{"id":24190,"date":"2013-06-30T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=24190"},"modified":"2013-07-28T19:05:41","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T02:05:41","slug":"metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Flake How-to Complete FAIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fmetal-flake-how-to-complete-fail%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2FCustom-car-paint-metal-flake-roof-2.jpg&amp;description=Metal+Flake+How-to+Complete+FAIL\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[24190]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Metal Flake How-to Complete FAIL\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Metal Flake How-to Complete FAIL&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/\" data-text=\"Metal Flake How-to Complete FAIL\" data-desc=\"My Friend Made it Look Easy! Custom Metal Flake Looking for help with: How to setup a Harbor Freight paint gun for shooting flake. Please email me. \u00a0 At car shows, especially the good ones in California, you'll see some stellar custom metal flake paint... like the shot below from the NorCal\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Custom-car-paint-metal-flake-roof-2.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2>My Friend Made it Look Easy! Custom Metal Flake<\/h2>\n<p>Looking for help with: <strong><em><em>How to setup a Harbor Freight paint gun for shooting flake.<\/em><\/em><\/strong> <a title=\"Contact MyRideisMe.com\" href=\"mailto:&#x70;&#x69;&#x6b;&#x65;&#x73;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x40;&#x6d;&#x79;&#x72;&#x69;&#x64;&#x69;&#x65;&#x73;&#x6d;&#x65;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\" target=\"_blank\">Please email me.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At car shows, especially the good ones in California, you&#8217;ll see some stellar custom metal flake paint&#8230; like the shot below from the NorCal Knockout, the custom paint of all types is well represented.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20470\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Custom-car-paint-metal-flake-roof-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24190]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20470\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-20470\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Custom Paint Job - Custom metal flake roof with lace\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Custom-car-paint-metal-flake-roof-2.jpg\" alt=\"custom paint, custom paint job, metal flake roof, candy paint\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Custom-car-paint-metal-flake-roof-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Custom-car-paint-metal-flake-roof-2-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Custom-car-paint-metal-flake-roof-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Custom-car-paint-metal-flake-roof-2-575x381.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the roof of the 1959 Lincoln (pretty sure on the year) shown above. Rainbow flake with lace and darker flake fade. This car was a show stopper and won best of show. <\/p><\/div>\n<p>See some amazing examples in this story: <a title=\"Custom Paint Jobs \u2013 Metal Flake Roof Dazzling Photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-paint-jobs-metal-flake-roof-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Custom Metal Flake Paint<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After observing, and of course digging the look and appreciating the skill, I wanted to try it for myself. Then, my buddy Joel helped me customize a severely worn out plastic trim piece for my <a title=\"Pikesan's 1963 Falcon Wagon Build\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Ride\/pikesan\/418\" target=\"_blank\">1963 Falcon Wagon<\/a>. Here&#8217;s that piece:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Garage\/pikesan\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Custom Metal Flake and Candy used on Falcon Trim\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/stored_public\/member_pic\/1\/157\/ford-falcon-tailgate-emblem-19.jpg\" alt=\"custom paint, custom metal flake paint, ford falcon\" width=\"575\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Came out cool, right? I need to do a how-to on that one cause it was a success.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I watched Joel do it, looked easy. Soooo&#8230; I tried it myself.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1: Base coat of gold<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24192\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24192\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-24192 \" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Metal Flake attempt on my oil pan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Metal-flake-custom-painting.jpg\" alt=\"custom paint, custom metal flake, gold flake\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Metal-flake-custom-painting.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Metal-flake-custom-painting-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why the oil pan? Cause if I screwed it up, nobody&#39;d know!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Step 2: FAIL!<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_24191\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24191\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-24191\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"After applying gold metal flake - or at least attempting to\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Metal-flake-custom-painting-2.jpg\" alt=\"custom paint, gold flake painting\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Metal-flake-custom-painting-2.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Metal-flake-custom-painting-2-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No sparkle, no dance... No matter what I did, I couldn&#39;t get the flake to come out of the gun! Then, the flake that did stick, it laid flat. AHHHHHH!!! On the plus side, with all the waste I dumped out, I have the most bitchin&#39; wheelbarrow.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s hear it&#8230; what&#8217;d I do wrong? Anyone willing to show me how it&#8217;s done in a good story with a few pictures, please get in touch:\u00a0<a title=\"Contact MyRideisMe.com\" href=\"mailto:&#x70;&#x69;&#x6b;&#x65;&#x73;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x40;&#x6d;&#x79;&#x72;&#x69;&#x64;&#x69;&#x65;&#x73;&#x6d;&#x65;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\" target=\"_blank\">Email pikesan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m especially looking for stories about how to set-up a gun for spraying flake, and something like, a &#8220;first timer&#8217;s guide to spraying flake and candy&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for sharing my failure! Tell a friend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every story I&#8217;ve written about my Falcon build can be found here:\u00a0<a title=\"Restore and Hot Rod my 1963 Ford Falcon Wagon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/63-ford-falcon-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">1963 Ford Falcon Wagon Build<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fmetal-flake-how-to-complete-fail%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Metal+Flake+How-to+Complete+FAIL\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Metal Flake How-to Complete FAIL\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Metal Flake How-to Complete FAIL&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/metal-flake-how-to-complete-fail\/\" data-text=\"Metal Flake How-to Complete FAIL\" data-desc=\"My Friend Made it Look Easy! 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