Well, guys, thanks for the tips.... I finally got to spray my first 'flake job, and I think it came out pretty nice. I don't have any great pics yet, nor is the car quite finished, but I wanted to show off how it came out!
NICE Really nice!! email me a nice large pic of the side view and I'll photoshop some white walls and lower it!
Thanks! It's already lowered 2.5 inches, and we're ditching the 15" wheels and tires that are on it in favor of some NOS 14" Rocket Wheels with thin whitewalls. The wheels look just like Astro Supremes.
40panel348, From what I can see in the pictures of the flake job, your on the way to painting all your friends cars. Looks very nice! Is your ride a '64 Pontiac Bonneville or a Grand Prix, these cars make a great cruisers with there great lines. Keep up the great work and lets see more pictures as you get farther along. "Drive a cool short" '50's California term for a cool ride Cruiser 49
If you need more practice I've got two donors down here in south jersey that would look sweet with some flake on the roof.
Thanks! I bought some of the Old School Flake Regular Flake, which I believe is .015. I also bought a cheap gun from our auto body jobber that has a 2.3 nozzle. I sprayed 1 coat of the base color of the car over the sealer, then started laying down the flake. I sprayed the flake in DBC500 mixed to PPG specs, but with some catalyst added as if it was basecoat. I mixed the flake about 2 spoonfulls of flake into each mixed quart. My 'flake gun is HVLP, so I dropped the PSI to around 10 and just layed it down one coat at a time with about 10-15 minutes in between until I thought it looked right. I waited about 1 hour for that to tack good, and picked up my regular gun and layed down about 7 coats of 2021 clear. That may have been overkill, but being as it was my first time with 'flake, it didn't want to cut into the flake when sanding time came. It had a fair amount of orange peel once dry, but I sanded with 1000, 1500, and 2000, and leveled it out nicely. I waited about 2 weeks for the roof to dry before I started sanding, and another 2 weeks later it is still shrinking ever so slightly, but I think a light sand and buff will take care of that.
Well damn you need a job in FLA.? shit you did a great job from what I can tell! Looks even, did the flake lay down pretty well? What tip and how much clear did you use? I suggest you let it cure and give it a good color sand then apply 2more good wet coats over what you got....then wet sand and buff again to a mirror shine! I say to do this cause the flake jobs unless garaged dont like the sun very well so an extra good UV clear makes a great lasting shine that you can buff on for years! Just trying to help....Ive been doing this for close to 11 years now, but Im learning everyday to be better and better...youve done a hell of a job so far! Keep it up!
looks great . even and looks like you used plenty of it . a lot of guys do not use enough .... i like it ..... more pix when get the wheels on it ....
Looks awesome. Not sure when you sprayed the flake, but the best results in the end is to let it rest for 3-4 weeks. Wet sand it with 600, lay down 2-3 more coats of clear. Then let it sit for another 3-4 weeks before you wetsand and buff. If you can let it rest longer than that the better. That way you can let the flake take its time pushing its way up as the clear cures. Most of the old timers that do crazy flake have always told me to let it rest.
Thanks for the advice. I also think that next time I'm going to over-reduce the DBC500 to help the flake lay down a little better, and also to help reduce my film thickness.
Looks awesome. Thanks to all for their tips as well because it gives me the insentive to think harder about doing this to my car!
Looks great, but don't bother wasting your time trying to get photos of the flake. It'll never happen! People have to SEE IT to really appreciate it.
Since you have been using Old School Flake, next time you do some flake, try OSF's flakebuster gun & blow it on dry. the flake lays much better
It is Lime Green Flake by Old School Flake. It's not my shop, but I work there. It is The Old Stillwater Garage, owned by Lou Calasibetta, in Stillwater, NJ.
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