the color of metal

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kidquick

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what are the best color combinations for making a graphic or a flame look like it is metal or chrome? Does House of Color make a color or can I use a basic PPG silver with the proper accent colors with it? Any info would be helpful. Thank you
 
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rex

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The metal look can be had with a light grey,maybe adding the finest metalic to white and a little black.The white will muddy out the silver so you don't get pure metallic and adjust the color with black and maybe a hint of blue.Can't help you on the chrome look,blue and white are used for highlights but I don't know what the base color is.
 
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Tenacious C

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You can make a convincing chrome with just white, black, and some blue. If you study a chrome bumper in the sunlight, essentially what you can see are different tones of gray and black with some blue reflected from the sky. Take a picture of something chrome and study it as a 2 dimensional picture and you should see what I'm talking about. I often photograph something I want to airbrush in order to study how just different shades of one color make the object appear to be 3 dimensional.
 
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Gunner

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And I'm down off Brodie. DaveK and I have met several times.

Gunner
 
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Tenacious C

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I live in Round Rock and have a shop in Hutto

EDITED BY CFP...sorry no email adresses can be listed in your post! Thank You!!
 
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DaveK

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Tenacious..... email me sometime. I'd like to see what your up to. I mostly paint for a couple of bike builders out of San Marcos.

Scott.... Can ya please send him my email. I think thats how Gunner and I hooked up.

Thanks
DaveK
 
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LudicrousSpeed

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GEEZ!!!! Did you see the prices on that Chrome paint??? The smallest amount they sell (750 sq ft.) is $3600!

Thats some cool looking stuff, though....... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/peace.gif
 
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nooshie

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Osh, this is really cool. My wife has a crank out windshield on her IHC and she wanted to have the frame chromed, but it is too pitted. I think I will try this.

Thanks
Nooshie /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif
 
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zeppy

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If you're looking to put a metallic/chrome or brushed
aluminum look on a tank graphic, you could get metalik vinyl
from a sign shop. The material is pretty thin. you could either cut your shape and stick it to surface as a base for your graphic, or just lay done a chunk of it and build your graphic around it Looks cool, and it is truly metalic.
The only problem is aside from the coats of sg100,
you'll probably need a couple of clear/sand/clear/sand steps to smmoth everything out
 
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TAZ

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Just bought and sprayed the chrome paint. I also candied over it...nice effect!!!
Expensive. Sure it'll take practice to get perfect.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/peace.gif
 
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LudicrousSpeed

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Was it the stuff from Nate?

If so, how did you apply it. I am not really thrilled with the results as chrome, but I think that the application process may be my problem......
 
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