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Growing up in Michigan, my dad always took me to the NSRA Nationals in Kalamazoo, Mi. One of the best shows. Good choice using Paint With Pearl. They're a good company with high quality products. I had to go with Roth metal flake for my Agent Orange build just because PWP didn't have the right color orange flake I needed. Roth is a great product too but they seem to cost more than PWP. If it was me painting the Edsel, I would lay down a maroon metallic paint for the base then the flake. It takes a lot of flake to cover a black base coat. I usually put down a similar base color as my flake, you will use less flake and it gives it a much deeper look to it. That's just from my experience from using flake over the years. Either way you go, the Edsel is going to look great.
 
Bike Bum said:
You can't go wrong with flake!! When I do different sized flakes, I put the micro down first then the larger flake. It gives it a sense of depth. The micro under the larger flake looks like it's way deep in the clear. Kinda makes the paint look about an inch thick.
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Good tip! It makes sense when you think about it, the smaller flake covers more...

Luke.
 
Bike Bum said:
Growing up in Michigan, my dad always took me to the NSRA Nationals in Kalamazoo, Mi. One of the best shows. Good choice using Paint With Pearl. They're a good company with high quality products. I had to go with Roth metal flake for my Agent Orange build just because PWP didn't have the right color orange flake I needed. Roth is a great product too but they seem to cost more than PWP. If it was me painting the Edsel, I would lay down a maroon metallic paint for the base then the flake. It takes a lot of flake to cover a black base coat. I usually put down a similar base color as my flake, you will use less flake and it gives it a much deeper look to it. That's just from my experience from using flake over the years. Either way you go, the Edsel is going to look great.
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Thanks, I am leaning towards a blood red to maroon base. I have done plenty of metallic acrylic enamel single stage paint jobs in the 80's (wet look hardener) with good results. And earlier, we did everything with lacquer, you could do a crap paint job out in the wind and then go back and sand it smooth, buff it up, and enjoy. I don't have much experience with newer products, if left to my own experience, I may go back to lacquer for this project
 
I'm using lacquer to paint my Agent Orange bike. Two reasons, I found the perfect color of metallic burnt orange, and it was about $300 dollars cheaper then enamel paint. I still use lacquer a lot. Some people say it doesn't get as shiny but if you clear it, it's just as shiny as enamel.
 

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