Recently got back to the UK from the States with my newly purchased flakebuster gun. What a nice bit of kit it is. Here's a few shots of a harley tank iv'e done for promotional work, not quite finished yet still needs a silver flake scallop.
Tell me about this "flakebuster gun" you speak of.... i'm quite interested as that looks GREAT and havn't heard of it til now.....
Real simple bit of kit but works real well. Lay on one coat of lacquer with real slow activator, then using the flakebuster gun simply apply the flake on (the gun sprays the flake on dry which sticks to the lacquer) then wait around half on hour, then brush over with your hand (wearing a latex glove of course) while using an airline to remove and flat any excess flake lying on the surface. Next step is to cover the flake with 3-5 coats of lacquer before flatting then re-lacquer with final top coat. The good thing about it is it takes about a 1/4 of the time to do compared with laying flake down wet, less waste, no need to clean flake out of spray gun which is a real ***** and full coverage. The orange flake was layed down on to a dark blue base which does not show one bit so you don't have to worry about laying down a similar color base coat.
I was told it works well for small stuff such as bike parts, but wasn't all that great at doing cars/trucks. That tank looks killer though!
interesting but i would like to hear more from people who have done whole cars with it. Will this method hold up as well as the conventional "add flake to liquid method"? Heres a link. http://innate.com/Paint/OSF/Flake%20Buster.htm
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-34644.html After reading that old thread and seeing Jim's luck..........maybe it's all about personal pref? Sure looks awfully nice. **x
Cheers Guy's and Girl's. Got a couple of car's to do in the next couple of weeks. The first one is a Chevy surburban which is having a red flaked roof so we will have to see how it goes.
yeah definatley let us know, If I hear enough praise I might have to try one. Seems like it would cut material cost down some.
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