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..
100% agree, data sheet is a guide, and there are so many variables that effect the result in reality. Career commercial painter, done one car, came out good.
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.
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
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❤
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!
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!
When I Was A Kid In The Late 1960,s - 70,s , There Was A Body & Fender Shop On, I Think It Was 9th st. Bet Ave C & D in Lower East Side of Manhattan, They Were A Black Family Or I Mean African American Family, The Father, Witch Everybody Called Him Pop's, And His Son's, Very Good People, They Originally Came From The South Carolina, I Think It Was, Anyway, I Used to Cut Out of J,H.S. 22, And I'd Sneak Over To Pop's And Watch Them Paint The Car's, And They Did Beautiful Work, Really Good Old Country People. Here I Am, A White Little Boy, And They Took A Real Like To Me, One of Pop's Sons Even Gave Me The Paint Sprayer And Showed Me How To Paint. One Time Pops Had Ordered Some Breakfast For His Son's And The Got Me An Oder Of Eggs On A Roll. I Never Forget Pops And His Son's, I Had a Bad Accident A Couple Months After That, I Guess They Moved On, Cause I Never Seen Them Again. Wherever They Are God Bless Them. But This here Guy painting this Candy Apple 🍎 Color Painter, Reminded Me Of That Time, And, This Guy Is A Master Car 🚗 Painter Also. Absolutely Gorgeous Color, Candy Apple 🍎 Red, And What A Name For The Actual Color Candy Apple, 🍎 It's Truly Candy For The Eyes. What A Beautiful Paint Job. 🍎👍🏻🍎👍🏻🍎🙏🏻👍🏻
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
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.
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 
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 👍
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?
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 !
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?
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.
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
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.
@@glennbrown7415 depends on how many coats are on, honestly it takes a lot of experience and product knowledge, even the equipment, like different booths will take longer to heat up than others, but being I was using fast clears and reducers, and I know my booth heats up fast, I started around 5 minutes, and as more layers were being applied I'd gradually increase the bake time, ending at about 10 min between coats, then as long as possible after it's done
The difference between a pearl and a candy ... PEARL- solid base with metallics over the top. CANDY- metallic base with a solid over the top. Just because it's translucent doesn't mean it's not a solid.
@@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. ^^
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!
My cousin painted his car like this before he died, he was a talented dude. R.I.P Shaun
Don’t let the nerds on there phone criticize you. You are doing amazing and it shows
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..
quality comment... you guys have an IG?
Good job! Much love from the United States
That colour is unreal! Great work 👏 😎
100% agree, data sheet is a guide, and there are so many variables that effect the result in reality. Career commercial painter, done one car, came out good.
Killer job Gunny, looks simply awesome. And difficult.
That paint job looks awesome 👌👌👌👌👌
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.
I know just enough about auto painting to understand the skill level that went into this....good Lord..
Quality job
This color is so expressive and gorgeous. When I get famous I'll have a car in this color
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
Amazing art work. 😍
wow the amount of work you did to paint this correctly. i'm impressed
Absolutely stunning. It has a deep metallic layer and a smooth, glossy finish. ❤
Beautiful work.
Stunning!
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❤
looks amazing
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!
Thanks for sharing your ideas with us
Perfection , looks great , luv the colour .
Killing it gunny
I can't believe you hit it with 500 grit, but makes sense. you made it look beautiful in the end. nice work !
Great informative video and really awesome color and effect!
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!
Wow ! Absolutely stunning.
Amazing paint and mad skillz bro
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 💪👍
you got new subs man... your amazing ...
That looks awesome right off the gun!
When I Was A Kid In The Late 1960,s - 70,s ,
There Was A Body & Fender Shop On,
I Think It Was 9th st. Bet Ave C & D in Lower East Side of Manhattan,
They Were A Black Family Or I Mean African American Family, The Father, Witch Everybody Called Him Pop's, And His Son's, Very Good People, They Originally Came From The South Carolina, I Think It Was, Anyway,
I Used to Cut Out of J,H.S. 22, And I'd Sneak Over To Pop's And Watch Them Paint The Car's, And They Did Beautiful Work,
Really Good Old Country People.
Here I Am, A White Little Boy, And They Took A Real Like To Me, One of Pop's Sons Even Gave Me The Paint Sprayer And Showed Me How To Paint. One Time Pops Had Ordered Some Breakfast For His Son's And The Got Me An Oder Of Eggs On A Roll.
