how do you paint youre metalflake..

been painting with metalflake for several years now
always painted with 2k clears
just recently switched to another paint manufacturer and turns out it didn't work out as good as with the old paint i used
some guys told me it's better to use a 1k clear basecoat ,some told me not!!
so what's youre way to paint metalflake?

 

bttt

 

yep thats what I use is a clear base, paint your base color either black or a color close to you flake depending on effect wanted. Then I mix my flake with a clear basecoat. and after all that I spray 2k clear over all of that.

 

i used a 1k clear base as well ,but noticed more flakes endin up on the ground..
seems like a 2k clear stays more wet and carries the flake better.. any thoughts?

 

I use Mid Coat clear or color blender when shooting any Flake Kandy and pearls

 

hok makes a flake carrier that works killer or paint binder works really good too

 

Ask fuzzybunny here on the hamb he knows a great amount when it comes to that stuff. He's in my friends list if you wanna look him up

 

my car was done by a freind and he applied the clear to each panel and then fired the flake in using a bazooka gun it works realy well for mega flake coverage but you have to do the car panel by panel after this its cleared then flatted back when dry then cleared again its probly and eighth wider now but it looks great

 

tried the bazooka too ,it's a ''dry gun'' but hard to get equal coverage on large surfaces..
nobody shooting flakes in 2k clear?

 

guess this thread got burried again
why doesnt hamb divide the showthread in different chapters???

 

I have roths other gun the hvlp with the big tip. I forget the name but it works good. no I dont use 2k clears because you dont need to base clear works just fine. I painted this just like I said. What is your mix ratio, flake to clear

 

i use a 2k clear and just mix my flake in it. usualy only use silver flake as i do alot of candy paint... after the flake is on i wet block the whole thing and put more 2k clear sand it with 600 then put the candy on and more clear.. dont know if its right but it has always worked great for me.

 

how do you paint youre metalflake..


...not well

 

that's the way i did it too
but i changed paint brand and got alot of paint not sticking
they told me it's because when you spray on a 2k clear and build up layers , the last layer (most of the time i would spray 2 layers after the flakes ,i use big ones) it causes the paint to not stick ,so every thing would come off..
makes sence cause a 2k paint is a finish paint ,while a 1k stays open for a certain time so other paints can stick..
but still kinda weird not?

 

Who's clear are you shooting now?

 

Subscribed. I would really like to try some flake on a dash. Never had tried it.. I watch
for more info.
Thanks

 

i'm using ppg at the moment
used standox before , don't know if it's in the US also
can't get it anymore ,but it was good stuff!!

 

I spray a basecoat color, then add the flake to a clear base. Spray the flake, clear, wet sand and reclear. Done a couple that way and have seemed to work pretty well.

 

that seems right to me too..
but i still haven't been able to get a good answer on this..

when spraying flakes in a 2k clear ,can i burry em afterwards with just 2k clear?
and how many minutes drying time does it need at what temp..?
cause that's how i've always done it ,and had the best results..
it just went wrong when i had to switch to a different brand ,somehow it didn't work as it used to..

went back to the paintshop and they said i couldn't build up layers with 2k clear ,cause 2k clear closes off and doesn't grab the next layers ,causin everything to come off (which i think is bullshit)

can someone help me out on this ,cause i'm kinda confused..

i know you can do it with a 1k clear basecoat as well ,that's what i'm doin now ,but i notice i'm losing a lot more flakes not sticking on the work than when i used 2k clear..
it also doesn't build up as thick..

 

anyone?
gotta bounce this thread up
shit gets burried here so fast!!

 

Who are you calling metalflake?

 

must be my english ,don't get it??

 

I'll be watching this one. Painting flake is a goal of mine.

 

yeah ,hopin to get some good info on this
like i said ,i've been doin it for a little while ,but i'm still no expert
there's always new things to be learned and everyone does it different

 

My fave is PPG DBC500 color blender... then about 20 coats of clear.

 

anyone?

 

How much flash time between coats? You may be waiting too long if it is not binding to the coat beneath.

 

Only painted flake acouple times but I'm with the others HOK flake carrier worked the best for me. havnt tried ppg's dbc500, know of it, used it on other stuff just not for flake but pretty well the same stuff!

 

it's so beautiful.

 

Essentially what you typed is "How do you paint you are metalflake"?

You wanted "your".

Edit: After four years on this site THAT is the post that pops my reply cherry?