American Flag for the back of my golf cart. It may not be perfect but I think it turned out pretty damn good. I knew I wanted to make sure I used the metal flake for the stars and stripes, the red is actually Piss Off Pink and the blue is Mile High Blue Candy. The flake is Purple Royale as well as Dirty Wizard, both from Tropical Glitz.
A few pictures of the metal flake on my cart. The purple is Purple Royale and silver is Dirty Wizard, both from Tropical Glitz. I did the top side of the roof with the Purple Royale. The other panel, which is the fold down part of the rear seat (essentially the truck bed of the cart) is going to be an American flag, using the metal flake for the stars and stripes and I will be using Piss Off Pink for the red stripes. That will be done by the end of the weekend. I have a few touchup places on the bottom of the roof, with shadowing the spider webs, then it needs to be sanded down one more time to finish getting the texture out, from the metal flake, before laying down 3 last coats of high solids clear on Sunday. There are a radio box that goes on one end and a speaker box that go on the other, of the roof panel; both of them are the Purple Royale metal flake.
Metal Flake isn't for the faint of heart. I sprayed most of it outside, until it started storming and I had to move back into my garage to spray the smaller panels and radio/speaker boxes.
I have been building this golf cart for a few months. It started out as a simple upgrade from 36-48 volts, to ride my Grandson around the neighborhood, which turned into a full rewire and rebuild of everything that isn't metal (even a lot of that replaced). During the rebuild I wanted to get rid of all the big plastic pieces on the front end so I chose to redesign the front end, out of an old aluminum toolbox. After adding lights, the cart spoke to me and became "Gwyn" and the rest has been history.
Before this I had never sprayed anything other than some Rustoleum/Krylon etc. I didn't want to go that route, being I was spending all the time with the electrical and metal work, I thought it deserved to have it done using the right products, hopefully being used the right way by myself. I started with a gold metal flake and mixed the green candy as a custom color using Lemonhead Candy and Mile High Blue Candy. The Purple is a mix of Hoo Doo Voo Doo Purple and ghost purple pearl, over black. To get the lace patterns I sprayed the lace on the hood I used Piss Off Pink, which is the same as the other accents. The Lace on the back fenders was created by spraying black over the gold metal flake, which I used the Purple Candy Mix over everything, giving it the layered look.
Before this I had also never used Silver leafing, but I now have that under my belt as well. I can't draw a stick man without tracing that, so this has been part of my struggle. I know she's not perfect but I feel like for a first timer, it has turned out amazing; I have seen a lot worse from paint shops who do this for a living. I am currently painting the top as well, which is Tropical Glitz Dirty Wizard Holographic Silver on the bottom, that I am going to add a large American Flag, using Blood Shot Red Candy and Mile High Blue Candy, using the metal flake as the white stripes and the stars. The topside will be Tropical Glitz Purple Royale Metal Flake.
I still have a panel across the bottom of the front, which will essentially be the remainder of the face, that's going to be the same Purple Royale metal flake. I am going to use the Piss Off Pink to create some lips on it as well.
I know this isn't everyone's taste, but I think you can still appreciate the time and craftsmanship that's gone into it. There is A LOT of clear coat on this. Having to clear between the layers of paint, it has added up. I think in total there has been 15-18 coats of clear on most parts, which was sanded back down between layers. I should be finished with it in about 2 weeks, since that's the length of time I need to get the roof done since the bottom will require spraying clear 8 times in total and the top side should only require 5, each needing a day to cure before I can sand it back down to add graphics etc.