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[kustom paint workz]

you guys are truly great alot of people in my area don't like to give out information on how to do things so getting help from them is near impossible. now heres the question. what is the best way to fade colors in other words if your doing a traditionall flame layout and want to go from say white to yellow to orange to red at the tip do you overreduce the colors so they are extremely light and buildup gradually? once again any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Motornoggin]

For me it depends on what paint I'm using and what gun or airbrush i'm using. I tend to use the Createx water based stuff (AutoAir) and my Iwata Eclipse airbrush for my flames. This stuff can be kinda thick, so I will reduce it a little more and add an extender to make for smaller droplets and finer fading. I will also turn the pressure up, but I don't pay attention to the actuall pressure, just turn it up till I like the pattern. When I use regular automotive paint for fades I reduce normally and use a siphon feed regular (non-hvlp) gun and turn the pressure up quite a bit (say 60-70 psi) to get nice fine atomization. I start with the lighter colors and fade to dark, this tends to get the most coverage with the least thickness. I too am interested in what more experienced painters have to say.

 

[TAZ]

I do pretty much the same as you motornoggin.
If you notice most flames are done with the lighter colors first, then fading to the darker colors.
I will spray the flames the lighter color, then airbrush highlights using the darker color. If I have a third color, I will spray the tips, and also highlight the "ovals" in the very rear of the flames.
I usually over-reduce the "fade" colors.