Hydrostream Viking New Metal Flake Gelcoat

Spraying the deck on a 1978 Hydrostream Viking/Vking with metal flake gelcoat. Buffed using 3M Perfect-It Gelcoat.
Full write up here: www.screamandfly.com/showthre...
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[@Robert-mn8gc]

1st Time l have ever seen Metal Flake painted 🎨 on out of the Mould with the clear gellcoat over the top & polished. Gr8 👍 Job

[@TNels]

Thank you! It was a ton of sanding and buffing but turned out well.

[@ginagracecurry713]

Wow 😳 Incredible 😍. I rarely comment. But, this has me transported to my youth watching all manner of metal flake boats racing down the river. Thanks for sharing! 🙏🏼

[@TNels]

Thank you! Glad it brings back some memories! I'm brought back to my childhood every time I put it in the water.

[@Hippie459MN]

That turned out amazing! Excellent job!

[@seanwheeler7329]

Master Class. What a dream... Nice job...

[@dis82]

Looks amazing! Nice work

[@WeRG2Cn]

Just wanted to say THANK YOU ! after watching you flake this boat....made me decide to try metal flaking my 1984 Ranger 392-V. Quotes were crazy high....and i have that awesome, cheap Chinese gun. Wish me luck. Hope mine turns out half as amazing as yours turned out.

[@TNels]

Happy to help! I would suggest mixing a bit more flake into the gel when spraying to help cover better. Another ounce or two per quart of gel.

[@208miuwu]

A labor of love. Very nice and clean. Congrats brother.

[@TNels]

Thanks man! It truly was.

[@mikeschuler2946]

Sparkle paint is the best on boats I love it

[@TNels]

For sure!

[@jeffvining6534]

That’s beautiful, your giving me the courage to reshoot my bass boat

[@TNels]

After spraying automotive paint on the mid and lower I can say that gel is much more forgiving when spraying. You just need to following the procedures properly.

[@208miuwu]

Love the Metal Flake NICE CONGRATS. Best part you did it with your own hands.

[@TNels]

Thanks! There’s some flaws I can find, but overall very happy with my first attempt at gel. I’ve done the entire build myself, only plan to outsource the upholstery work. Just because I don’t want to invest in the equipment.

[@robertjackson7590]

Great work, Pipkorn was way ahead of most back then. I've have a Voyager XT 1991 I'm getting completed 250 Yamaha HPDI. Again great job.....

[@robertjackson7590]

For those not familiar with Hydrostream; www.wavetowave.com/home/2019/11/3/howard-pipkorn-and-the-vision-behind-hydrostream

[@CrossCountryGarage]

Looks great. Still have my lil race boat that is candy apple red flake. Used to have a vector hydro stream . Great boat

[@mswkickdrum]

Super nice, so we'll done

[@scottstrang8347]

Beautiful !

[@muskyman26]

I’ve bought two hydrostreams since I’ve found your channel. Someone stop me. I’ll be painting one this winter so be ready to answer a question or five haha. You did great work

[@TNels]

Welcome to the club! haha I've been getting the itch to start itching agin on another project. But I can't bring myself to do it agin in my attached 2 car garage. No where for this boat and my hot rod to go. Feel free to ask away! Find me on IG @78_hydrostream and shoot me a DM.

[@chrisbrewer5351]

I'm about to spray my first one on the top rail and down to the rubber bumper. Great video!

[@TNels]

Good luck! The beauty of gel coat is that its so thick gun technique really don't matter like it does spraying automotive paint.

[@jamesoneill2343]

What an awesome build! And it seems like it was mostly done in your own garage. Hats off. 💪🏼

[@TNels]

Thank you! The entire build happened right in my garage.

[@mrmac8225]

BEAUTIFUL 🤩

[@scootherring9314]

Looks great

[@rudy1574]

Nice job......looks amazing

[@TNels]

Thanks so much!

[@robertbrantley2240]

Beautiful job.

[@TNels]

Thank you!

[@Xstreamaudio]

Perfect job

[@zac5554]

Wow! Great work

[@TNels]

Thanks a lot!

[@nellawell4976]

Awesome! Been working my 86 Venture II but not looking like this, might look into your 3M product. Great work Bro.

[@TNels]

Thank you! I really liked their gelcoat specific buffing compounds.

[@mercman2.5]

Did a Procraft the same way, people do not know of the time and labor involved, 40hrs of sand and buff makes it all worth it, Great job and A Great Boat!!!!! Boat now needs a 2.5 Merc outback!!

