It's been a while but I've finally got around to starting another metal flake paint job.
I've made this Strat type body out of a big chunk of Sapele I've had for years. All the usual prep, carving and sanding through the grades of sandpaper, then grain filling, more sanding etc. I used white primer, sanded it back before spraying a black basecoat. Then came the Psyco Flake ✨✨✨✨ and several coats of clear. I'll leave it for a couple of days before sanding it flat and applying more clear coats. Then I'll sand it flat again so I can start adding candy colours and more clear.
The Psyco Flake is insane. It looks like thousands of thin shiny needles, about 3 or 4 mm long. It has a strange rainbow holographic effect that makes it feel 3D, it messes with my head. I decided to shoot it through a gun with a large needle and air cap but it soon clogged up. I had to fall back on using my dry flake gun, that worked. I've not got my spray booth set up yet so I got flake everywhere. 😂✨✨✨✨
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With the lights out, just the light from my phone.
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Test on scrap!!!
@clinton You know how Mark always says test on scrap?
Well, I've just tested some candy paints over metal flake on this scrap body. I burst some black candy around the edges first and then did half in red and the other in gold. I think I'll use the red for my actual Strat project this time. ❤️🍬✨
I've got another project coming up soon that will be blue candy over flake. 💙🍬✨
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We just need Glam Rock to make a comeback @boo. 🤣
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@russ It depends which era, early or 80s and 90s. 😆
For me, it would be 80s. Bands like KISS, some of Paul Stanley’s guitars were outrageous. Motley Crue, Skid Row etc. They are all of my glam rock bands.
Some of the original early stuff is good too and has its place. A couple of dodgy characters in that mix though so we won’t talk about them. 😆
TRex were good, The Sweet, Slade etc. ✨✨✨✨
It would be very interesting to see what 21st Glam Rock would sound like.
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It would be very interesting to see what 21st Glam Rock would sound like.
I'm sure there will be some out there @boo. Just haven't discovered them yet..... I'm more a 70's guy. 🤩
...... I'm going to go on a search for the modern glam bands now.
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