Thread: Flames, flakes, shimrin base coats

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Just chiming in on painting the cage with flake. That's gonna be alot of work with the clear and all. You may want to stick with just a solid color and devote the time to the flames and flake. Sounds like it will be very koool.

Originally Posted by sunsetdart

Just chiming in on painting the cage with flake. That's gonna be alot of work with the clear and all. You may want to stick with just a solid color and devote the time to the flames and flake. Sounds like it will be very koool.

I would have to agree. Painting a cage is hard enough, without using a more difficult paint type.

x 3 , I flaked my 32 chassis with tube crossmembers and it wasnt easy to keep it all wet

I much prefer a matching mettalic colour under the flake compared to black, Its much more sparklier, I put this down to fact that the mettalic base coat reflects the flake whereas black won't.

I also prefer the mini flake for 2 reasons, one is its a lot easier to bury than the large flake and the second is its much more sparklier, I have a freind with a 34 coupe who has the real big flake and when our cars are parked next to each other mine is way more flakey. I put this down to the fact that per square inch mine has more flakes than his.

here's a quick video of my mini flake in the sun, its very sparkly

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

I would have to agree. Painting a cage is hard enough, without using a more difficult paint type.