Old boxes of Metalflake

[Nova Jed]

Sure thing Dave. And yes, I have 20-30yr old lacquer tints that are still good.

[Smokey]

Are you starting from scratch? If you are, theres modern stuff today that works like the old stuff. I know we used to get it in 50# boxes as of 5 years ago.


I did a roof 7 years ago with it and had to burried with a ton of clear....like 12-15 coats if I remembered right. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Smokey</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Are you starting from scratch? If you are, theres modern stuff today that works like the old stuff. I know we used to get it in 50# boxes as of 5 years ago.
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The new flake, well at least anything made in the last 8-10 years, maybe longer back is plastic polyester while the original 1970's flake is of course real metal. There is a huge difference in appearance between the original and the new stuff-in terms of the shape, sparkle and color. Most people would not care but I'm hoping to find the original stuff if possible.

[Smokey]

You could get the new stuff that is metal. The stuff I used was from a raw products company named &quot;Huls&quot; (sp?) We used about 30 different colors and sizes in our familys paint company that we made from raw products.

The stuff I used was a big gold flake product... It was a close dead ringer to the old school HOC stuff that Kosmo used to use back in the day. One might even ask Kosmo since he is still painting these days in his shop in South Minneapolis.