Flake size

Started by mk4buggy, February 04, 2019, 02:54:21 PM

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mk4buggy

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Now making a decision on the colour and flake size, curious to see if there is there a preferred size for flake.

Dave DND

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Mine was done in 400 micron holographic Chameleon Green flake by Ibbotson

I have plenty left if you wanted to do a deal on some  ;)

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Snow's buggy is in the 400 micron flake.  That's what we use as FF Buggies
East Coast use the 875 micron flake from Meadowbrookglitter.com I believe  (See Clem's buggy)

All depends on what you are after.

mk4buggy

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Cheers for info, its good to get some idea of finished effect to flake size, all these sizes don't really mean a lot unless you see it, and thanks for the offer Dave but not going down tge green route, sorry to disappoint.

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The smaller the flake and the more you add to the clear the better the sparkle.
make it if you can.

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all these sizes don't really mean a lot unless you see it,

The above answers itself.... I know this might not be possible easily for you but there is nothing like mixing up a few samples ans then spraying it onto both a flat & a curved surface. This takes out any guesswork.

mk4buggy

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Cheers, having spoken to Myles at Volksrod, he suggested doing some test sprays for me, so going to be patient.

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you could always go for a mix (samples first) of 75% small/medium and 25% large/extra large flake, if done right and use the right kind of effect (fx chameleon etc) across you paint the look would be an overall coverage but you can get extra "pop" in areas
Rich.

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Mine flakes were from Hemway Metal flake silver 0.004":




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