dry metalflake gun

[stonie]

has anyone on here used the new dry metalflake guns ????
if you have'nt seen them, they use no clear to apply the flake ! you simply spray the dry flake onto a tack-dry clear coated panel then with an air blower blow off the excess.
It has very minmal clear needed to bury the flake they claim 2-3 coats !

Just thought id ask to see if the claims are justified..

 

[TAZ]

I would find it hard to believe only 2 or 3 coats of clear would bury the flake so you can't feel it. Especially since you are spraying dry flake on top of tacked up clear.

I use an old Binks 7 and spray flake with about 30% baseclear reducer. Then put about 4 good coats over the flake and you can still feel the flake. Then we have to resand and reclear.

Of course a couple of things need to be noted on their claim...how big is the flake they are using and how thick is the clear they are spraying over the flake.
If they use a fine flake and thicker clear (hi-solids), sure this is very possible. BUT, if they have a special metalflake gun, I would assume this is the bigger flakes.

 

[Brian Dee]

these metal flake guns work very well. In that they save material, flake and clear. To level the flake will take 3 coats,two is iffy. There are a couple of these things on the market, and are knock offs mfg in china. The one I use is by old school flake call a flake buster and works great. The cool thing about them is that you don't need a spray gun the equivakent of a fire hose. One reason is that it works well. Is that the flake doesn't stack up on top of each other. As you applying the dry flake to a wet surface,and not have the flake mixed in with the clear. But then again it's all about works for you. If your interested they are available from Flakebuster Brian.

 

[stonie]

makes sense, im told that when you blow the excess off with high pressure air that it removes most of the flakes that are "standing on edge" so that it leaves mostly only flakes that are laying flat further reducing the ammount of clear needed.
i think i might get one and give it try.

 

[TAZ]

Kind of goes against everything I was taught which was you do want them to stand on end. In fact, you want them to stand every which direction which is what gives you the maximum sparkle effect.
Guess all you can do is give it a shot....let us know how you like it!

 

[Brian Dee]

Hmmm I don't know on that one but guess we all have different methods of getting to the same end. Guess what ever works huh. As fas as the flake standing on end,I just pat it down while wearing a latex glove. So you don't realy need any high pressure to bed the flake down. Here's one that was done with the FB.

 

[stonie]

looks sweet..