Ground Metal Candy Flames

How to Grind bare metal on any metal surface to produce a Custom changing Effect for clear coating or Candy colors.
This is the process I used to achieve this effect in my 1947 Chevy Truck

[@sll-tt6bj]

That looks awesome that's my favorite technique is candy over ground metal

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Mine too!

[@randomstuff3201]

That ground metal finish has a great 3D look to it - and yes, it does appear to move with the light. Nice job.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks for the compliment, Glad you liked the video

[@C1Ksdafafdsa980ufsd]

Spectacular work. Thanks for sharing.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thank you, Glad you liked it, more videos coming next week

[@TattooGhost-nr3rt]

Thank you so much I'm so new to airbrushing but want to learn all that I can so eventually start working on cars trucks and bikes so again thanks

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks, Glad you liked the video

[@wulee4880]

Danke sehr für die schöne Erinnerungen an meine Zeit auf dem Schiff , denn diesen schönen Effekt haben wir 1988 schon bei der Schiffslackierung mit einer Leinölmischung erzielt . Herzlichen Dank und alles gute weiterhin . ttttttop Effekt 👍👍👍🤗🥲

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks, Glad you liked it

[@wulee4880]

Machen sie das doch einmal mit Candy jellow und ein paar Tropfen Candy orange , das Ergebnis in one top .

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

@@wulee4880 I used Candy Burgundy but you can use any Candy color, next time I try this I’m going to blend the colors into each other

[@BigRigWA]

That looks brilliant! What an amazing way to add depth to the flames.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you like it

[@davidr4332]

i done a test bonnet with just dry metal flakes in multiple colors straight over bear metal using clear as a base for the flakes to stick too , The bonnet been outside for 7 years now and no sign of ever coming off .. I love your work as well keep it up the truck looks Awesome

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you liked it

[@oneand-only3815]

agree the FBS fineline tape is the bomb. Great effect that shows a real understanding of how the candy's reacts in the light.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks, Glad you liked the video

[@johnkelly6942]

VERY COOL paint job!!!

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks

[@stevencanales3228]

Old school master thank you! Classic

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Lol, your Very Welcome Glad you enjoyed it and 👍👍

[@MrGmarkie]

Great stuff! May have to steal some of that idea

[@sll-tt6bj]

Nice ,candy over ground metal is awesome

[@johnpenachio386]

Thanks Appreciate you checking out the video

[@MrAirhead2010]

Superb! (Nothing more needs to be said.)

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thank you, appreciate it, Glad you liked the video

[@johnmiranda8287]

That kicks ass!

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks for watching

[@JFANDHISPEOPLE]

I think it would look kick A$$, taking parts of OG grind pattern, and airbrushing slight skullz etc.. whatever u feel onto first, kinda like “hidden eggs”, something to grasp a keen eye, great job

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Great idea, Thanks for checking out this video

[@cmbrdglarry1]

Beautiful job.. this gives me something else to think about when I paint my bike

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you liked the video 👍👍

[@richardlewin9282]

Very sweet 👍 the outline in bare metal is cool

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you liked it 👍👍

[@richardlawton1023]

Looks 6 inches deep. Great job.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks appreciate it

[@sll-tt6bj]

Is a lot of work but definitely worth it

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Yes it is but the visual effects you get make it worth the time, Thanks for watching

[@aaronblakeley9442]

Wicked awesome!

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks, Glad you liked the video

[@aaronblakeley9442]

@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER keep ‘em comin! As informative as any I’ve seen. I wish I’d seen them before I fiberglassed a motorcycle fender.

[@EViLLennY]

Eyeball nice video buddy!

[@nickjones7737]

Great job and video pal! Inspiring stuff!

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you liked it 👍👍

[@michaeltruscott9443]

Your one cool man

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Lol, Thank you, I appreciate the compliment

[@Paul-ex2bz]

awesome job man , looks great

[@johnsobel4409]

Awesome work John!!

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you liked it stay tuned More videos to come

[@derekpierkowski7641]

That's just pretty damn Awesome!!!!

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you liked it

[@Triumph-dp6lx]

I’ve subscribed!

[@juliebrown9543]

New subscriber here , nice work

[@westonward735]

What a great idea. It looks awesome!

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you like it

[@MrMrskullmaster]

frigin awsome top man

[@johnpenachio386]

Thanks Glad you liked it

[@peterstango3481]

That’s awesome John 👍👍👍

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Pete

[@ronnieprevatt4804]

Man I’m thinking a few skulls hidden in there would be dad ass.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

That would Look Kool Go for it, send me a pic if ya do it

[@MikeMiller-fc2cc]

I noticed this is your inly video" so-far". I hope you do a lot more. You know this technique will get copied. LOL. But I'll bet only half to a third will look as good as yours. Congrats on finding something fresh and new for the HOTROD WORLD, Good Luck

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks, Glad you likes the video, I will be making more videos should be a New one this week on Fiberglass repair, Hopefully one of Many more to come, Thanks

[@inb4230]

Beautiful truck man. Wouldn't it be easier to just candy the hole hood, mask the positive flames and spray the black?It would save you from the painstaking reverse masking..

