dargrin 689 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 Quickie. About 4 hours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkstar 820 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 Interesting. Never thought of doing that even though I used to collect coins. Good way to practice faces that's for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MamaGeek 1929 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 Neat! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prophet 2 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 Wow, never even thought of doing that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twjolson 8 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 Of all the coins, I sure wouldn't have picked the dime! Awesome though, my father-in-law is a coin collector. I should be able to do a set by his birthday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mercius 72 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 Thats a great idea, and very cool. Great job! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twjolson 8 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 did you find an easy way to do the lettering, or did you just tough it out with a steady hand? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dargrin 689 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 did you find an easy way to do the lettering, or did you just tough it out with a steady hand? I was able to do a trick with my heat gun. I heated up the coin so it was warm to the touch. I then used really thinned paint and a sharp tipped brush to paint on the coin letters. I had to do a few coats on the letters but it was able to hold the letters in tacked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twjolson 8 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 did you find an easy way to do the lettering, or did you just tough it out with a steady hand? I was able to do a trick with my heat gun. I heated up the coin so it was warm to the touch. I then used really thinned paint and a sharp tipped brush to paint on the coin letters. I had to do a few coats on the letters but it was able to hold the letters in tacked. Didn't that mess with the already laid down paint? Or did you do the letters first? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dargrin 689 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 did you find an easy way to do the lettering, or did you just tough it out with a steady hand? I was able to do a trick with my heat gun. I heated up the coin so it was warm to the touch. I then used really thinned paint and a sharp tipped brush to paint on the coin letters. I had to do a few coats on the letters but it was able to hold the letters in tacked. Didn't that mess with the already laid down paint? Or did you do the letters first? I didn't seem to have and issue with it. I did the blue first then the letters. Come to think of it I may have used the same technique with the blue area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pez5767 76 Report post Posted February 15, 2011 neato!~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twjolson 8 Report post Posted February 15, 2011 Ok, last question. Did you prime, or just paint it bare? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dargrin 689 Report post Posted February 15, 2011 I cleaned the dime first and then two thin coats of spray primer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimL 24 Report post Posted February 16, 2011 Pretty cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qwyksilver 16622 Report post Posted February 16, 2011 So when are you going to do all 50 state quarters? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites