bigneck

started painting a few scooters lately as apposed to cars, mainly ones im selling etc im choosing madder colours with each one lol, thinking of doing a base of the yamaha r1 blue and a glitter/flake in the laquer


so how much glitter do you add per gun full of laquer??? i take it you have to constantly keep the gun moving etc to keep the flakes moving about??? any advice on painting with them? or does the flake go into the base coat?

seen this on ebay or is it still cheap from the local paint suppliers?
im not using water based base coat if it makes a difference

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHROME-SILVER-...QQcmdZViewItem

JTECH James

iTrader: (13)

the way i do them is to base up ,then give a dust coat of glitter before clear coating

bigneck

ah right see so you would mix up say quarter gun full of laquer with flake apply then 10 mins or so later blast it with clear coat?

in experiance what colour flakes work well with wich base colours?


how much flake per laquer?


just thinking of ordering a bulk amount of mixed colours from ebay and stooring it, as it seems quite cheap on there

JTECH James

iTrader: (13)

yeah thats how i do it.

it depends how much glitter effect you want, trial and error really, it does go a long way though as i said it only really needs a dust coat

bigneck

hmmn ok rough guide?? if i mixed up say quarter of a gun full for a dust how much flake? a heaped teaspoon?

JTECH James

iTrader: (13)

that would be a good starting point ,its different for you doing small panels rather than a whole car like i do though

bigneck

cheers for ya help m8 really do appreciate it


any advice on colours and flake combos that have looked nice?

JTECH James

iTrader: (13)

black with silver is good..

again its trial and error really,

have a look on house of kolours web site for ice pearls and flakes etc!

bigneck

cheers just found this chaps ebay shop my god

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/1ST-METAL-FLAKE


he sells hologram flake, rainbow flake etc now i really dont know what to choose to go with a colour

JTECH James

iTrader: (13)

bigneck

gonna order a load of small 30g bags of diff colours off him hes so cheap i might aswell, wife now wants me to blow over her escort cabrio in it lol, its allready in the workshop half prepped..im basing it in moondust so am thinking the gold hologram flake, do you wrekn one 30g bag would do a gun full of laquer? would that be enough for a dust coat for all over? or would i need a good 2 guns full dust coat for a good effect?


ie how much in a mixing cup would you use for a all over flake dust?

JTECH James

iTrader: (13)

i used half a gun of clear/glitter mix, to do a whole car and the bumpers etc, 30g is loads

when your putting the glitter coat on ,take a step back from the car and float it on to the panels, if you try to put it on in wave it will become stripy or patchy

bigneck

yer figured that id have to really dust it on from a good couple foot away to avoid streakyness

cool so a 30g bag will do a whole car then, gonna play safe though and do her car in the silver hologram flake with the silver base should be quite easy

thanks m8

Matt_B

Only thing i've heard about this is that the red flakes from Rage paints can fade over time once there on

Just stickin my nose in but trying to help

Black with green/blue flip hologram flakes look awesome by the way

JTECH James

iTrader: (13)

i bet there are some colour combos that would look real ace, but i guess its just having the balls to put them on together and find out

Smit

iTrader: (5)

If they are anything over 75 microns don't fuckin bother with them!

panelbeater

dont forget to use the correct air cap and fluid tip on your gun

AlexF

Holographic metal flake is cool!

bigneck

ive got a devilbiss gti 1.4 matey says it will be fine for painting?
200 microns the size is