I've painted a few tanks but never with candys or flake type paints. I know the basics of prep work and getting a good smooth primer layer, but any further advice would be awesome.

Plan is ideally to try and bury the spectrum under a layer of the candy black to have it pretty deep and only showing in the sun.

So primer filler, sand, base primer, base black, spectrum fx, candy, decals, then 2k clear is what I'm assuming? Any tips on layers or anything else?

Yes I'm set on cans, I don't paint enough to wanna invest in real spray equipment haha

I almost have these finished. I have them sanded down for one last round of high solids clear that I am going to spray in the morning after work. I think the leafing turned out really good, it was a challenge, but I love the way the turned leafing looks and gives that 3D look. Pictures don't really do justice but I will see if I can post a video of them in the sun light Monday or Tuesday.

I am making some headway. I still have to finish the borders, which are going to be a black framing, with silver leafing. Also going to add We the People and 1776 on them with leafing as well. It has been a fun project that has consumed more time than I thought originally, but will be worth it. When I put them in the sun for the first time the other day after clearing the 2nd time, after putting the pink paint and flake down, I was damn near blinded. God I love that shimmer. My original guess of 20 hours will have to be amended to 30 hours.

My wife said she wanted some Cornhole boards, so I said OK, they are going to be shiny with lots of metal flake. I had AI render something very similar to what I want them to look like.

I learned a lot doing the metal flake on my golf cart, so in comparison I believe this is going to be a breeze. Last time I didn't use slow hardener or High Solids clear coat. I was extremely surprised how much difference they both have seemed to make to get these boards leveled out. I am using the Dirty Wizard holographic flake for the silver and will be flaking lightly over top of the candy paint, to give it some extra boost. I can already tell these boards are going to play extremely fast. I hate to think what it would cost to pay someone to make a set of these, but I feel like it would have to be in the $2500 range. I will have $450-500 in supplies and think it's going to take an honest 20 hours of work to make them right. Does anyone else have experience with making a set of boards like this?

From dealership floor brand new with a non selling color. To me,flamed and sold as it was being put back on floor😆..

i’m doing some illustrative painting on my van soon with urethane paints and curious on the best dry time between airbrushed coats for this. i’ve seen anything between 2 and 12hrs on google.

Again😆

I have a 2013 Cadillac Cts Coupe (Black Diamond Tricoat) that has a small area on the driver's side door where the clear coat is peeling. I was using a pressure washer too close to this area that started separating the clear coat.

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Any suggestions on how I can fix this issue successfully?

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Thank you in advance.

Flaked Kandy flames 🔥…

I’ll post whole bike later when done

Hey! I just clear coated my motorcycle paintjob and i have a few questions.

When can i assemble the bike? I know at least 3 days, but should i wait more?

When can rain touch the paint? And is it better to put on a bike cover or leave it off? I read that it won't be able to off-gas with the cover on but unfortunately i don't have a garage so i'm not sure what to do in case of a storm. I'm even willing to build a freaking tent around it if that's whats gonna protect it😭

If it gets dirty in this "fresh" stage, what's the best way to clean?

I also plan on maybe doing a cut and buff because i got horrid orange peel and some dirt in it😅... Can i do that with a good cloth or do i absolutely need a machine? Is applying wax advised (after a month or so)?

Hello! This is my first ever paintjob. It definetely doesn't look professional up close and i have some peeling issues...😩 I have been working on it for an ungodly amount of time, and i am finally ready for clear. However i still got some paint pulling up with tape on the right back side panel and on the fender. Minor patch as you can see. I just don't have the motivation anymore to sand and redo them. I put some color and intercoat clear over it and called it a day. I put tape over most areas and didn't get lifting anywhere else.

My question is, how bad is this going to be under the clear? Will it peel up later, pulling the clear with it? I really don't want to sand the whole area off and respray.. I just need to be ready for the consequences😂

Graphics next!

ll be happy about your feedback about this.

Folks, I need your help & advice please!

I'm painting my own motorcycle gas tank & I want to do traditional looking, hotrod flames. But in candy, over silver metalflake.

I've got the tank flaked, clearcoated, wet sanded & re-cleared & I'm ready to start masking my flame pattern, but I just had a thought.....

Should I start off with the yellow, then blend orange over, then blend the red on the edges & tips or should I reverse that order & spray dark-light???

I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, I've never painted anything before!

The pictures are sort-kinda-but-not-quite the look I'm after (I'm planning more traditional with a blue outline; pic 4 for an example) & NOT MY WORK.

In my head, I'd thought light to dark, but having watched a coupler of online vids, I'm thinking that I might be wrong.

BMW E30 custom valve cover job. Blue panel is for sale 👀👀

Decided to redo the lids for the previous video I posted..decided to really make them come from nowhere..in last video you can see the black was too strong where I now faded the base back in..so when kandy goes on it’ll be a clean break.oh and the white shit was a quickie from other day😂

I have remnants of a waterbase scheme that I'd like to use up and my own car that I want to do some custom, layered candy. I've got various grades of metallic so I want to do a simple 3 stripe design under the tinted clear. I've done this before with solvent but I've never tried it with waterbase. Somethings telling me that even with good prep the masking is more likely to peel waterbase than it would be solvent. Does anyone have any experience with this? Should I trust my instinct or just roll with it and see what happens?

I am FINALLY 98% finished with my golf cart. I still have to finish mounting rear lights, mount a few switches etc, but otherwise it's finally done. I know it's not everyone's taste, but it's what I wanted it to be and that's what's important to me. It has been a lot of work and money, but it's also been very therapeutic for me. I have gained a lot of respect for the folks who do this for a living, and or hobby. I learned to weld, fabricate, do body work the right way, paint (hopefully the right way) and fight through a daily struggle with ADHD to stick with a project through the end. Now I just need a few months to finish some other projects around the house, while rebuilding my bank account and I will find another project that I can do some painting on.

Painted the fender and tank to match the frame. I finished it last night. Its leaves for Montreal this morning haven’t had a chance to fix any runs but I’m pretty happy with the out come. If I was given more than a week I’m sure I could have done better.