has anyone else put flakes into there paint? can u post pics of yours?
thanks

 

what size flake?

 

crap i dont know what else to call it . ok well my Z is black with dark red/purl... little flakes all over the car creating a glitter effect. just wondering if anyone else has done something custom to there paint job

 

little flakes would be pearl and not flakes at all... metallic is even heavier and pretty much standard. if you had flakes it would look something like this with the larger specs of metal being noticable. larger flakes would look like a carnival ride or a bass boat. bass boat's use the largest flake known and techincally it's not available to the public.

thankfully...

 

lol I thought I was the only one who referred to too much flake as "looking like a bass boat"

 

Lol i saw this thread and i said well, i'll give him the same advice kandied gave me when i got mine painted, flake will make it look like a bass boat....he beat me too it. get a good metallic paint and it will look good, i love mine

 

the only downside i see to metallic is it's fading properties... if there was a way to have a heavy metallic paint job much like my kandy and not have it fade over time it would be perfect. for that reason alone i'm using pearls this time around.

 

I can see that for a daily driver but stuff like mine and i doubt your is driven everyday, and when mines driven it is put away at night and isnt sitting out liek some guys are.

 

doesn't matter... it helps... but you can't protect it unless it never sees sun and you never wash it. if it's a repaint and it's a tri-stage of any sort, particularly high metallic chances of it lasting more then 5-7 years is doubtful. again unless you never drive the car and it sits in a bubble.

 

guess the glitter effect is not very popular in the thirdgen group. oh well i like it.

 

this is the best example i could find on the net of what i am talking about.

 

looks like a pearl.. you can not tell paint colors from pictures.

 

Hey 10k post kandied congrats

 

no i dont want to know the pic i was just wondering if anyone has a paint job like this glitter effect on there thirdgen

 

I can't tell much from that picture, but my 84 has a blue metallic paint. It looks great on the roof, sides, and trunk, but the bumpers both are alittle bit darker and are peeling a little, and the hood paint is faded worse than the rest of the car. I think the heat from my motor fried the hood paint, and whoever painted the car before I had it didn't put the flex agent in for the bumper cover paint. The car is going to get painted again next year. Blue metalic again, but hopefully a little better this time. If the hood and bumpers were okay, it would look really nice. Can't wait to paint.

 

well then you'll be going in circles as it could be metallic or pearl and at least 65% of the pictures posted on this site have paintjobs similar, metal flake is completely different.

good luck with your search.

 

this is pearl, see how it glows on just the right angle...

 

this is metal flake... completely different. very um.. bright.

 

sounds to me as if you want a highly concentrated metallic paint job. unfortunately metallic paints are the hardest to photograph. my paint has the most metallic i could spray in a gun without jamming. i like it but such paint falls subject to the sun unlike pearls and standard paints.

 

I was thinking of painting my Z witha silver pearl with big flakes in the paint to give it a mirror effect is this pheasable or even desireable. I have a picture in my head but without seeing it in the flesh its hard. KAndied you seem to be the inhouse painter what do you think or any one else for that matter?

 

pearl is lil flakes that only show up on certain angles or when the light hits it just right...your thinking like ice pearl..its the bigger flake..im a big fan myself but it is costly

 

Ice pearl ? can anyone tell me what kind of car this came on. I have a dupont automotive finishing book in front of me. I can look it up fast if I knew the vehicle and year. there are a hugh amount of silvers. My painter said the big flakes come in a can that they add to the paint . I have been looking for a paint to mix them with. can any on help ?

 

ice pearl isnt on any factory paint
if you want it you need to go threw house of kolors...go to there website for info on it

 

The web site is not much help other than a brief discription. Any idea how much a quart for that stuff. I would have to calla dealer to find according to the site. Its sounds interesting. if its not crazy priced I may do it. I am not finding what I want in factory colors.

 

i really wish i had a pic..ive seen tones at car shows..but nothin is coming in my head...your talking about the glitter effect as you walk by it right? not like crazy boat style just enough glitter?

and i dont know price..its decently pricey..im not sure what it would be in the u.s tho

 

No not like a bass boat but i like the big flake just not a bunch of it. I think i saw it on a mitsubish car a year ago or so. It had a real mirror like flake in it . you have th right idea now i just need to see the paint to tell.

 

I think thats too much flakey.But to each their own

 

you can't have a mirror effect with your paint and have flake in it. look at the pictures of the car and the bowling ball, that's evidence enough.

"ice flake" ice pearl which is more common or in any case the word "ice" is associated with HOk (house of kolors) paints. it's just a term like "mystic", "chromeillusion", etc.

you will not find factory colors that bring these types of crazy results without mixing your own properties.

 

ya i know that is to much in that car, he finished mine but i dont have any pics sry. but ya your right depending on the angle u can see the flake, it not tacky at all. as for the price. i know the shop so it costs me the same amount as a normal paint job nothing extra.