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UnitedRidaz C.C.
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paint help
I'll be creating a formal page for you dennis but this is for any of those fools who cant wait.....
final details and missing details will be in final copy... Kandy Flake Job.... By: Rich Gray > > > well let see first thing first. if depends on how > > much flake you are going to be putting on the car. > > > but let me tell you what works for me. first do > the > > primer, then the base, after the base has dried > for > > about 30 minutes. mix your flake with some sg-100 (HOK) > > (intercoat clear). this clear dries in like 30 > > minutes > > also and what you need to do after it dries run > your > > hand over the car with a plastic glove or a tack > rag > > and knock down any flake that is still standing, > > then > > start your kandy and then your clear. and you dont > > have to sand the intercoat clear if you do it > pretty > > quick, now that technique works well for a lot or > > big > > flake. > > now if you are using some mini flake which is what > i > > like to do and recommend to do is to spray your > > primer then the base and let it dry. then come back and > on > > your first coat of kandy put some flake in there, > > but > > only in your first coat, then follow with your > > regular > > coats of kandy and then your clear. this way there > > is > > no sanding or nothing and its faster. > > and last but not least about your bases let me > tell > > you that using a silver base is the hardest way to > > spray a kandy, let me recommend this to you > because > > it > > really works and it will make your job look > better. > > if > > you notice on the color chip book if let say you > are > > looking at a kandy red look at the chip with the > > silver base and then look at the one with the red > > base > > and they are the same. always try to use the base > > same > > color base as the kandy you are using and it would > > be > > a lot easier for you. and it applies to almost all > > kandies. Hints: planet colors or > zenith > gold those are the easiest ones to work with and it > will give you the result you are looking for. and > for > the intercoat clear shoot two coats of clear with > flake let it dry for like 30 or 40 minutes and then > use a tack rag to knock down all the flake that is > standing and then go straight to kandy you dont have > to sand it unless you let that intercoat dry longer > like 3 or 4 hours. > > you should sand that intercoat with some 400 or some 600 all you want to do is to take the shine off and provide your next round of paint with some scuff surface to hold on too. I think the most important thing to remember about your kandy is to make sure you have a continous overlap in your spray pattern. I think it calls for like 50% overlap. Hope you know what overlap is if not let me know. ORDER primer....base... > > > > > > intercoat with flake/clear......clear.....candy.....clear > > > > > |
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