Greg_M
Member
Registered: 2nd Sep 03
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
User status: Offline
|
i was quoted £40 extra, on top of a respray from midas to put metal flake in, doesnt cost them much more, it just the extra coats of laquer and the polishing up
[Edited on 02-11-2004 by Greg12v]
|
Siberia
Member
Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by foxy lady
I dunno if it would ruin my car getting them or not. And dunno wot color either! Pink? Or would that look ghay?
erm... you'd be a woman with a pink glittery car... how would it be gay?
|
Karen
Member
Registered: 9th Jul 03
Location: Edinburgh
User status: Offline
|
I just thought with a pink car and pink glitter it might look naff? Or dunno if go for a diff color.
|
Karen
Member
Registered: 9th Jul 03
Location: Edinburgh
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
i was quoted £40 extra, on top of a respray from midas to put metal flake in, doesnt cost them much more, it just the extra coats of laquer and the polishing up
[Edited on 02-11-2004 by Greg12v]
So that all u pay for it? Coz half the car is getting resprayed anyway soon so not be that much more work 2 do the whole car in the glitter stuff
|
Greg_M
Member
Registered: 2nd Sep 03
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by foxy lady
quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
i was quoted £40 extra, on top of a respray from midas to put metal flake in, doesnt cost them much more, it just the extra coats of laquer and the polishing up
[Edited on 02-11-2004 by Greg12v]
So that all u pay for it? Coz half the car is getting resprayed anyway soon so not be that much more work 2 do the whole car in the glitter stuff
they'll need to take the top coat down on all the car, give it a respray/ blow over and then put the metal flake on, they wount be able to just spray the metal flake on the other half of the car thats not being redone
|
Icy
Member
Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
User status: Offline
|
red glitter mite be cool
but if was me id get silver/white to make it more sparkly
|
K17STY
Member
Registered: 13th Dec 02
Location: West Lothian
User status: Offline
|
get pink or irredecent stuff (sp)
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
It takes a lot more work to get a flake in the paint, and a lot more laquer to get it smooth. I really don't think it's only £40 extra for it to be done... Though....
[Edited on 02-11-2004 by 1800ed]
|
PainZ
Member
Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Camberley, Surrey - Drives a Black Vectra VXR Esta
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
It takes a lot more work to get a flake in the paint, and a lot more laquer to get it smooth. I really don't think it's only £40 extra for it to be done... Though....
[Edited on 02-11-2004 by 1800ed]
agree,
When you spray this stuff on its comes out like sand paper... not smooth like laquer,
You need to block the whole car down, re laquer, and then repeat about 3-4 times to get a mint finish
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by j0hn
1800ed talk to meeeeeeeeeeee lol
 Sorry, whenever i'm online i'm at work... I forget to turn my computer off
|
corsapower
Member
Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: near bridlington
User status: Offline
|
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/corsasripower/images/4-
thats mine hologram gold over black basecoat
[Edited on 02-11-2004 by corsapower]
|
Corsa-Nutter
Member
Registered: 27th Sep 04
User status: Offline
|
go for silver with the pink looks stunnin one of my mates has that on her pink civic maybe have seen her car at crail be4 it was done. do have pictures of the car if ya wanna have alook at it..
|
J100RSA
Member
Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
im gettin silver/purple on j100
|
Karen
Member
Registered: 9th Jul 03
Location: Edinburgh
User status: Offline
|
Hmmmmm I will have 2 spk 2 my bodyshop, god they must hate me every week I go in wanting something else doen 2 the car!
|
Colour-Tec Coachworks
Member
Registered: 18th Dec 03
Location: Winners of Max Power Live 2004 - Best Bodywork of
User status: Offline
|
It is more work to do a metal flake finish...
The reason for this is that to get the best results you need 2 applications of lacquer.
That doesnt mean 2 coats but 2 times lacquered.
What happens is the car is painted in this case pink with the base coat, then the car would have 2/3 coats of lacquer with the flake/crystal added... depending on how heavy you wanted the effect to be.
The car would then get baked off, removed from the booth... if you ran your finger over the car is would be pretty rough/course because of the flakes. So what we do is remove the car from the booth and flatten all the new finish, remask, cleaned up and ready for the booth again. The car would then get at least 3 coats of lacquer again...
These coats build up above the rough finish. When these new coats are baked off, the new finish can be flattened down as normal to remove ornage peel, but this time you will not feel the flakes through the final coat as they will be trapped under the lacquer and when the second application of lacquer is all flattened down and polished, it will be much glossier than it would with 1 application.
|
Colour-Tec Coachworks
Member
Registered: 18th Dec 03
Location: Winners of Max Power Live 2004 - Best Bodywork of
User status: Offline
|
my thoughts are that the pink colour looks great, if i was going to add a metal flake it would be deffo be pink, it wouldnt make the car look tacky, but pretty smart when car lights hit it at night and when the sun is out to play during the day.
|
Siberia
Member
Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
User status: Offline
|
4 or 5 coats of laquer(SP) would be expensive enough though.....
|
neiliosxi
Member
Registered: 17th Dec 02
Location: Teesside (NE)Drives: Megane R26
User status: Offline
|
mine has 7 coats of lacquer before it was flatted and another 2 over that, my mates car had about 14 in total!
bollocks to £40
Rage flakes are about 30 quid a pot including delivery, need about 2 pots but i got 3 incase they ever stop making it and i need some touching up!
www.rage-extreme.com
|
scoob
Premium Member
Registered: 16th Oct 03
Location: Beverley, E Riding of Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
i payed £300 to get the car sprayed with this
|
neiliosxi
Member
Registered: 17th Dec 02
Location: Teesside (NE)Drives: Megane R26
User status: Offline
|
good price that, u know the guy who did it i take it?
|
shawboy
Member
Registered: 1st Jul 02
Location: Wombwell, Barnsley
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by stevegreetham
shawboy: that looks alright mate, i'm deffo going to look into it
it looks a lot better in the sun. comes out more.
|
neiliosxi
Member
Registered: 17th Dec 02
Location: Teesside (NE)Drives: Megane R26
User status: Offline
|
yeah it looks fantastic in the sun!
|
Ally
Member
Registered: 2nd Jul 03
Location: Pontypool Drives: a Skoda
User status: Offline
|
white with a pink pearl?
|
Ally
Member
Registered: 2nd Jul 03
Location: Pontypool Drives: a Skoda
User status: Offline
|
lilac with a pink pearl
yummy
|
scoob
Premium Member
Registered: 16th Oct 03
Location: Beverley, E Riding of Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by neiliosxi
good price that, u know the guy who did it i take it?
yea lol paint on the car was fairly new as well so it dident need any toching up
|
