Thread: Anyone else seeing an increase in metalflake paint?

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Dave, you bring to mind a story that has haunted me my entire adult life.
My first car was a 56' Chevy, I painted it red & wanted "The Lace Stripe'' that was hot back then. The only lace I could find was on the stereo cabinet so I used that. Came out great. Then my mom found it and I was in BIG trouble. Turns out it was hand made by a great great aunt or some such thing.
Whenever any subject comes up at a family function that even remotely refers to lace or lace products, this story resurfaces.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

Dave, you bring to mind a story that has haunted me my entire adult life.
My first car was a 56' Chevy, I painted it red & wanted "The Lace Stripe'' that was hot back then. The only lace I could find was on the stereo cabinet so I used that. Came out great. Then my mom found it and I was in BIG trouble. Turns out it was hand made by a great great aunt or some such thing.
Whenever any subject comes up at a family function that even remotely refers to lace or lace products, this story resurfaces.

Well, what the heck does a guy know anyway???? Lace is lace, isn't it???

Seems like to me anyway that everyone is painting orange also. Maybe because I just got my out of paint and shot mine orange on top and black on bottom.

Let me hijack my own thread! :-)

BTW... That hand made lace could be saved by soaking it in lacquer thinner a couple times. :-)

The most popular pattern then was "chantilly lace" which is still always available.

Today you can find some neat ones around Halloween, with skulls, spiders, spider webs and more. I still buy different patterns today, and occasionally go through the stash to see what might work for a job. People don't recognize it as "lace" if it isn't flowered. :-)

Check out the background textures like palm leaves, spider webs, and other random textures.

Okay. Back to 'flake! :-)

How do you like the new 'flake stuff, Jay? Tough to work with as the stuff that was around last time metalflake was stylish???

Not nearly as bad! I used all lacquer back then, so it took about 20 coats of clear to bury it.

I remember when I shot a roof on a '65 Impala lowrider, in the late '70s.... and then waited about 2-3 months before I could sand and buff it. If you didn't wait, it would shrink back and look orange peely again. :-( I think in the cold climates they were waiting 6 months!

This last job was in urethane. I shot 3 wet coats of candy and 5 wet coats of clear...waited about a week, since it was cold... then blocked and buffed without going through anywhere. Much better. {:-)

Notice the webbing on the bottom? of this '70s job? :-)

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

Let me hijack my own thread! :-)

BTW... That hand made lace could be saved by soaking it in lacquer thinner a couple times. :-)

:-)

My Mom actually used gas to clean it. I found that out during the interrogation. I would have offered lacquer thinner, even would have cleaned it myself but it was already cleaned with gas. Also, the fact that it was salvaged didn't really do much to lighten the situation. It was a somber mood in the house for a long time. I figured my best chance for survival was to just shut up & be as invisible as I could make myself until the lace fiasco blew over. And as I said in my earlier post that day never really came.

Of course being the glutton for punishment I was, I repainted the car a few years later and did another lace stripe. This time however I wisely went out and purchased some lace from the store expressly for this purpose.

Even though I had my own store bought lace for the second paint job, it wasn't enough to quash the infamous story of Aunt Jane's Doily. Yes, yes I know what doilies are. The word is indelibly etched into my subconsciousness

Originally Posted by pro70z28

My Mom actually used gas to clean it. I found that out during the interrogation. I would have offered lacquer thinner, even would have cleaned it myself but it was already cleaned with gas. Also, the fact that it was salvaged didn't really do much to lighten the situation. It was a somber mood in the house for a long time. I figured my best chance for survival was to just shut up & be as invisible as I could make myself until the lace fiasco blew over. And as I said in my earlier post that day never really came.

Of course being the glutton for punishment I was, I repainted the car a few years later and did another lace stripe. This time however I wisely went out and purchased some lace from the store expressly for this purpose.

Even though I had my own store bought lace for the second paint job, it wasn't enough to quash the infamous story of Aunt Jane's Doily. Yes, yes I know what doilies are. The word is indelibly etched into my subconsciousness

I wish I had thought about hand made lace. My grandma used to hand crochet table cloths. They would have been big enough to do an entire hood or a roof!!! ...and Grandma would have let me do it! (she loved me) :-)

...and another '70s job. Those were good times. :-)

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

I wish I had thought about hand made lace. My grandma used to hand crochet table cloths. They would have been big enough to do an entire hood or a roof!!! ...and Grandma would have let me do it! (she loved me) :-)

My Mom loved me too. Just not for a few days there in the early 70's.

Well maybe my prediction was right. I finished that flake and candy job about 3 weeks ago, and just got a request for flaked flames from a guy who saw it.

I hope it's an ongoing trend... at least locally. :-)