How Much Flake

To do a roof on a 1954 Ford two door sedan ????????????

 

how 'flaky' do you want it?

 

as much or as little as you want...

 

Do i start with a pound ??? I really don't know how far this stuff goes. And yes i want it pretty flakey.

 

start with a little,spray a test panel,add if needed....don't experiment on car .an old fender or hood will work.

 

enough that the chip stands up....

 

here is how we did Malcolm's roof....


http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=247518


Jeff

 

I used 16 ounces to do my whole van...

 

It also depends on what gun/tip your using also the size of the flake.

 

Depends.....I like to spray a metallic base coat similiar to the color of flake I'm gonna shoot, so some of the base shows through. And I like the smaller flakes...seem more brilliant. Usually 1 to 1 1/2 jars of Roth flake per roof.

 

no thats funny sh*t

 

You can judge a man by the size of his flakes. Step up brother! This is Kirk Hanning's truck. Kirk shot it with an undercoating gun.
Mike TPG

 

A rocker shutz gun sprays flake well A cheap 20 dollar syphon gun with a hogged out tip works well too

 

The roof on my van has 15 ounces its the biggest you can spray out of a regular gun

 

I always used my primer gun... and too much is never enough... don't be shy with it.

 

as much as you want here is a 63 caddy I did for my buddy Bobby !!!!!! and my 52 I did the whole car

 

Seeing that I have never sprayed flake before I used about 6 ounces on my truck posted above. That's 1 and 1/2 jars of Roth flake. I mixed 1 solid color of flake and 1 trippin' color of flake for a better affect. Both were made by Roth Flake. Spray the flake in the House of Kolor Intercoat clear (sg150). I used 4 coats of Cinnamon pearl base with 8 coats of flake then 4 coats of standard HOK clear. Wait at least a week to color sand seeing the build is so high. Not saying this is the right way to so it but it worked for me. I used a standard DeVilbiss gravity feed gun with a 2.2 tip. After the 5th coat of flake it just absolutely jumped out at you. So I thought more would be even better.

Thanks for posting Mike much appreciated. Yeah, I'm computer illiterate.

 

Use a heavy mettalic base and you wont have to use as much either

 

I am a big fan of your truck by the way that thing is awesome

 

I say if you are gonna flake it.......the FLAKE it. None of this salt and pepper ****.

 

I'm going to use the big 2.5 flake in orange. Can i use a black base coat with the orange ? The local paint store sold me top coat clear, said it was better than inter coat clear because it laid down the flake better. Any comments about this ???? I've shot a lot of cars in the past, just don't know **** about flake yet.......Thanks for the info guys.........

 

I'm right with you Acrochicken. Kirk's truck is on of my favorites. The suspension is really cool. I like everything about this truck. Here's a few shots of the suspension detail. This truck drives like a sports car.
Mike TPG

 

I disagree. I feel just the opposite. The intercoat sets up faster and thus suspends the flake quicker rather than letting it sag. Think of it as a vehicle to glue the flake to the car, rather than an actual layer. Plus, with all the clear on top you'll need to bury the flake, I'd want to minimize on film build wherever I could.

 

I agree with Bill........plus intercoat is way cheaper than the clear and catalyst too.....
I only use straight clear for burying flake, graphics, whatever.....intercoat for everything underneath.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Exactly, less ain't more when it comes to flake

 

I agree the more flake the better. I was told if you contact DeVilbliss you can order a 2.8mm tip. That is basically a water hose, you should be able to spray damn near anything out of it! But definately spray a test panel first. I can't wait to get to do mine, I will be ordering a pound to start!

 

That truck is gorgous, Any more pics ???

 

You don't need a 2.8 tip for flake, thats ridiculous. I have a 2.0 that I use for the big stuff and thats plenty. For regular and mini I use my primer gun with a 1.7.

 

What do you use for an agitator to keep the flake from clogging up the gun? Curious, I haven't shot REAL big flake, but I am wanting to on my current project. I read most of the companies selling the flake suggest a 2.2 or 2.5 tip.