***** tech week, step by step to lace/flake/candies/patterns/custom paint *****

yes as you guys mentioned , its cob webbing, I've messed around a little bit with it, but it is really hard, when you don't know what your doing, to do with the newer paints. there is different techniques out there that people use with todays products, if your serious about it, ask finkd, aka, Jeff Myers, he did some killer panels with cob webbing on travisfromkansas galaxie.

but most often older stuff was done with really low pressure, in a siphon gun, with straight lacquer.

thanks!

I hear ya, I didn't spend too much time standing around, as you know the weather was kinda shitty.maybe salina?

just for future reference, ill be the good looking guy.

 

5lam, stuff looks good.
glad the truck inspired ya!
thanks for the vote.

 

The colors of the paint are amazing as well as the work and thanks for sharing! WOW

 

thanks for the good words.

 

Nice thread.....long live kustom paint!!

 

Thank you

 

Great thread Ryno!

 

I really enjoyed that, thanks for taking the time to share it.

 

awesome i gave my wife a unibody and it now needs some repainting on the top ive been askin her if i could do some flake work on the top ill show her this maybe itll convince her, thanks man awesome ideas

 

That's some badass paint technique dude! Beautiful.

 

thanks for the support fellas.

 

heres a few pic of just the flaked roof and strip. too show her. good luck.







or you check out the build thread for it also, so there is more flake pics there too.

 

Radical! Your work is awesome. Love the flake and the candies.

 

I've seen the truck in person on a cloudy day and in full sunlight and I can attest to the fact that it looks better in person than in the photos and it's all smooth and evenly shiny. Y'all should have seen the guys at O'Reilly Auto Parts drooling!

 

I love how you broke down each step, I hope this inspires more " painters" to get out there and try it. I love the idea of custom paint, I just never have anything to try it on or a place to shoot it. I was lucky enough to have a good friend let me try a little candy and flake on his roof a few years ago, that was reallly cool. Good luck on getting votes.

Jeff

 

DOUBLE WOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!! you sir are a great painter, what memories.

 

Damn! I've been patiently waiting for this thread! Amazing work sir

 

Wow! Very cool. It goes without saying, but again, great work man!

 

Thanks for posting this!

 

very cool thanks again,,

 

Ryno, how many different guns did you use during the process?

 

its diffently a sun whore.
good see ya again at dewey, and in town

thanks for all the good words fellas.

3-4.
mostly the small touch up iwata 50 and 80.
glad you found this thread, sorry it took me so long to get it done, but with tech week, I figured no better time then now!
thanks for the support.

 

good looking work, my friend yous to paint bikes in the 70s like that

 

Ryno so bad ass and thanks for the lesson again. One question. When you did the dark base candy colors violet on the fans and rootbeer on the shells or even when you sprayed over the lace. How many passes did you put on it to get the desired under tone? Just one good one with your template? I know the top lighter color was obviously a couple coats but I'm wondering about the dark "pattern" coats. Hope ya get what I'm asking.

Again thanks so much u got my vote

 

on the fans and shells, 1 maybe 2 passes, with the lace depends on the degree of color you want, or fade your desiring, but in a nut shell id say 2- 3 passes, maybe more around the edges if a fade is desired.

not sure I mentioned this or not, but be sure to wipe your stencil clean every couple passes, as you will have a lot of buildup and it will make a mess.

top coat is until you get the color/effect you want, which is tricky, because you can drown out the under effect if too much top color is added.

 

AWESOME! Got some great ideas for my Pick-up....Stay tuned!

 

I'm beyond stoked about this tech, I'm gonna give it a go on my 62 roof. I don't know shit about colors or what looks good or any of that, but I'm doin it anyway! I'll be using this thread as a how to manual! Thanks for taking the time.

 

Nice write up, I can appreciate the time it takes to do paint work like that.

 

right on, be sure to post them up when done.

just get going, it will make sense when you do. pick out some like colors and start away.

thanks.

 

alright fellas, its time to vote! this thread is # 30
link to voting below.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=803195
much appreciated!