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Title: Paint question
Post by: interloper393 on February 27, 2007, 11:02:34 PM

Toying with the idear of doing my interior in a metalic black with 6-8 coats of clear for a super shine :Thumbs-up just wanting to know can you buy gold flakes to put into the paint?

Title: Paint question
Post by: Jono FD3 on February 27, 2007, 11:43:37 PM

Yes... you can buy different colour & different sized flecs!!! It\'s called fire flake if I remember correctly, or metal flake??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/metal-flake-flakes-gold-25grams-for-custom-paint_W0QQitemZ150095607495QQihZ005QQcategoryZ30923QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Jono

Title: Paint question
Post by: interloper393 on February 28, 2007, 12:32:43 AM

ahh good man, just ordered some lol..
dankoo :)

Might paint my plenum the same just to be different lol see how it goes.

Title: Paint question
Post by: Travis on March 02, 2007, 09:53:27 PM

lots of laquer tends to go dull

Title: Paint question
Post by: interloper393 on March 02, 2007, 11:10:20 PM

Well ma flakes arrived yesterday, packet says 3-4 coats with flakes and 1-2 without to seal :D gunna give it a whirl.. may go mad and do ma plenum..:yes

Title: Paint question
Post by: gmogle on March 03, 2007, 12:56:15 AM

Ben (Initial D) did his interior with black and gold flakes in the paint I seem to remember.

Looked great.

Title: Paint question
Post by: interloper393 on March 03, 2007, 01:00:48 AM

Yeah reckon it`ll be sutle with a difference :) should look ace :yes any pics bud?

Title: Paint question
Post by: Hayward North on March 03, 2007, 01:17:41 AM

Better going pure black, met black tends to look dusty black or grey at 1st glance.

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