Father & Son Transform a Dune Buggy with Fire Red Metal Flake
Check out this amazing father-son project! They used our Fire Red Metal Flake to restore an old dune buggy as a high school senior project.
“Dear Paint with Pearl; I wanted to share a project that my son and I did for his high school senior project. The dune buggy was bought 8 years ago in rough shape then stored in the woods until my son said that he wanted to restore it as his project. Once the fiberglass work was complete, we shot the chassis with 2 part 2k Kwik primer, then wet sanded to a smooth finish. Next was the full day of painting. We started with a black sealer coat (2 coats), then we sprayed a black base coat (2 coats). Next we brought life to the chassis by spraying 2 part clear top coat with your Fire Red metal flake in it. We mixed 2 teaspoons of flake to 18oz of clear. It took 7 coats to obtain the depth and color we wanted. We topped off the paint with 4 more coats of clear. The surprise of this story is that I used a $50 spray gun from Harbor freight and sprayed this in my garage as a make shift spray booth using fans, and a dust collection system to suck the overspray out and used a queen size flannel sheet to filter inbound air. Amazingly, no dust was on the paint. The paint job you see in the pictures is the result without any polishing or waxing. The sparkle is amazing in the sun and is a head turner when we drive down the street. I was so happy with the ease your product is to spray, that my daughter and I are using your Black Holographic flake to paint a ski boat restore project that she has picked for her high school project. Feel free to use the images and story for your website, would be proud to represent your product. Sincerely Dave and Kyle”
At Pearls and Pigment, we love seeing families use our products to bring their projects to life. Our Candy Color Pearls, Metallic Paint Flake, and True Chameleon pigments, alongside our Thermochromics, and Glow In The Darks offer unlimited options for any custom project. Check out our customer testimonials and see what’s possible. Have a story to share? Contact us and send us photos of your amazing projects!
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