ORIGINAL: Hijikata
ORIGINAL: misshydro
On the black 09 challanger isnt black metalic,,its strait black.....There is a black pearl paint....The blue is metalflake...that can be costly to do..first you spray a blue base then get a metal flake that closely match it..then but the metalflake in to the clear with two marbles in it and spay about two coats of that.the marbles or ball bearings help keep the metalic agutated/mixed up in your guy cup.Caution,make sure you put a ground wire to ground out the hull so stadic electricly doesnt build on that hull or the metalflake will stand up on you.Then dump that out of your gun,then just spray the clear about three to four coats...The flake can cost up to 45.00 for 6-8 oz of it...To find a cheaper and easyer route..I would look at some of the new car colors and you might find that blue or another color you want..try to go with a two stage paint and not three stage paints..that with metalflakes are..if you want I can find that blue for you..I do autobody&paint for aliving.
Could you find the one that is on the Kayak? Thanks a ton! I didn't realize all of what went into doing metal flake paint!!!!
Now, I guess my question is, how do I go about painting the Blast? It's a plastic hull so I assume I will have to sand (not sure what grit), prime, paint, clearcoat?
Any particular pants I should use, should I go ahead and buy a gun, like the ones from harbor freight, or should I buy a smaller airbrush kit?
if the hull is clean with on paint defects..Just get a red scotch bright pad and scuff the boat with that..Oh what color is your blast?If its red or dark color then spray acouple of light coats of dupi-color prime on it..then wetsand that with 400 grit and your ready to paint..
