High $$$ paint job look on a budget

[Metal Masher]

If you ever want that deep metallic candy multi stage paint job on a hard body but can't afford the automotive paints or have someone do the work? well here is a way to do it yourself on the cheep.

Now for this paint job i wanted a dark red metallic so here are the paints i used:



From left to right, Rust-oleum primer, gloss black, Metallic silver, Krylon X Metals in red, and clear glaze.

I began by cleaning the newely formed panel



then i primered it with one good coat. (note: when doing this on a hard body you will need to use a plastic safe primer)



Next is the black, 2 coats. I used black to darken the red but you could use silver, white or even another color for different effects.



Now here is the trick to get that metal flake look, I added the sliver very lightly only misting it on.



Another thing to note, once you get to this point let the paint set for at least a couple days. a week in best. this gives it time to cure. if it's not fully cured the Krylon will react to it and may cause wrinkles.

Once cured i added 2 coats of the Krylon X Metals. this is basically a candy so the more coats you put on the darker it will appear.



Yes it will look hazy but the clear will take care of that.

And here it is cleared and buffed.



and a shot of the metallic



here it is beside the panel i was replacing



and now in place.



I hope this helps some people out and encourages others to try painting themselves. you can play with base colors and the X Metals come in blue and purple the there are many different paint jobs to be made.

[Krawler Konceptz]

Wow I love that....

[heinie_21]

nice! i guess i need to go buy some gloss enamel to finish mine off. i wondered why it was so flat.

[Creepy Inc.]

That's purdy damn cool.

I'd F up the misting part every time.

Each pice would be diff.

[66sprint6]

Very kool stuff, thanks for the writeup!
Matt

[dude26]

nice job

the truck look cool too, any build tread ??

[Big Mike]

Originally Posted by Metal Masher

and a shot of the metallic

You gotta be crapping me! That looks like a frickin' bass boat!!

Fantastic. Thanks for taking the time to share that...

[SNCrawler]

that came out amazing, thanks for the tip!

[AX10wannabe]

Originally Posted by dude26

nice job

the truck look cool too, any build tread ??

hope metal masher doesnt mind me posting his stuff here is his build thread on this truck. the panels are hand formed metal(little thicker than aluminum foil) over hand made molds.

old comp truck turned scale truck (the rebuild!)
^build thread
Project true scale - Aluminum Toyota body!
^here is another ridiculously nice build that he's done/is working on.

Aluminum panel forming how-to
^here's a couple vids of how he makes his panels.


metal masher- thats awesome!! i can get the fancy expensive PPG paint for free or very cheap but its not worth it on a crawler so its nice to know that i can achieve the same result on a budget!! again i hope you dont mind me posting up some build threads, if so, then let me know i will cut them out

[Metal Masher]

Originally Posted by AX10wannabe

hope metal masher doesnt mind me posting his stuff here is his build thread on this truck. the panels are hand formed metal(little thicker than aluminum foil) over hand made molds.

old comp truck turned scale truck (the rebuild!)
^build thread
Project true scale - Aluminum Toyota body!
^here is another ridiculously nice build that he's done/is working on.

Aluminum panel forming how-to
^here's a couple vids of how he makes his panels.


metal masher- thats awesome!! i can get the fancy expensive PPG paint for free or very cheap but its not worth it on a crawler so its nice to know that i can achieve the same result on a budget!! again i hope you dont mind me posting up some build threads, if so, then let me know i will cut them out

No problem at all. Thanks for the bump

[AX10wannabe]

Originally Posted by Metal Masher

No problem at all. Thanks for the bump

haha sweet.. you do some amazing work

[Rockthrasher]

Very, very nice! Thanks for sharing.

[dude26]

Originally Posted by AX10wannabe

hope metal masher doesnt mind me posting his stuff here is his build thread on this truck. the panels are hand formed metal(little thicker than aluminum foil) over hand made molds.

old comp truck turned scale truck (the rebuild!)
^build thread
Project true scale - Aluminum Toyota body!
^here is another ridiculously nice build that he's done/is working on.

Aluminum panel forming how-to
^here's a couple vids of how he makes his panels.


metal masher- thats awesome!! i can get the fancy expensive PPG paint for free or very cheap but its not worth it on a crawler so its nice to know that i can achieve the same result on a budget!! again i hope you dont mind me posting up some build threads, if so, then let me know i will cut them out

thanks a lot man !!!

but that kill my day !!

Metalmasher you got a real talent! so amazing work !!!!

[AX10wannabe]

Originally Posted by dude26

thanks a lot man !!!

but that kill my day !!

Metalmasher you got a real talent! so amazing work !!!!

ya i know going through his threads is a day killer!! search for metal masher and look through some of his threads if you havent already.