I finally got around to testing out my new metal flake gun on a Strat body. I used a black ground coat, then a transparent carrier/base coat, dry flake and 2K clear coat. I used three different guns, a base coat gun with a 1.8 cap, a Flake King 1000 Flake Gun and a 1.3 cap clear coat gun (Devilbiss). I think it came out OK for my first time using dry flake. I hope the sun is shining tomorrow so I can get some better pictures and video. It’s actually quite difficult to photograph, my auto focus was all over the place. 😂
@mattbeels Thanks man. I’ll see how it sands flat, I may flow coat it yet. I’m excited to get some candy on it, that’s when it will come alive. Only then will I have made it *ucking sparkle! 🤘😁🤘🎸✨✨✨✨✨
@rocknroller912 Thanks man. Yeah I went to college to learn the basics, then worked as an apprentice paint sprayer in auto body industry before setting up on my own. Most of my work was done for car traders but I had lots of other interesting stuff too, including some restoration work. I gave it all up when I moved area to live with my wife. I still have all the gear though and I’m getting back into it now I am making a steady supply of guitars. I am also getting into airbrushing and have just bought a load of gear, I’ll be using it to apply candy paint to this guitar body when it’s all prepped. This silver metal flake is just the first stage.
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Awesome paint job Boo! Talk about making it shiny!! Are the flakes applied with static attraction? I'm just trying to work out how you spray a solid!
@darrenking I’ve just made a short video on how I did it, I’m just uploading it to YouTube. I’ll post it here when it’s ready.
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@darrenking Here you go Darren, just for you. Obviously all the prep work had been done in the usual way, from substrate to ground coat colour. This video just covers the next step, shooting the metal flake and is just a short description and overview of the process.
The metal flake looks really good. As well as looking good, will it have a bonus of acting as shielding too, just a thought.
You could get bombarded with requests to do custom spray jobs now that you have shown your skills. I also wondered if the metal flakes would have any kind of electrical shielding effect. Could you test the finish with a meter and see if there is a reading.
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If you buy or craft a body out of unfinished wood, you wont need much prep on the guitar body except a quick wet sanding just to smooth the body out.
In my case, i stripped a Squire guitar body of it's cheap poly finish with a heat gun and had to sand and scrape the plastic finish off. You can ignore this step being that this is really meant to be done with an unfinished body.
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However you still must give the body a quick sanding just to remove any rough patches and help make the paint stick better.
The most important part of this is picking your base coat. There are many different base coats of gold paint that you can choose. I chose the Roth Rattlebomb gold base paint. It is a darker champagne colored gold, not too yellow, but not fully white. It is a great color.
The first thing you want to do when beginning the finishing process, is find a piece of wood that fits the neck pocket of your guitar body. Put this piece of wood in the pocket and screw it in through the holes meant for the neck. you cant put a wire hanger through the top part of the wood so that you can hang the body and get an even coat.
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So, after you sand down your body and it is smooth, spray the gold paint onto the body. You can do a decently thick layer since the paint is basically used as a base coat and a primer.
Tape up the inside of the neck pocket and the inner cavity of the guitar. If you fill up either of these places, the neck and electronics may not fit right inside.
The flake portion of the clear coat is something that needs to be mixed by hand. It is simple though. Take your clear coat, pour it into the tank of you spray gun, then add the flake in. Add a lot of the flake, it does not stick easily. Stir the mixture up in your spray gun then attach the lid and get the spray gun going.
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Spraying the flake is a week long process, especially depending on your weather conditions. If it is cold in your work space, the flake will not stick as well as we all want it too. With the spray gun, spray slow and even lines with the flake across the body of the guitar. Keep your hands steady because with flake, an uneven finish could ruin the whole guitar. After you have put down the first coat over the whole guitar, wait about two hours then come back. Flake is tricky to work with because it needs the stickiness of the lacquer to stay on and if you keep spraying before it dries, it will blow the flake that has already attached off of the body. Keep going with this process until your guitar is completely covered in flake, in an even way that you enjoy.
Working with flake makes a massive mess, unless you want to have glittery clothes, wear clothes that you can throw out when you are done or wear for similar projects.
Keep a mask on at all times and work in a well ventilated area. I built this in my not ventilated garage in the middle of the winter. My garage turned into a gas chamber by the time i was done on the first day, please do yourself a favor and keep your work place well ventilated.
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After all the coats of flake have dried, give them a very light sanding just to get rid of any sharp bits that are sticking off of the body. Make sure you use very fine grit sandpaper.
After you have done this use your clear coat of lacquer and spray evenly around the guitar. You're going to be doing a lot of coats of clear because it needs to cover the flake and make it smooth. Adding high amounts of clear will also make the gold sparkle more.
After the clear coat has dried and your guitars finish is smooth, put your parts on. Wire your pickguard, put the bridge on, put the neck on, and intonate it. The string that bad boy up and get your blues rock on!
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It won't be easy, but you can't play a guitar as cool as Chris Duarte's, or Bonamassa's, or Joe Perry's and not be able to play some of their licks!
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