Wow.....really, salt and pepper! Man, the first shot out of my gun would have told me that was going in a horrible direction......

flake jobs take A LOT of work to do properly.

i would charge around 12 grand to flake that truck. no body work

you could sand it down with 400/500 respray the flake, probably 5-8 coats of heavy mixed flake then clear it, sand it down and clear it another 3 times to get it flat.


still going with my recommendation of either leaving it alone or going back to silver

Yeah, I'd shop out some silvers....there are some great looking ones out there......Personally, I don't think I could leave that alone.... but hey, that's just me.....

Lit549 wrote:Here's a few closer pics,trust me,it isn't small flake or metallic.

Ouch! I see what you mean.

Follow the advice these guys are giving you.

that looks like the flake put on floor epoxy coatings. i can see why youre not happy

^^^ that's exactly what it looks like. I've done a lot of flake back when we used lacquer. Dave wasn't b sing you about it being a lot of work to do it right, but you know how it looks when done wrong. I think I would go over it with a good bright silver then shoot the clear on with some fine - med flake. then on about the 3rd or 4th coat throw in some micro sequins for 1-2 coats then straight clear. oh by the way your going to need a lot of clear.
Jay D.

Yeah, yeah.....the epoxy floor thing....that's what it reminds me of......

Yea it bugs me ,sad too it would've looked killer if he would've just listened.He had the truck 8 mnths,which is fine but he hadn't touched anything!Im actually the one that blocked it and sanded the jambs.He charged me 4400$ .By the time it was ready,I was just ready to get my truck back as this guy was shady as .When I dropped it off,it was all good,thought he was a good painter as he puts out some killer jobs but I quickly found that those jobs are his "homies"..Well,lesson learned,and it was a free paint job for me,a kid hit me from behind so he paid for it.At this point I want to try and fix it myself,hell one paint shop here said they wouldn't even attempt it ,he said he didn't know if he could or wanted to pull it off..I'm seriously thinking about taking it all down and reshoot ing the orion silver as it looked sweet!

Lit549 wrote:Yea it bugs me ,sad too it would've looked killer if he would've just listened.He had the truck 8 mnths,which is fine but he hadn't touched anything!Im actually the one that blocked it and sanded the jambs.He charged me 4400$ .By the time it was ready,I was just ready to get my truck back as this guy was shady as .When I dropped it off,it was all good,thought he was a good painter as he puts out some killer jobs but I quickly found that those jobs are his "homies"..Well,lesson learned,and it was a free paint job for me,a kid hit me from behind so he paid for it.At this point I want to try and fix it myself,hell one paint shop here said they wouldn't even attempt it ,he said he didn't know if he could or wanted to pull it off..I'm seriously thinking about taking it all down and reshoot ing the orion silver as it looked sweet!

beware orion silver is hard to paint, it is very see through, like i said its a shame but id leave it alone

PainterDave wrote: beware orion silver is hard to paint, it is very see through, like i said its a shame but id leave it alone

* What is your experience with auto painting?
* What tools do you have?
If you are highly experienced and can handle a tough color such as metallic silver, then I doubt that you would be asking these questions.

If you are just starting and want to get into the hobby, its your truck, I say go for it. Just plan on my program of applying then sanding it off then asking these guys WTH did I do wrong, reapply, sand some more, ask more questions etc etc etc. Hopefully learning a little bit each time.

Eventually you'll learn and maybe you'll be a natural at it, and get a difficult color perfect the first time. Odds are against it.

Not a cheap hobby (at all!) but fun.

Post photos as you go.