[@TNels]

It's so much labor to do, but its so worth it! It now has a 2.5, 1998 225 ProMax. I've had it to 94.

[@mercman2.5]

My new project is a 21 checkmate, complete rebuild, new everything. Found a 1989 300 Merc and going to do a full resto on that also. Going with same colors you used with a Black bottom

[@KoolWooDidIt]

Awesome job man

[@TNels]

Thank you!

[@timothyhall9760]

Damn I wish I had the time to do my bass boat. I’m in the army and have been wanting to fully restore my 93 skeeter but time kinda screws that up. Great work man

[@TNels]

My brother and I sat on this one for almost 15 ears before restoring it.

[@DomsRCandMore]

Amazing! I'm about to shoot a 94 Champion 190. Thanks for the video.

[@TNels]

Hope it helps!

[@riverdragonmarineservice441]

Love it man...

[@TNels]

Thanks!

[@J.H.Merkel]

Sweet Sparkle my man

[@TNels]

Thank you!

[@steveturnerii8187]

Wow. Beautiful

[@TNels]

Thank you!

[@aportilla007]

Badass!

[@TNels]

Thanks!

[@sheaffergrubbs6056]

He'll ya....awesome job

[@dillonherrington2]

🔥🔥

[@salimsopari]

looks great

[@TNels]

Thanks!

[@chewiepac5932]

I want to say something here guys, notice the wet floor during prime and paint, this makes for a dust less environment when applying

[@TNels]

Thats the main reason for it. It also helps with clean up afterwords, makes the garage floor less of a sticky mess.

[@bobjordan2535]

What a labor of love! Now slap a v6 on it and have some fun!

[@TNels]

Thats the plan! I have a Mercury 2.0l 175 hp thats going on it. One of the next few videos will show reassembling that onto the boat.

[@craigbielsky115]

@@TNels 75mph all day bro

[@frankomrkonjic6619]

nice job, I must redone gelcoat on mine gt 150.can you explain ,write,all 6 layer? first one yellow is filler? 2 than you go with silver,silver is also some kind of filler or base? 3 I think black is base?,4 is flake,what size of flake and with whath you mix flake to get fluid? a 3 layer blue paint? did you put some flake in blue paint? 4 layer clear topcoat,did you also put some flake in clear topcoat? thanks

[@TNels]

The yellow and grey are both primers. Black base was gelcoat, as well as the silver flake mixed with clear gel. There is no color in the gel, it is only clear gelcoat with silver or blue metal flake mixed in. Finial layer of clear is plain clear gelcoat, no flake in the final layer. The link in the description explains it very well.

[@olivermontalvo1590]

Asi quiero la mía, quedó excelente.

[@612fresko]

Todo es possible

[@612fresko]

Ay muy Buenos tutorios en KZbin que enseñan como aserlo

[@bottomknockinbaja6092]

Wow!

[@angusmackay7281]

Amazing job. Can I ask what gelcoat product you used?

[@TNels]

I bought all my products from Express Composites in Minneapolis. The gelcoat was an Ashland product.

[@cchaquies]

Badass👌

[@TNels]

Thank you!

[@robertmaclean5463]

what do u do for work?.....EVERYTHING!!! Amazing work!!! Amazing patience!!!

[@TNels]

Haha, thank you! I went to Vo-Tech for welding/metal fab. Now work as a firefighter/EMT.

[@GotScout]

At "5:00" mark, during the wet sanding and ample water, and warm weather based on your dress... do you ever have humidity issues with paint later as I'm sure the garage does not dry out completely...???

[@TNels]

I can’t say for sure. The only real issue I had with the gel coat was it wanting to cure super fast when I shot the deck. It was a hot July day. My AC was having a hard time keeping up.

[@matthewsellers82]

Results look great. Did you add wax to the gelcoat for the final coat?

[@TNels]

Thanks! Yes I added wax in the final coat of clear.

[@peterrivney552]

Fantastic job only 1 Question is after sanding with fine paper like 600 or 800 why not just clear it instead of polishing with a good quality clear would save a lot of polishing and as well seal the gel coat from getting omeasos I think it's called where the water gets into the gel coat done that a few times on boats ...

[@TNels]

That very well could be done. I just buffed it and will keep a good coat of wax on it. I'm not an experienced painter and the gel is much more forgiving when spraying.

[@nobroko]

Love this whole build well done. How often did you clean your gun when spray the gel coat ?

[@TNels]

Thank you! I would mix/spray a quart of gel then stop and clean the gun. Any more than that and it would start to kick on me.

