did my first flake job today
 

i think it turned out pretty decent.

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that came out nice! I want to do a heavy flake on my roof too

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Looks good.

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This is probably going to sound like a funny question. Do you need a special paintgun to shoot that big of flakes? It looks great.
JRBECK64

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i built a gun to shoot the flake dry. it cost me eleven bucks. slepysal bring your truck up and we can do it.

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dont tempt me bro !!!:metal:

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That turned out killer! Great choice on the color..

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Looks good man..

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thanks guys i'm pretty stoked on it.slepysal i was serious.

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nice work, looks really good!

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Yeah man, thats killer!! Love candy/flaked tops on anything!!:metal:

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Looks great! If you dont mind sharing the secret, how did ya build that gun?

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There is a story in the new Car Craft about shooting heavy flake. Try to find an old siphon feed gun with a 1.8-2.2 tip to pass the flake through. You will need a good bit of clear to cover the flake if you want it to be smooth (the flake is pretty big).

Glendale, that looks sharp on your truck. What kind of flake did you use?

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i used a spot sandblaster from harbor freight.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=96972 i took it apart and cut the suction tube down so that it would be the height of the jar of flake. then i drilled the lid to fit the suction tube. and then drilled 4 small holes so that would create suction.

here is the basic idea this what i modeled mine after. and lots of reading on the hamb. it was by no means my idea. i just gave it a shot.

http://www.innate.com/Paint/OSF/Flake%20Buster.htm

http://www.rothmetalflake.com/main.html

i used roth flake and ols school flake. just because i had both.

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That's a trip. You could shoot some huge flake like alpha jewels (think bass boat flake) through something like that. You would amost have to shoot gelcoat over them to cover them up though. In the CC story they used House of Kolor flake, and they looked pretty good sized there.

A flaked paint job with a pearl suspended in the clear as a midcoat would look trick, too, as long as the pearl didn't clash with your base. A little bit of gold pearl over that orange flake would be pretty trick.

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Nice! What are the paint and interior plans for the truck that compliment that wild orange flake?

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Nice Job bro

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the rest of the inside will be white. and i'm gonna do the seat in orange metalflake vinyl and white tuck and roll.

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Hey man...if he aint down, I'll do it !!

Or mabey get a two for one deal....:lol:

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chief let me know. you buy the stuff i'll do it. i'm am not a pro but i'll do what i can.

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Very nice!

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You know I think it looks awesome. Did you ever do that tech piece for the gun on the hamb? Gotta link?

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Heck yeah looks good man! :metal:

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Hope to see that baby at the Vacaville RNS meet in June!

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what is the vacaville rns meet?

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looking good man..im going to do the same to my truck flake the s@#T out of it..i had trucks like this in the past with flaked tops they look nice! I need to check the gun out man,,so i can get a idea on how to make one:metal:. In the past i just used my buddies guns but since then i move here and can get a hold of him.

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Flake came out nice! would like 2 do mine can 't decide what colors to use. I went 2 the rust never sleeps show this past june maybe Hillanr451 will post some pics rode down with GGinferno's truck!

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you guys can cruise buy and check it out whenever shoot me a p.m.

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Looks great, would love some more pics. Im also thinkin it would look good if you did the flake between the trim on the sides just my 2 cents.