Ghetto Flake

[holyCATS1415]

i like the idea of ghetto flakes.

find a glass bottle (40 oz) and smash it into tiny pieces (or not so tiny pieces) with a rock and stick them on with super glue.
you could even use different colors of glass for an interesting effect. just makes sure you take the labels off before you smash
them, its difficult to pick the paper out of the tiny shards.

[Mike]

I'd stick the sparklies on top of wet primer, then they should dry into it and won't get blown away

Stupidest idea ever. Grey primer with sparkly bits?

[hotrodperlmutter]

when i was at the body shop, i painted a friend of mine's skateboard using a pretty ghetto'd method:

took a jar of really super fine glitter for crafts and shit, and mixed it in with .5qt clear. painted the board blood red (maroon almost) and when i cleared, i just put on a wider tip, and sprayed the clear/glitter mix right over the top. came out fuckin brill.

i'll try to find a pic.

[Zack]

i like the idea of ghetto flakes.

find a glass bottle (40 oz) and smash it into tiny pieces (or not so tiny pieces) with a rock and stick them on with super glue.
you could even use different colors of glass for an interesting effect. just makes sure you take the labels off before you smash
them, its difficult to pick the paper out of the tiny shards.

Works every time.

[filtercap]

As a ghetto way of doing a flake finish, technically, can you clearcoat, randomly scatter some glitter on the surface, then clear coat again?

Just a random thought. I have no plans on destroying a guitar with this technique as of yet

I once saw an early 60's Vespa that was painted that way, using some coarse (if that's what you call it) square gold glitter and clearcoats. I don't remember too much about the details, but I was told that they had to go over the whole thing carefully to make sure every flake was lying down flat before they went on to the clearcoats. Given the surface area of a Vespa, they must have painted it in sections, so they could flatten out any problems before the undercoat dried. The people that did it were well-regarded for their custom paint jobs. They did a clean job of it, but I doubt they ever tried it twice.

[DGNR8]

Dammit. I sweat I have seen HOK sparkle in aerosol cans. Always when I don't need it. I would start at Michaels for the real cheaps route. I guess it depends on what you are going for.

I am totally going to read that tele thread. He has BW binding almost like a Ric!

[mellowlogic]

Yea teh pics mage posted are from some dude on that big tele forum. He's got a really in-depth and informative guide and how to do it.

[roachello]

Totally forgot I posted this thread! Sorry for the lagging guys

Do you want a big flake or glitter/sparkles? They're not exactly the same and this thread is all over the place.

You're right, flake is more square and larger, but I suppose glitter counts as "ghetto flake" because it's more unrefined and cheaper. Flake itself is difficult to do because it's best done using a spray gun but you need a large enough nozzle/fan so that the flake comes through, correct? I like the idea of mixing it with clear then shooting it through a gun, but I wouldn't do glitter because it'll probably get stuck and ruin the gun.

It'd probably be a mess to do also. Poly from a gun dries pretty fast actually, but if you're going to apply large amounts of it, without waiting the proper time, and if the guitar body's hanging, I'd imagine gravity would create some nasty chunky drip.