Your Opinion Please

McLOVIN · Backside 180 Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1673

so i got a 4 trac from jer_d a few days ago and it needs to be repainted but im trying to decided whether or not to try and paint the graphic back on like deepcove did a few months back or just repaint it. or repaint it and leave the cassette logo down at the tail untouched cuz that area is still salvageable. your thoughts please...

nick · Posted: Jan 30, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject:

Get as close to the original as possible. Make it identical.

McLOVIN · Backside 180 Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1673

i suck at painting...

nick · Posted: Jan 30, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject:

Get that smoking monkey to help you.

DirtyCracker · Guest

just skate it

ripava82 · Guest

che blanc, Laughing

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

On the devotid website it says they do custom screen printing... Very Happy

B-Lane · Backside 180 Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 946 City: Towanda

i can do custom silk screen printing Cool

McLOVIN · Backside 180 Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1673

Slapdown, hyfliteskate, !!! excellent idea! Slapdown, i just emailed devotid about it hopefully its possible, but if not hyfliteskate, we will be intouch... Smash

haha this made my bad day better Birthday

B-Lane · Backside 180 Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 946 City: Towanda

i work for my uncle who does t-shirts, dash plaques, and magnets, oh and trophies for car shows. but all it would take is a phone call and an email with what you want on it. Cool

wakeshredder · Posted: Jan 30, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject:

skate it man, cause it's got to be old as it is, so ride it and move on. you can convert other boards to a 4-trac config. just use the fins it came with and convert an oak or something comparable. Very Happy

McLOVIN · Backside 180 Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1673

its not so much the fin config. but just trying to make it look as close to the original as i can. i guess what im sayin is that i would rather not ride it and it be perfect but riding it would be a big big plus Crazy Eyes

wakeshredder · Posted: Jan 30, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject:

I get ya. good luck with it. I own a cassette bi-level, and it's in mint condition, so I don't want to f it up, you know.

deepcove · Posted: Jan 30, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject:

I would offer to do the graphic for you but I have no idea how I managed to do it so close the first time and could probably never repeat it....I can tell you I tried to paint it unsuccessfully and ended up using a sharpie.

McLOVIN · Backside 180 Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1673

wakeshredder, dude back in july boardstop.com had like a blow out of them and i bought three bi levels, two 41's and one 40, i have been riding the 41 for a few months and its been holding up fine, but i also sealed it twice with marine grade varnish and ever now and again i go over the holes with the varnish. the top deck on the 06 is holding up great, but if you have an 05 i dunno if i would risk it, maybe buy a spare top deck from devotid they sell um cheap

deepcove, dude yours is incrediable Crazy Eyes

i still cant believe you did that by hand

wakeshredder · Posted: Jan 30, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:

well, I bought mine last year before they first kind of went out of biz. I talked to Thomas Horrell over the phone about it, and he said to do the same thing with the sealing. to tell you the truth, though, the one I have is an OG aaron reed, and I would bet it'll be worth something some day, especially in it's condition. I think I'll just hang it like an OG tony hawk or something. You can see pic's of my actual board as the backround on my MySpace at www.myspace.com/skatethewake I just pre-ordered a 2007 Devotid Union. It looks real nice better than last years model. Hear is a photo for comparison that Kevin sent me...

wakeshredder · Posted: Jan 30, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject:

here's a side view too

McLOVIN · Backside 180 Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1673

yea i dont think i would skate that reed either cuz most likely it will be worth a ton, those devotids look very nice too

jer_d · Posted: Jan 31, 2007 1:29 am Post subject:

i think you should redo the whole thing yourself, maybe sand it down and reseal it first then paint it yourself like deepcoves. Then that way you have something you can be proud of.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

I think I'd just keep the cassette logo, and then maybe I'd use that vibrant green paint and refurbish the rest of it, minus the actual logo. Unless I was absolutely certain I could make it look sick, i wouldn't even bother. I'm a dork and I wouldn't want a piece of crap underneath my feet.

Wouldn't it be illegal to take their old graphic and re-screen it on a board? I guess I don't know if it's trademarked or anything...but that's actually one thing I don't support. Paying someone else to apply a cassette graphic to a board...

but either way, good luck with the deck. Since it's in the condition it's in, I'd ride it. I had the chance to ride one this past summer and I'd love to have a 4-track in my quiver because it's still a sick shape.