This may seem noobish, but I have no experience in painting die-cast metal, my best bet would be to apply a couple of coats then 2-3 clear coats (I want it to last for a long time), but I have no idea what type of paint I should buy. I want something that could be easily found at your local hardware store. One last question, what would you recommend for the lettering?
Here's a little design I drew up in paint:

 

[mayfly]

paint:  Tremclad in a spray bomb.

Lettering:  rub-on letraset.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Check out the Build Your Own Clone, and DIY Stomboxes forums for tips and ideas.

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/forum.html

http://www.diystompboxes.com/wpress/

A surprisingly easy approach that can look very professional if done well is to print the entire top of the stompbox on decal or high quality paper, affix it to a box pre-painted with a matching base color, then apply a few layers of acrylic clear coat.  Done well you can hardly notice the paper's edge and only if you look closely.  There are a few tricks involved, - making sure there are no air bubbles under the graphics, properly sealing off the printed graphics - particularly if you are using inkjet inks, etc.  But on the plus side when using this technique the sky is the limit for graphic options.

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

You could use one of those cheap model making airbrush guns. They're like 30 bucks at the hobby store.

 

[metalman22105]

I would just get something heavy-duty but cheap from the hardware store, then you could maybe get a small font-stencil from a craft store for the lettering

 

[MUYFUE]

I would just get something heavy-duty but cheap from the hardware store, then you could maybe get a small font-stencil from a craft store for the lettering

that's my vote. It'll be simple, durable and affordable.

 

[DangerousR6]

Check out the Build Your Own Clone, and DIY Stomboxes forums for tips and ideas.

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/forum.html

http://www.diystompboxes.com/wpress/

A surprisingly easy approach that can look very professional if done well is to print the entire top of the stompbox on decal or high quality paper, affix it to a box pre-painted with a matching base color, then apply a few layers of acrylic clear coat.  Done well you can hardly notice the paper's edge and only if you look closely.  There are a few tricks involved, - making sure there are no air bubbles under the graphics, properly sealing off the printed graphics - particularly if you are using inkjet inks, etc.  But on the plus side when using this technique the sky is the limit for graphic options.

That's pretty wild, I love some of those BYOC pedals people have built....DBU built a few of his own too, he's got some badass pedals... :laughing7: