Candy Over Flakes Repair & Repaint

[@yommmrr]

My cousin painted his car like this before he died, he was a talented dude. R.I.P Shaun

[@aussietruckphotosandmodels8510]

I've been spraying flake for over half a century.... When you spray flake everything gets covered in flake. I've even seen it my sh#t a couple of days later... When we do lowriders, we normally skin the whole booth in clear plastic, then junk everything after including overall's, masks and boot covers. I normally use a silver base, then silver flake, but I've seen other guys going in over black and can understand why.... I started using acrylic clear as a vehicle, cause that's what we had back then, now I use intercoat clear.. Reduce your flake and increase your clear on your last coat of clear, let it dry, then scotch bright and air gun like you were doing. Do a couple of more coats of clear with no flake, dry overnight, or bake and 5 or 600 back, then candy... ( might not be possible in a commercial booth cause of time restrictions ) Try candy and flake on a full size truck.... I don't use coloured flake any more, only silver... if you're doing colour flake and hit a bit of high flake when you're sanding back it'll go straight to silver... Flake ( not sure if it still is, but it used to be ) anodised aluminium flat sheet, early pearl was anodised ally tube. I actually toured the Metalflake factory at Akron Ohio back in the early 80's.... before the days of Jon K..

[@brandondubrowski3850]

quality comment... you guys have an IG?

[@christianbaraldi2137]

Killer job Gunny, looks simply awesome. And difficult.

[@Mrcrypto1214]

Don’t let the nerds on there phone criticize you. You are doing amazing and it shows

[@DJAMAJD]

That colour is unreal! Great work 👏 😎

[@Ontheroadbrogymgo]

Beautiful! I did an organic green Kandies, over a silver corkscrew flake, mixed with a large gold flake. Random size and flake color adds a stunning effect under Kandy.

[@DanielShaw-l3f]

I have a iwata LPH 400 . What's a good working PSI for base and especially clear coating with that spray gun . Thanks. nice work.

[@JohnWD40TC02]

Hey Gunny, the candy repaint came out superb from what I can see there is no sign of it ever having the partial redo which is a sign of the highly skilled professional painter that you are mate👌 It will be interesting to see a video with you demoing the WS400 Supernova to see how it sprays with the new setup as everyone else I know wouldn't use that gun at full fan, I don't have one but I do have the WS400 series 2 which is my best clear gun for getting a flat finish👌🙏👍John UK

[@occamsrazor1285]

I know just enough about auto painting to understand the skill level that went into this....good Lord.. Quality job

[@Tonyclifton-q4f]

Outstanding ,remember as a kid going to the southern 80 in the late 70s and some of those ski boats had just the most awesome flake paint jobs ,is painting a fibreglass hull at all similar to this Subaru paint job or a total different process?

[@Garage-paintjob]

Absolutely stunning. It has a deep metallic layer and a smooth, glossy finish. ❤

[@dasroteklavier-svenhaarman9262]

Amazing, love it. Wonder if a deep purple would look so elegant aswell. Wish i had the money to let my car repaint. Flakes and candy definitivly would be the way to go. Thanks for sharing❤

[@darrellprice2032]

How did you mask your edges? Show us your procedure and the end result please

[@JAB227]

wow the amount of work you did to paint this correctly. i'm impressed

[@pedromiguelareias]

You can use polyester clear coat to bury the flake, right? Duratec polyester clear coat, for example. Two thin layers of acrylic urethane clear coat just to fix the layers, one week later, scuff and apply 4 layers of very thick polyester clear coat. One week layer scuff and apply 2 or 3 layers of acrylic urethane clear.

[@peterpearce8489]

Beautiful work man!! Smashing that candy down!!! I find myself going back to the supernova so often! Every single time I wonder why I even tried another clear gun. Full fluid full fan 30 psi. Works wonders!! Great work man!

[@SAVikingSA]

Nice job my dude. Old head body tech here and yeah, read the data sheet is what I do the first time I use something. Then I adjust the data sheet based on what I need and what I'm trying to do. Data sheets aren't laws, break them if you have to!

[@TheCreepNDeath]

Amazing art work. 😍

[@pd9888]

I can't believe you hit it with 500 grit, but makes sense. you made it look beautiful in the end. nice work !

[@dropinbiking92]

You're right about the flakes stacking up. Doing the side of a 23 foot boat was hell. I've got a gallon of Subaru WRB (world rally blue) for my latest car. If you're willing to send me a can of flake, I'll try to smack it down ontop of the blue, and burry it in clear. Why not?

[@roybergman]

If you sand after the flakes,then a couple of layers clear, sand that and after that apply the candy. Nice job and it came out beautiful 💪👍

[@trentdawg2832]

Beautiful job as usual, how is your torana build coming along??

[@andrewwhiting5526]

Finally someone who actually knows the correct paint thickness, hear so many people saying they've put on 6mm thickness of paint😮

[@joz1751]

..you mean microns right

[@ioanioan7628]

mils(mil) are not millimeters. Is measurement in the imperial system, 100 microns = 3.93 mil

[@reefhog]

A mil is a thousandth of an inch.

[@MindBlown707]

Beautiful work.

[@wanhliu552]

Wow ! Absolutely stunning.

[@leof2695]

im over here wondering how many pieces of 600 you had to use while prepping for the flow coat lol. good work too, that's some good looking paint.

[@FlushingForest]

On my supernova I do full fluid and turn the fan in 4 and a quarter turns in at 30 psi.Very fast but I think it sprays so great lays out super flat , you should give it a try !

[@blademan4043]

Gunman what kind of (green) primer was that? Was it an etch primer, or a chromate epoxy primer?

[@slackerzsincity8822]

That paint job looks killer mate. Looks so good . Please give another update on the Supernova

[@andrewntoth1]

I don't know if this will help (or is the right way to do it) , the best way I found to stop the flake ~nibs/cratering is to clear over the flake and flow coat before putting the candy on . Probably not the right thing to do , but the last one I did is 10 years old and still holding up as good as you'd expect for candy 👍

[@lukeowens3544]

The camera sure does pick up the coarseness of the flake in the air🤘

[@MBClassicssir]

All the painted things look good on camera. But if you look at the reflected objects in the clear coat and you can see them exactly like in the mirror then you can also see on camera that it was painted very smoothly :-) good work. For something like this, I paint with Standox Xtra clear varnish and 30 percent thinner 

[@rich22harmony]

Thanks for sharing your ideas with us

[@sherdawg]

hey gunman I'm about to the same process. how long did it take to fully prep the WRX before paint? thank you!

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@sherdawg it took 100 hours the first time, that was for the entire job, not including polishing

[@parkerfilms3038]

This color is so expressive and gorgeous. When I get famous I'll have a car in this color

[@ChrisB-uj6zi]

The only thing I found that helps is to spray a coat or two of flake carrier/ intercoat clear with out flake in, its cheaper than loading up on regular clear and flow coating.

[@alank616]

Perfection , looks great , luv the colour .

[@Tonytalks1980]

This looks really good! I love the wet look! 🔥👌🏾

[@Flavorsonlyyy]

This is a beautiful paint job 🦾🔥

[@tez1seven]

Beautiful colour. Job exicuted very nice 👌👌👌👌👌

[@brianpryor8832]

I'm going to have my Harley done this color, what is the paint codes ? Trying to match it.

[@georgecolcova2671]

Bro What flakes did u used? Please respond

[@michaelweiland6751]

That looks awesome right off the gun!

[@neilhowe2665]

Killing it gunny

[@timbrown2637]

Great informative video and really awesome color and effect!

[@RustyZipper]

Love pearl paint jobs! 😍

[@johncbr650re]

Wow that paint looks amazing I don't really like red on Impreza but the work the knowledge the results professional

[@BryAn-lp2cj]

you got new subs man... your amazing ...

[@pekkahelminen7801]

Bit of hardner in the blenderflakemix will help wirh adhesion. But then you need to candy and clear in x amount of time. Depending the product.

[@GeorgeEI7KO]

Nice job gunny, will you nip over here to Ireland and paint me bike?

[@joz1751]

How come you had to put additional candy after painted ? Cos the stray flakes ? I know you said additional coats dont darken it heaps but it does. Your mkre brave than me not painting with the guards on, choo crazzy lol.

[@nas2838]

Amazing paint and mad skillz bro

[@edlinke2368]

that is 1 gorgous color and paint job W2G

[@weishen5938]

WA needs someone like you

[@austinthebeast33]

Those supernovas have that split fan tech built in that’s to correct for incorrect overlap . The series 2 supernova has the same thing just not as insane as the first one . Spraying with that gun is more about distance and speed. Kinda look at it like 2 fans as opposed to 1

[@paulclarkson2583]

More people need to be this brave, that looks sik

[@emanuelhighwaymanthomas6123]

one of the cause for flakes not acting right is application. i have done flakes in 3 sometimes 5 coats, lol unlike non skid application.good luck 40 psi

[@evofab]

Good work and fairground color

[@chrismcconnell6077]

I have no idea about the type of paint job, however I would like to know what is the cost of a paint job like this ?

[@JBM_Autodipz]

absolutely incredible.

[@jamesrankin9833]

Good stuff!

[@Gilbert-i8z]

How much do you charge for something like this?

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@Gilbert-i8z over $20k

[@Gilbert-i8z]

@TheGunmanChannel Very nice work, I'm impressed. I've seen many paint jobs, this is something special.

[@theessexhunter1305]

The guy who taught me said "too much paint will be too many problems"

[@floydwilliams3321]

Nice work bro

[@Dks-q6t]

Looks amazing tru eye candy

[@arcotaur]

Amazing color...

[@pcorf]

I can imagine that burble sound from this WRX!

[@edgedweller6464]

Awesome 😊

[@OMG_LoL]

フレーク塗装に限らず、磁石で撹拌するユニットを付けたボトルで吹けば最後まで均一が保てますよ。

[@Jordan__Sloan]

Beautiful

[@leicap9045]

How much are you taking for a job like this? 🙏

[@husensalimov550]

Gunman superman🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@tiffanyomega5435]

That’s beautiful .. but the wheels let it down ..