I Never Forget Pops And His Son's, I Had a Bad Accident A Couple Months After That, I Guess They Moved On, Cause I Never Seen Them Again. Wherever They Are God Bless Them.
But This here Guy painting this Candy Apple 🍎 Color Painter, Reminded Me Of That Time,
And,
This Guy Is A Master Car 🚗 Painter Also.
Absolutely Gorgeous Color, Candy Apple 🍎 Red,
And What A Name For The Actual Color
Candy Apple, 🍎
It's Truly Candy For The Eyes.
What A Beautiful Paint Job. 🍎👍🏻🍎👍🏻🍎🙏🏻👍🏻
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
Nice work bro
This looks really good! I love the wet look! 🔥👌🏾
Beautiful colour. Job exicuted very nice 👌👌👌👌👌
This is a beautiful paint job 🦾🔥
Good work and fairground color
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.
absolutely incredible.
Good stuff!
Love pearl paint jobs! 😍
Wow that paint looks amazing
I don't really like red on Impreza but the work the knowledge the results professional
Wow it's beautiful
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.
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

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 👍
That paint job looks killer mate. Looks so good . Please give another update on the Supernova
Amazing color...
Finally someone who actually knows the correct paint thickness, hear so many people saying they've put on 6mm thickness of paint😮
..you mean microns right
mils(mil) are not millimeters. Is measurement in the imperial system, 100 microns = 3.93 mil
A mil is a thousandth of an inch.
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?
More people need to be this brave, that looks sik
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 !
WA needs someone like you
The camera sure does pick up the coarseness of the flake in the air🤘
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?
that is 1 gorgous color and paint job W2G
How did you mask your edges? Show us your procedure and the end result please
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.
Looks amazing tru eye candy
Beautiful
15:24 time stamp missed a spot
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.
Awesome 😊
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.
Gunman is authorised to use lethal force
Beautiful job as usual, how is your torana build coming along??
I can imagine that burble sound from this WRX!
Nice job gunny, will you nip over here to Ireland and paint me bike?
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
I want it on my car too
You are blessed😎
The guy who taught me said "too much paint will be too many problems"
Nice nice that’s all I gotta say
Gunman superman🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I'm going to have my Harley done this color, what is the paint codes ? Trying to match it.
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.
How long did you bake in between coats to reduce solvent trap
@@glennbrown7415 depends on how many coats are on, honestly it takes a lot of experience and product knowledge, even the equipment, like different booths will take longer to heat up than others, but being I was using fast clears and reducers, and I know my booth heats up fast, I started around 5 minutes, and as more layers were being applied I'd gradually increase the bake time, ending at about 10 min between coats, then as long as possible after it's done
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.
That’s beautiful .. but the wheels let it down ..
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。
Jesus's that's nice, a privilege to watch.
Gunman what kind of (green) primer was that? Was it an etch primer, or a chromate epoxy primer?
How much do you charge for something like this?
@@Gilbert-i8z over $20k
@TheGunmanChannel Very nice work, I'm impressed. I've seen many paint jobs, this is something special.
The Gunman
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 ?
Bro
What flakes did u used?
Please respond
hey gunman I'm about to the same process. how long did it take to fully prep the WRX before paint? thank you!
@@sherdawg it took 100 hours the first time, that was for the entire job, not including polishing
The difference between a pearl and a candy ...
PEARL- solid base with metallics over the top.
CANDY- metallic base with a solid over the top.
Just because it's translucent doesn't mean it's not a solid.
You are awesome 😍😍✌✌😎😎
@@Ehrliche-Meinung-Realtalk I've been trying to tell people that for years 😆😆
@@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. ^^
@@Ehrliche-Meinung-Realtalk beer lots and lots of beer coming from someone who has painted for 35 years he he
How much are you taking for a job like this? 🙏
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!
Damn, who's that guy insured with? I bet that cost way more than the car is actually worth
@@vongdong10 Shannon's agreed value
Did this over ten years ago
I think u put way too much flakes but other then that great job well done I love that colour
@@davidlee3203 custom colour, did what the owner requested
💖💖💖
flutter the trigger every pass on ur flake and u wont clog
Code paint?
❤
the colour i want but blue
@@TermGeeZe can be done, same procedure of course but different colour candy