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Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Feb 21, 09 1:34 pm

See..... CC are the first come up with the new trend this month! NOT!

FLAKE, It is the way to go guys, oh and candy as well!

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Sat Feb 21, 09 2:13 pm

there isn't a "I like it...but don't want it on my car..." option

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Feb 21, 09 3:26 pm

Well. My car is Hemi Orange. Which, like many of the Mopar "High Impact" colours, is a metallic with tiny flake in it.

So if the question is "would I like the flake to be a little less subtle, then yes, I would go for that.

But if you are asking if i would go for an outrageous candy flake job on my muscle car I would say a definite NO. Not on a muscle car. Unless it was a race car only.

A chevy impala convertible with hydraulic suspension however it would be a must.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Feb 21, 09 3:29 pm

I understand Dave.... There is a really nice paint I have, called sparklescent. That is probably the type of paint you would like.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Feb 21, 09 3:32 pm

A gentleman of my my rapidly advancing years has to show a little restraint and decorum you know.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Feb 21, 09 4:06 pm

You are welcome to practice on Julie's Dart.

THere will be less to paint shortly as we are cutting the rear quarters up

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Feb 21, 09 4:27 pm

If I had a full booth Pete.......And when you say practice? That word, together with the word "test". Make me run a mile!

Always imagined that Dart in a real nice green!

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Feb 21, 09 4:56 pm

Yes! When can you start?

Gringo · Post by **Gringo** » Sat Feb 21, 09 5:25 pm

Rather than 'flaking' the entire car, I was thinking of flake details. I want a sixties/seventies subtle race look...

I know, is there such a thing as subtle?

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Sat Feb 21, 09 5:33 pm

There is the cheapskates way of doing...........lay the base colour down, grab sum coarse alluminium tinter off the mixing scheme.

Then spray it in the air directly over the vehicle then let it settle on it, lacquer away , the mk1 escort boys loved it many years ago

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sat Feb 21, 09 5:47 pm

Yes.... The 63 when body is finished

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Feb 21, 09 6:12 pm

The top half of the Dart needs to be redone, I am hoping to do it this year, it will have some flake on it. Jeff, if you are still here I would love you to add some bits of artwork to it. I would have a full custom paint job, I think the fantastic fade away schemes that "Greg of Akron" did back then are timeless. There was bad custom paint back then that still looks awful, and the vanners prove that you can still make a pigs ear of it today. Too much flake and the car looks like a Christmas tree decoration, I was there the day that Naughty Alan's Charger (year's before he owned it) was totally done in red metalflake, took 50 coats of lacquer to cover it. The result was way beyond over the top. And then for some inexplicable reason he had "Roger Dodger" signwritten down the rear quarters. Awful.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Feb 21, 09 6:56 pm

The old flake jobs were a nightmare!. Using 1K clears took forever, and after a while just cracked up. Then getting it all off was a real bitch. Now the flake is so much better, and the HS clear coats cover it really well! 2-4 coats, and it is all nicely covered.

Anyway, Blue, I would love to tag your car with some paint!. We could build a temporary booth at your workshop, the way things are going, we will be going July/August, if all goes well with our medicals.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Feb 21, 09 6:57 pm

Gringo wrote:Rather than 'flaking' the entire car, I was thinking of flake details. I want a sixties/seventies subtle race look... I know, is there such a thing as subtle?

Yes you can do subtle..

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Feb 21, 09 6:58 pm

AllKiller wrote:Yes.... The 63 when body is finished

Oh Yes!!!!

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