psycho83
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Seth
South East
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I've used Plasti-Kote glitter paint for flaking my bike and the Hillman's roof. Its much finer than "proper" metalflake but has worked well enough for me (budget considering). Get a can and have a play/practice and also make sure that its not going to react with whatever clear coat you may put over the top.  |
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You can get the metalflake stuff mixed at halfords, its about £25 a can but it goes a LONG way, you'll probably do a roof with if if you want a fairly "subtle" flake. The flakes themselves are fairly small but stand out a lot when the sun hits them. This is the result of a couple of coats of gloss black followed by a coat of the halfords flake stuff and 3 or 4 coats of acrylic lacquer, all out of an aerosol.  It'll be hard to get the flake on evenly (it is a bit forgiving) but I reckon it's doable if you do 3 or 4 very light coats in alternating directions. It leaves a pretty rough finish if you use it like this, so it'll need burying under quite a thick coat of lacquer. You'll struggle to get a really good finish in the lacquer with an aerosol on a panel as big as a roof. I'd suggest your best bet would be to get a couple of big cans and lay down perhaps 5-10 coats over a few days, then flat and buff it. |
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Last Edit: Mar 4, 2011 12:17:11 GMT by cobblers
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RA40tony
Europe
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
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1979 Toyota Celica GT. Currently Gone.
1975 Toyota Celica ST. 13x7 Allycats, "the stick" applied. 100kW 4AGE... Sold
1963 Karmann Ghia - Lo & Slo, Sold.
1965 VW Fastback - cruising
1953 Oval Ragtop, work in progress...
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I haven't got pics of it, but a few years ago there was a Ford Pop/100E/Anglia in a field that had been painted black and had red glitter liberally sprinkled on it for a metalflake effect without the expense. Really wish I had a picture of it, sported a jacked up rear, enormous slotmags and judging by the massive tunnel inside, a very large V8 or similar. Proper late 70s/early 80s custom.
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truely oldschool -
you get the glitter in the palm of your left hand, you hold an aerosol of clear lacquer in your right hand. You spray the lacquer onto the panel and blow the glitter into the path of the clear with your lungs....
A chum painted a pedal car this way. Looks surprisingly even.
Trick is to get enough clear on.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Oh and 2K is rubbish for carrying flake. You want either cellulose, lacquer or a specialist product like the flake carrier which HOK sells. Intercoat clear can also be used (non catalysed type)
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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psycho83
East of England
Rhythm and Booze
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ohhhhhhh that looks good! will def keep that in mind, have ordered some stuff for testing, will post some results of win or fail once I've tested it. The stuff from specalist paints will be the next test! cheers |
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ohhhhhhh that looks good! will def keep that in mind, have ordered some stuff for testing, will post some results of win or fail once I've tested it. The stuff from specalist paints will be the next test! cheers i use the specialist paints stuff  |
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