[@nobroko]

@@TNels awesome I am doing a rebuild and not far from spraying

[@rudy1574]

What is this paint job called when you overlap the 2 paints together ?

[@TNels]

Typically called a "fade"

[@daniellepalmer1726]

Im about to attempt to restore an old nitro bass boat and want to flake it. Still gotta find a gelcoat to use. Just curious, it looked like you hand sanded it all after the final clear coat? Would using an orbital be fine?

[@TNels]

I used a block so that the finished product would have a super flat finish. You could use and orbital or a DA and it will sand out smooth and buff to a shine, but it won’t be very flat, it will end up kinda wavy. I can assure you that the original finish on this boat was no where near as flat as it is now after being block sanded. There’s a few spots where I just used a DA and that looks close to the factory finish.

[@daniellepalmer1726]

@@TNels appreciate the reply! I'll block it then!

[@mikewilliams4541]

What brand or do you have a link to the Gel coat that you used

[@TNels]

I got everything, except the flake, from Express Composites in Minneapolis. I know they have a website do online ordering, but their site looks to be down at the moment. Very helpful folks and quality products.

[@13window]

Looks good,,, how much flake and clear gel did you end up using?

[@TNels]

I used 7 quarts of gel for each layer sprayed. So 14 quarts of clear total. 4oz of flake was mixed into each quart of gel.

[@craigbielsky115]

@@TNels so like 3.5 lb flake and 3 + gal clear

[@craigbielsky115]

@@TNels thats an arm burning amount of sanding bro....

[@TNels]

@@craigbielsky115 yeah, there’s a lot of sanding. I used about 5 gal of clear gel, but ended up dumping a few quarts that cured in the gun. There’s maybe 2lbs on the whole boat. That’s 4 fluid OZ, or about 1/2 Cup. I ordered 5lbs and have a ton left over.

[@leandroerazocastillo2391]

¿ cómo se prepara esa pintura, o ya viene preparada?

[@TNels]

It was already prepared in this video. I sanded with 80 grit paper then laid Duratech vinylester primer, block sanded that with 80 grit and started spraying gelcoat.

[@danielconant9474]

What size tip did you spray with

[@TNels]

2.5mm

[@ten-c6451]

Do you thin the gelcoat, what ratio?

[@grantevans7937]

So was that sprayed with gelcoat?

[@TNels]

Yes this is gelcoat.

[@GotScout]

what sized flake was that?

[@TNels]

It’s a mix of .008” .015” and .025” with the majority of it .025”

[@GotScout]

@@TNels you were blowing .025 through a standard gun? I thought that mass req a flake master dealing or shutz gun or diy something...??? Which monster flake do you find best? Looking at the Roth 025's....

[@TNels]

@@GotScout Yep, a $35 harbor freight gun, 2.5mm tip. Ran the fluid valve wide open with barely any pressure on the fan, and about 45psi at the gun. If I did it agin I would try to find a 3.0 or 3.5 tip though. I liked the flake from vintagepaint.biz the best. It was the only place I could find that sold square flake. Their website seems kinda sketch, but it's legit. All the stuff at Roth I found was octagon and I don't think that has the same pop as square, and its wrong for my era boat.

[@GotScout]

awesome, thanks. I might connect again for a call when closer to blowing dust. Thanks!@@TNels

[@davidgibson4124]

T his this is David Iam wanting to flake my bass boat can you tell me what I need to get I can spray very good never mixed always done for me . I have a 3.0 gravity feed gun that will shoot big flake like iam wanting can you tell me what I need iam wanting 3 differnt colors and extra clear or can u give me a name of a shinny shinny clear gel . Thank u so much waiting to hear from you and great job on hydro boat wow beautiful.

[@TNels]

Have a look here. I described pretty well how I sprayed it. www.screamandfly.com/showthread.php?340316-1978-Viking-rebuild/page19

[@lovetofly32]

Why is it dull afterwards and you have to sand and buff it!?!? If it's clear coat then why is it dull!? When you get done spraying clear on a vehicle it's shiny! I thought he was sanding after the color coat wich is a nono because you cut the metal flakes with the sandpaper so I'm not sure what's going on here.. 🤔

[@TNels]

I don't know the chemical properties that cause that. But this is gel coat and not paint, it behaves very differently. It lays down super thick with tons of orange peel. I sanded the final layer of clear after the flake was down. Keep in mind this lays down at 20-30 mils, so sanding the last coat of clear doesn't get into the layer with the flake.

[@tigertoilet2]

Holly f_ck i almost dropped my phone.