Hello, I have been painting cars since the early 80’s so I am familiar with most aspects of the industry. After 30 years I am preparing to spray my first set of ghost flames on a Viet Nam era military truck painted GM Fairway green metallic. The hood and door stars will be silver and am ghosting a skull into them. Here is the question, I know the pearl colors to do this can look good or bad depending on what color is used so I am looking for color suggestions on the flames and skulls. I would appreciate any feedback either on the forum or email me directly at steve@eseinfo.com. Thanks
First set of ghost flames
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I am not getting any responses on this so let me rephrase my question. With the Green, is it a good idea to use a green pearl to do the ghost flames or is it better to use like a blue or ??? I want them subtle so I am sure a big contrast in color will not look good. Also, with the silver should I go silver pearl or ???. Also, what do any of you prefer as types or manufactures of pearl paints.
How about posting a picture of the vehicle as it is?
For many, the color "name" may not mean a whole lot, where the actual color shown on the vehicle will give us a better idea of what you have to work with. And for those of us fluent in Photoshop we can put up some versions of flames in a variety of colors on your vehicle.
Hope that made some sense.
For many, the color "name" may not mean a whole lot, where the actual color shown on the vehicle will give us a better idea of what you have to work with. And for those of us fluent in Photoshop we can put up some versions of flames in a variety of colors on your vehicle.
Hope that made some sense.
I think just a silver pearl will get you what you want. But you'll need to over-reduce the silver and spray it on. It will be up to your spray technique to achieve the subtleness that you want though.
Instead of a silver, a gold or green pearl might look nice.
Have to see some pics in order to get a better idea of what green you are going with.
Like Robs mentioned, get you some panels to practice on to get the desired color and effect.
Instead of a silver, a gold or green pearl might look nice.
Have to see some pics in order to get a better idea of what green you are going with.
Like Robs mentioned, get you some panels to practice on to get the desired color and effect.