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Now ya tell me, Lol, yes that's another way it could have been done, Thanks for watching Hope you liked it

[@johnhayes6414]

Hope you post more painting videos

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Yes I will be posting more videos on a complete restoration and painting, Thanks

[@sll-tt6bj]

That looks awesome man I have a question do you have to use any kind of conditioner on the bear metal to prevent rust Or just spray adhesion promoter and then you're clear

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

No metal prep, that will change the color of the metal, I just wiped the metal down with lint free cloth and used the adhesion promoter then clear coat, I know a lot of people are worried about the metal rusting, I did get some small spots of rust come back but the truck was outside for 5 years on the East coast so not too bad, I would do it again, Lol

[@sll-tt6bj]

@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER Yeah that's what I thought about the metal prep it will change colors of the metal Your truck turned out awesome and the black and red just pops

[@zorlord100]

Awesome! Couple questions as I'm interested in trying to stuff similar. Obviously there's no primer/bondo to get it perfectly smooth. If there's tiny low spots how do you get them perfectly smooth?

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Hi, Glad you liked the video, actually the truck hood had a bunch of small dents in it , I laid out the flame pattern to go around them and filled them in after I did the flame work, but if you can’t do that I would work the metal as best you can to get it as straight as possible, if your doing the grind method and going to Candy over it the clear coats will fill in very small imperfections in the metal and after wet sanding they should hardly be noticeable, Hope this Helps, Thanks for watching

[@DiscoGreen]

Awesome job. Too bad I have a corvette. Lol maybe i could do some gold foil tho.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Someone should make a metal Corvette, Lol, but you could most likely get the same effect using gold or silver leaf and making a pattern in it, Thanks for watching, John

[@duanenorelli5488]

AFTER YOU PUT THE CANDY COLOR ON WHY DID'NT YOU JUST COVER THE FLAMES THEN AFTER YOU PUT THE BLACK ON PULLED OFF THE TAPE ON THE FLAMES AND CLEARED EVERYTHING AT ONCE, I REALLY LIKE YOUR IDEA AND I CANT WAIT TO TRY IT MYSELF, I'M AN PROFESSIONAL BODY AND PAINTER. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF YOUR WORK AND IDEA'S THANK YOU AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!! DJ

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

I wanted to protect the Candy paint just in case, didn’t want to take a chance of damaging the finish cause if something happened to the Candy it is a pain in the Butt to blend Candy paint, so I figured just clear coat it , Glad you liked the video stay tuned more Kool Stuff coming up

[@DiscoGreen]

For a beginner what rat rod 4" tattoo can I paint on my c3 vette inside door panels.. one that would be the easiest? Like with stencils etc?

[@DiscoGreen]

Like rat fink or eyeball

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

They make all kinds of stencils for airbrushing, skulls are one of my favorite, but painting a door panel with paint could rub off , if it was hit enough times with an elbow , what about having something embroidered on a piece of vinyl and then attaching to your door panel?

[@DiscoGreen]

@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER ah yes the car is all in fiberglass. I'm about yo spray jambs this week with 2k then the green metalic base. Then I wanted to do the airbrush then clear it all.

[@DiscoGreen]

@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER I meant door jambs not panel.

[@StupidEarthlings]

cool.

[@sll-tt6bj]

Awesome how did you get both sides to match did you make a paper pattern?

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Lol, I did for the hood just so j could get it close

[@sll-tt6bj]

@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER thanks

[@familygunsandrides....8024]

I saw this kind of paint job in Japan like 4 years ago. They used candy paint on that.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

It’s going world wide Lol

[@familygunsandrides....8024]

Yep I think it's on a mini van, the guy custom painted a lowrider too the lowrider looks cool all chrome with all those lines,

[@familygunsandrides....8024]

Custom painter Takahiko. That's where you can see the lowrider.

[@marcosandrepereiradasilva2075]

Muito top Vale a pena conferir parabéns pelo lindo trabalho 👏👏👏🇧🇷

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thank you

[@jnicksnewstart]

So much better than that rat rod look.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thank you

[@mk3ferret]

The adhesion promoter and clear base won't fail? I love the end result just kinda confused why's my brain telling me that this shouldn't work

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Your right, I thought the same thing, but it worked truthfully not 100% sure that the adhesion promoter was needed or not, but the clear coat is just paint with no pigment, so you are coating the metal and sealing it, I did this paint job 4 years ago and the truck has been outside all that time and two small spots of rust the size of a pencil eraser showed up under the flames on the front but didn’t lift up just discolored the paint so I would say it works, Thanks for your interest in this video

[@Triumph-dp6lx]

I love to criticise other people’s work ……. However in concept and in ability this is amazing…….I would love to try this technique for myself if that’s ok

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you liked it, Absolutely go for it, thats why I made this video to share the process and Hopefully take it a step further 👍👍

[@lonnieciallela1526]

awesome job where in ny are you Im in dutchess co

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you liked it, I’m on Long Island

[@myconight]

69th subscriber... Hell Yeah..LMFAO!

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks 👍👍

[@junkyardjedi7706]

Why sand the black? If its urethane on urethane theres no need.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

At that time all I had was single stage black and I wanted the finish as smooth as possible, if it was base coat black then of course you wouldn't sand just spray clear over it

[@sll-tt6bj]

What Clear did you use

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Use any urethane clear you like using, really dosen't matter, I started using HB clear, it's half the price of other clears and it sprays nice and wet sands Beautiful

[@sll-tt6bj]

​@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNERhb clear?

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Yes I used HB clear, but any good urethane clear will work

[@ShainAndrews]

Kill the background music.

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Yeah I've heard that before, Lol, I'll turn it down, I'm still new to this video stuff. LOL 😆

[@ShainAndrews]

@@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER Audio is the biggest pain. Thanks for sharing. I'd rather be in the shop than sorting out editing anyway. LOL.

[@chriscrawford2197]

It looks like crap, I should probably take it off your hands......LOL LOL

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thank you, and it is for sale

[@loupuleff571]

That looks awesome nice job !!

[@EYEBALLJOHNsKUSTOMKORNER]

Thanks Glad you liked the video