How's it going out there ? I have been working on this project for a couple of years. Let me get right to the point . I want to paint these flames on my Fleetline.Would this be candy purple over silver ? Thanks for any help.
Sometimes color resolution looks different from "in person" to "on Screen". I'd start doing some spray out panels until I got the color I liked. Nice car.
Its very hard to tell, since the flames aren't faded just get a silver tinted to the shade you desire and skip the 3 stage.
Thanks for the comments. Of course I tried to paint the car myself and it all came out good except for the streak down the center of the car and its matt paint so not much I can do to fix it. So I figured I would try this flame job to cover it up being I didn't want to respray the whole car over.
Well if you are not going to clear the car after the flame job I definitely would not do a candy job, you will have a hard paint line with the extra layers of paint.
Just do a single stage flame job, I can make that color in a satin finish for you, two coats and done.
Stuff and respray those 2 panels but use the slowest reducer you can get your hands on and do a cross coat on your last coat of paint.
Don't blame yourself, flats and satins are tuff for even experienced painters to do without getting tiger stripes.
I've used the Kicker hot rod black befor. As mentioned before sand/scuff those panels and re spray them, use a slower reducer, and that should do it.
If it's a matte paint job, couldn't you just wet sand the car with 2000 or 5000 grit? I used 3000 grit on a bike and it looked good for a flat black. You could try different grit paper to get the sheen you like.
Not really, what gives matte its appearance is a wax paste type product that is in the coating itself and it basically floats to the top surface. When you sand it, it will have a mismatched color, the sheen will match but the shade will be off. This is why matte finishes are NOT recommended for baking because if you don't allow enough time for it to float to the top it will look like a Econo job. Sanding it Might get him by, but you could scuff and tape up those panels in 30 mins and do it right.
When spraying, would starting at one side of the hood (or top etc) and working your way to the middle then go to other side and pick up where you left off in the middle and work your way back to the side help eliminate the stripe? Im tryin to learn this stuff myself. found this.https://video.search.yahoo.com/sear...=655d02ff7cae10e3a4da0f9621ccb3ff&action=view
Doing that on the first coat, then cross coat your last coat makes everything nice and uniform, along with slow reducer for matte and satin finishes.
I think I used a medium reducer and the temp was in the mid 70's.......wish I would have known this. Thanks Paint Guru.
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