[@mrb3483]

You are blessed😎

[@vongdong10]

Damn, who's that guy insured with? I bet that cost way more than the car is actually worth

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@vongdong10 Shannon's agreed value

[@Rajonas007]

I want it on my car too

[@taylormkct]

Jesus's that's nice, a privilege to watch.

[@frankiej.5581]

Nice nice that’s all I gotta say

[@Ontheroadbrogymgo]

Yeah, you’re right! It will look ugly before it can look pretty. That flake will look like a pop ceiling 😂, but then when you cut it down and reclear, it will look amazing!

[@jimclarke1108]

The Gunman

[@Liviu-lg7ni]

Code paint?

[@yamasub]

💖💖💖

[@lsbrushnpaint5847]

❤

[@chasugc3740]

It looks like someone put their finger in the wet paint on the trunk and on some parts of the hood. What is up with that? Otherwise, it looks great.

[@Ehrliche-Meinung-Realtalk]

You are awesome 😍😍✌✌😎😎

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@Ehrliche-Meinung-Realtalk I've been trying to tell people that for years 😆😆

[@Ehrliche-Meinung-Realtalk]

@@TheGunmanChannel 🤣🤣 How do you manage to see life so happy and positive? You really make a very happy impression when people hear your voice. Maybe you have a tip on how to get through life happier. ^^

[@davidlee3203]

I think u put way too much flakes but other then that great job well done I love that colour

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@davidlee3203 custom colour, did what the owner requested

[@alainverse33]

Superbe

[@marijuaxa]

flutter the trigger every pass on ur flake and u wont clog

[@Cupra317hp]

Wow wothout cut n Buff it Looks sooo flat. Dame it

[@curtispooler6497]

Did this over ten years ago

[@oshawnjames822]

15:24 time stamp missed a spot

[@TermGeeZe]

the colour i want but blue

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@TermGeeZe can be done, same procedure of course but different colour candy

[@WaxedMerkin]

not a fan of the flake but the colour looks good.

[@canoaslan1011]

Thats neat job, But AutoSalon 2001 called, They want Nick to go back and enter his car :) if I had to take a wild guess, his around 37 years old. one size bigger flake is actually made by Glad and you can easily wrap a kebab in it. ive never painted flake that big, but its already hard enough with human spec flake jobs. There is no way of doing justice on this colour in a avideo, video actually makes it look bad, specially outside with overcast cloud reflections. and in the booth camera focus on the clears gloss reflection, and flakes stay out of focus coz of how deep they are layered in the clear base and extra coats, camera trips out. I cant believe the flakes are so big, one can be seen in the clear reaching out suspended in the depths of the coats stuck in time :) and it looks like the Flake is so big, it just creates its own lines and shapes on a perfectly straight panel, very unforgiving. My personal hack is, if A metallic doesnt lay well, due to temp, reducer, or gun etc etc. were that day, the universe has decided, it hates you. after putting the metallic base coat down, if it has a dryish look ill put a coat of blending reducer, not too wet, can use slow reducer aswell, needs to stay open. it makes the metalic flakes, lay down, that might of look dry, making it very smooth, specially if its a local blend, gets rid of the rings, coz they are caused by flakes on edges, that are not laying down, even if youve used a clear base. but I doubt it its going to do anything on these giant flakes, you would have to push them one by one :)

[@carlosspicyweiner642]

If I had to guess ...id say you're about 24 years old. Dead give away when you just assume you know better than everyone else....about everything

[@bosshawg7427]

Dude... WTH are you going on about? Sheesh

[@canoaslan1011]

@@bosshawg7427 Sorry guys, I was actually trying to say, how hord it is to paint a big flake paint job and make it look good, after re reading my comments, WOW LOL its not my thing but regardless very hard to make good, which it looks great.

[@ALEXbmw630i]

😳👌👌👌👌👌

[@Jonjs99]

Why to repaint whole car?

[@nps5886]

I would imagine it's to be correct or you could have a different shade

[@antaresshaula4129]

gc8インプレッサ？？

[@holm1234]

❤️❤️👍❤️❤️💪

[@ehhhh5536]

Opinions are like arseholes. I had a wrx when I was younger which I crashed (of course). It had the Java black pearl paint. Insurance job got done and I ran in to the painter at the servo a few months later. He let me know it was an absolute prick of a job to get to a standard they were happy with. Looked pretty good once done though

[@sinformant]

Your insurance must have been top tier! Years ago my dad wrecked his Tacoma and when he got it back from the body shop the insurance company used the new fender, Hood, and bumper trim were about 10 shades lighter than the rest of the truck. They didn't care at all. I'm guessing that maybe at some point in its life the truck had been resprayed another color or something to a color that was different than the factory color that matched the door code or something, but it was such an obvious difference Stevie wonder would have noticed.

[@philipparana9225]

Looks like epoxy flooring