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PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 7:52 am    Post subject: Metalflake beetles please! Reply with quote
I am looking for inspiration Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 8:22 am    Post subject: Re: Metalflake beetles please! Reply with quote
This like lime green vw bug /kleinbus pictures?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Metalflake beetles please! Reply with quote
I just painted mine about a week ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPVNMk4q8Bk

and here it is out in the sun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHXaDu6GArU

I didn't want to completely cover the paint so I just did 2-3 coats of flake. I mixed the flake with basecoat binder. It is a milky white color, but dries clear and ends up flat like basecoat. I put a gallon of clear over it then sanded it down with 600 and put another gallon on it. JUst yesterday it was buffed and polished after 800/1500/2000 grit.

The base color is a 2016 chevy spark color.

The metal flake is from Paint Huffers. Neon green and centipede.
https://painthuffer.bigcartel.com/product/centipede
https://painthuffer.bigcartel.com/product/neon-green-015-color-shifter-metal-flake
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 1:09 am    Post subject: Re: Metalflake beetles please! Reply with quote
Chris333 wrote:
I just painted mine about a week ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPVNMk4q8Bk

and here it is out in the sun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHXaDu6GArU

I didn't want to completely cover the paint so I just did 2-3 coats of flake. I mixed the flake with basecoat binder. It is a milky white color, but dries clear and ends up flat like basecoat. I put a gallon of clear over it then sanded it down with 600 and put another gallon on it. JUst yesterday it was buffed and polished after 800/1500/2000 grit.

The base color is a 2016 chevy spark color.

The metal flake is from Paint Huffers. Neon green and centipede.
https://painthuffer.bigcartel.com/product/centipede
https://painthuffer.bigcartel.com/product/neon-green-015-color-shifter-metal-flake
Great color!! What binder you use with flake? What is flake size?0,025inch? Polyurethane clear?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 8:53 am    Post subject: Re: Metalflake beetles please! Reply with quote
This is the color code:
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The last blue line is the binder. Nason 435-93.

This is the clear I used over it:
http://products.axaltacs.com/dcat/us/en/nsn/product/498-00.html
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 10:33 am    Post subject: Re: Metalflake beetles please! Reply with quote
Thanks!!
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