the sparkly paint...

**wumpus** · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 95

"real" metal flake particles are much too big to fit through a tiny spray nozzle.. the size of the flake has a big effect on the final finish! You can see that in my pics.

**BriGuy** · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 1894 Location: Boston

Wumpus, those face plates look incredible. I just added a link to this thread in the GT Jems painting guide thread.
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**ohhwataloser** · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 69

**wumpus** · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 95

**ohhwataloser** · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 69

their not plastic their a powder additives....

if you want large flakes use the pearls labled "corse"

and you don't need larger flakes to capture the light like that, you can just add more of the smaller stuff. most people find it a little excessive tho, that why you don't see it alot. i mean your guitars you can't even tell what the base coat color was. defently unique tho.

metal flakes doesn't mean large flake, its most often used to decribed a metallic paint, but thats even improper cuz most paint jobs now a days arn't true metal flake, its pearls.

glad your glitter came out good, but his guitar is far form the glitter look. stick with the fine pearls, or if you go the easy route, metallic spray paint will mimic that guitar alot better than glitter.

**wumpus** · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 95

ohhwataloser I am not sure you know what you are talking about. There are indeed "pearls" and "candy" paints, but we are talking about metal flake. Here's an article on how to spray metal flake.

http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/howto/135_0308_flake/index.html

I hope that helps you understand what I'm talking about.

**wumpus** · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 95

You still think metallic spray paint is the same as real metal flake? Compare for yourself. On the bottom is Rustoleum Gold metallic paint; on the top is my metal flake technique.

Closeup of finishes. The spray can just can't spray particles large enough to reflect well; its nozzle is too small. The spray can metallic is sparkly (silver does best), but only under VERY bright, direct light.. whereas the true metal flake is sparkly in anything but a pitch black room!

**ohhwataloser** · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 69

funny how you think glitter is the same thing as metal flake.
i never said spray paint was the same thing, i said it was closer to the guitar he posted on the very first post on this thread.

Pearls replaced metal flakes in the 1960's like i said a before its a outdated technique, wow someone recreate a 1960's paint job, which could of easily been done with a corse silver pearl.

wish i still worked at the bodyshop and could mix up a small batch of paint to show you pearls can look exactly the same, just it rare to see corse pearls because people generally like color shifting you get out of finer pearls other than the "metal flake" effect. people also usually refer to it as looking too "pimpish" because of all the pimp cars on TV and in movies with the metal flake paint jobs.

im done arguing. keep calling your glitter metal flake, but even in the artical you posted, it says metal flakes reflect off the base coat, use a lighter color blah blah blah.... do your guitars even have a base coat?

but spray paint will still match his guitar better, and if you want to see spray paint shine here you go... http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40776

even at the time of this post photobucket isn't showing the pictures