I personally like the .015 the best it gives a super satisfying flake outcome in the light. I plan on eventually buying a Buick Roadmaster, turning it into a beginner level lowrider and painting it a silver holographic flake and I wanna learn how to paint on my own so I figured I'd watch some vids on flake thickness to figure out and see wut looks best from my pov before I commit.
Strange how this was recommended to me after I made a vid showing Magnetic Nailpolish for painting 1/24th RC rigs. :) Not sure whats its flake size is but its perfect for such tiny lil rigs. This was an awesome show of each size my dude. Very kewl paint job on that fender!! WOW!!. Id like some of that .25 for the 1/10th scale rigs if it could come in 2 colour combo like that nail polish :) Guess a guy could blend it and make some unique looks, or layer it even.
Thanks. I have another video that is the tank and back fender that matches that front fender. They make the flake in about any color you want. I did a truck roof and mixed colors. That’s in another video. Used copper and hunter green mixed equally over a black base.
A little smaller in metallic paints I think. Metallic paint is really really fine. Like .001/.002 I would guess. I have seen some .002 flake available. That’s a good question. I would assume it’s just silver.
@@FlakeysCustomPaintworks@dbc105 there are different uses for and ways to make metallic paint which will determine how fine your particle size is. The most fine pigments lay down most consistently and smoothly in a very thin medium but for effects, you’ll get a variety of different results based on size. My chrome size is different from what I prefer in hypershift and supershift pigments. I use a 3000 mesh aluminum silver, fine enough to need a different unit of measurement. Chrome in mirror finishes is even smaller, down to around the size of a blood cell. On the other hand, with thinner flakes, you can get extremely good coverage and high reflectivity in shifting colors. Ultimately, your standard metallic base uses ground mica, auto paint is usually real metal. Higher end shifting pigments use a thinner metal that has been coated in a molecule thin coating of glass, sometimes multiple, and subsequently ground and put through a sieve. The highest level deposits vaporized metals on a glass or polymer film, leading to greater translucency. That’s where you get transparent holographic pigments and flakes.
Excellent exhibition. Now I'm going to mix .008 with .004 also.
I use that mix more than any other.
Lots of info. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful 👍
I personally like the .015 the best it gives a super satisfying flake outcome in the light. I plan on eventually buying a Buick Roadmaster, turning it into a beginner level lowrider and painting it a silver holographic flake and I wanna learn how to paint on my own so I figured I'd watch some vids on flake thickness to figure out and see wut looks best from my pov before I commit.
I agree. .015 is my favorite, but it takes a little more time and work than the smaller flake.
Fender is awesome
Thanks
I have another video doing the whole project with the fender
Just learning how to paint and found this channel...I thought Jamie O'Brien (pro surfer) started doing custom paint at first! LOL
Had to look him up but does look similar
Strange how this was recommended to me after I made a vid showing Magnetic Nailpolish for painting 1/24th RC rigs. :) Not sure whats its flake size is but its perfect for such tiny lil rigs.
This was an awesome show of each size my dude. Very kewl paint job on that fender!! WOW!!. Id like some of that .25 for the 1/10th scale rigs if it could come in 2 colour combo like that nail polish :) Guess a guy could blend it and make some unique looks, or layer it even.
Thanks. I have another video that is the tank and back fender that matches that front fender. They make the flake in about any color you want. I did a truck roof and mixed colors. That’s in another video. Used copper and hunter green mixed equally over a black base.
Bro what size drill bit to drill the harber freight purple gun out to achieve the 2.5 tip
It was a 7/64 for 2.5
5/64 is 2.0
Do you have a reference to the 2.0 silver flake under a black candy
The .025? No. I actually don’t think I do. Have it under several other colors. Have .015 under black candy. Would look almost the same.
Nice wish You have shown that in the Sun
You’re right. Should have done the video outside in the sunlight.
@@FlakeysCustomPaintworks still good video
@@sll-tt6bj thanks 👍
Would .004 be about the size used in metallic paints? I'm guessing that in bought metallic paints the flake is just silver no color?
A little smaller in metallic paints I think. Metallic paint is really really fine. Like .001/.002 I would guess. I have seen some .002 flake available.
That’s a good question. I would assume it’s just silver.
@@FlakeysCustomPaintworks@dbc105 there are different uses for and ways to make metallic paint which will determine how fine your particle size is. The most fine pigments lay down most consistently and smoothly in a very thin medium but for effects, you’ll get a variety of different results based on size. My chrome size is different from what I prefer in hypershift and supershift pigments. I use a 3000 mesh aluminum silver, fine enough to need a different unit of measurement. Chrome in mirror finishes is even smaller, down to around the size of a blood cell. On the other hand, with thinner flakes, you can get extremely good coverage and high reflectivity in shifting colors. Ultimately, your standard metallic base uses ground mica, auto paint is usually real metal. Higher end shifting pigments use a thinner metal that has been coated in a molecule thin coating of glass, sometimes multiple, and subsequently ground and put through a sieve. The highest level deposits vaporized metals on a glass or polymer film, leading to greater translucency. That’s where you get transparent holographic pigments and flakes.
Was that a ½ pound bag of flake you had there?
Yea, the .008 is a half pound bag.
Send me where to get flake gun big flakes.
Any gun with a 2.5 tip
.25 is hugs
Yea. For sure.