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Posted by Dj Spi3L on Jul-26-2004 15:12:

Mauro Picotto *HEADPHONES*

I was wondering if anyone knew how Mauro Picotto does his headphones? I would like to do mine like that also. What kind of paint he uses? How do they seem to glow under blacklight? what materials do i need?

Any and all suggestions welcome.

Some pics if you dont know what I am talking about.

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Posted by chesco on Jul-26-2004 15:25:

he gets his headphones specially painted by a friend of his.

you can get it done in various places, but you should be careful, because you could end up wasting a perfectly good pair of cans.

Btw here are some more recent pics of his new headphones.

and newer still

Posted by Zombie0729 on Jul-26-2004 15:35:

quote:
Originally posted by chesco
he gets his headphones specially painted by a friend of his.

well actually his biggest fan does them. He sends her headphones like once a month and she mails them back. I think the coolest ones i saw were the red one's that had glow in the dark flames

Posted by chesco on Jul-26-2004 15:40:

the interview I read he said it was a friend from Italy who does them.

btw can you post a pic of the red ones, i've never seen them?

Posted by Dj Spi3L on Jul-26-2004 15:42:

OMFG

That's freakin awesome. Yeah I know... I dont wanna waste my Good Pioneer Headphones. So no one has any idea how to do it?

Posted by ��|E on Jul-26-2004 15:44:

UV Paint, u can buy it from some Art's 'n' Crafts stores.

but u'd need an artist to get it looking good, and yeah, im guessnig u dont really have spare MDR-V700 headphones lying around to just practice on

Posted by Dj Spi3L on Jul-26-2004 15:50:

Yup..

Well... Actually I was thinking of being more creative & using my Pioneer HDJ 1000's

Posted by djlemeir on Jul-26-2004 16:00:

the hdj 1000 r nice orig
just the 700s r tooo plain

Posted by benoitfan on Jul-26-2004 16:06:

I painted my Senn HD-280s with spray paint, in baby blue (similar to picotto's). I just covered the padding with newspaper. Overall result looked real nice, although some of the padding got blue lol. I'm no artist, it was actually my first attempt with spray paint. But I liked the results a lot

Posted by Dj Spi3L on Jul-26-2004 16:10:

Kool

Got a pic?

Yeah my friend is the artist he is gonna be doing it for me.

Posted by Freak on Jul-26-2004 16:40:

quote:
Originally posted by ��|E
im guessnig u dont really have spare MDR-V700 headphones lying around to just practice on

I do
They are my spares and reside in the front pocket of my record bag.

Might have to have a fiddle...

Posted by benoitfan on Jul-26-2004 18:42:

Re: Kool

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Spi3L
Got a pic?

Yeah my friend is the artist he is gonna be doing it for me.

No did that around a year and a half ago. Will try to take a pic of it... although they need a repaint lol. But I'm all for it, customizing your headphones is, like customizing any visual aspect of your DJing presence, the first step to be different from the others and for people to remember you

Posted by beats and beeps on Jul-26-2004 19:36:

He needs to stop using 700's...those things are SO '99

Posted by Dj Spi3L on Jul-26-2004 19:44:

yup

*heh* Well headphones are headphones. Come on people UV PAINT? Thats all you guys got?

Posted by beats and beeps on Jul-26-2004 19:53:

It might not have quite the same effect under club lights, but the easiest way would probably be to just cover everything you dont want painted with tape, and then spray paint it with regular neon spraypaint.

Then if you can you could add a design by hand(paintbrush) using glow paint, or else just normal neon paint again.

Posted by Martin McG on Jul-26-2004 21:06:

dont just tape up your cans, take them apart providing you dont snap anything then they should look alot neater and go back together no probs

tried this with a previouspair of mines, just a pair of �20 sonys and spray painted them, worked out quite nice but there was some slight bubblingof the paint on certain parts

maybe 2 or 3 sprays wouldve done the trick but maybe just use a small paint roller to get a smoother texture and more controlled paint job

Posted by Dj Spi3L on Jul-26-2004 23:46:

Kool thanks! Any more suggestions?

Posted by auujay on Jul-27-2004 01:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Martin McG
dont just tape up your cans, take them apart providing you dont snap anything then they should look alot neater and go back together no probs

tried this with a previouspair of mines, just a pair of �20 sonys and spray painted them, worked out quite nice but there was some slight bubblingof the paint on certain parts

maybe 2 or 3 sprays wouldve done the trick but maybe just use a small paint roller to get a smoother texture and more controlled paint job

Good idea to take it apart if you can. Don't use a roller, if you know someone with an airbrush (small one) that should give you better control than a spray can and will look better than a roller (and get in all the cracks and corners).

Posted by Zombie0729 on Jul-27-2004 06:59:

look at me coming to the rescue.

one of my jobs during the school year is @ home depot.

i can tell you EXACTLY how to do this. first, painters tape is cheap and super easy to cover all the parts u dont want sprayed. second, we rent air brushes for non-compressors. i'm not sure if u have ever seen a passload gun before, but they run off 12oz CO2 tanks. Airbrush w/ that FOR SURE. I think what Mr. Picotto's friend/fan uses is first a glow & dark base/neon primer (very hard to find, try a real art store). Then its the color desired and then a gloss which is why it looks so cool under the lights. What i want to do is a greenish/yellow neon color, let that dry and then paint ghost flames on the side and then gloss over just the flames. So if you can picture this, the neon will glow the same color all night but the flames will turn the same color as whatever light is hitting it.

i know... i'm good.

Posted by Ibiza Dreams on Jul-27-2004 07:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
look at me coming to the rescue.

one of my jobs during the school year is @ home depot.

i can tell you EXACTLY how to do this.

i know... i'm good.

Can I send you my headphones?

Posted by Martin McG on Jul-27-2004 10:03:

quote:
Originally posted by auujay
Good idea to take it apart if you can. Don't use a roller, if you know someone with an airbrush (small one) that should give you better control than a spray can and will look better than a roller (and get in all the cracks and corners).

yeah agreed an airbrush would be better but most cant get hold of them unlike a spray tin or roller which are readily available

Posted by Freak on Jul-27-2004 11:14:

i can spray cars and bodywork just fine, so a small pair of headphoens shouldnt be any trouble at all...

Posted by Trance Nutter on Jul-27-2004 11:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Freak
i can spray cars and bodywork just fine, so a small pair of headphoens shouldnt be any trouble at all...

Famous last words........

Posted by Zombie0729 on Jul-27-2004 18:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Ibiza Dreams
Can I send you my headphones?

i'd like to practice first... anyone got a spare set they can send me? they dont have to work, i just need the size/look to get use to airbrushing them

Posted by skream on Jul-28-2004 05:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
i'd like to practice first... anyone got a spare set they can send me? they dont have to work, i just need the size/look to get use to airbrushing them

Walmart bro... get some 20$ ones from the electronics department.

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