Metalflake painting help

[LetsFNgo]

So I want to paint the Grump Lump on the Hornet.

The goal is to make it as obnoxiously bright as I can. I’d like to do it in a heavy gold metalflake.

Here’s my questions for guys who have used metalflake before:

For a gold flake, should my base color also be gold, or should I put it over silver, black, or something else?

For the size of the scoop, should a pint be enough? Or will I need a quart of base, I’m figuring I will need a quart of clear because of how many coats I’m assuming will be needed to bury the flake.

Would I be better off with a silver flake and Gold candy over top? Though I will say I’m probably better off doing whatever is easier as this will by my first custom style paint job.

Any other tips? Or recommendations for products? For flake I was going to use Tuki’s Grimes Gold by painthuffer. It’s an old school large 70’s style square flake. But for my other products I was going to use TCP globals custom shop paint, intercoat clear, and final clear.

Thanks for anyone’s help or recommendations on products.

[Lynn]

Mind you I have only used true metal flake twice. Both times it was House of Kolor, paint. According to the pro paint guy helping me with info, it can make a huge difference what you paint over. I had to match paint on a motorcyle (missing a side cover). I took in the other side cover and they guy told me it was Candy Apple Red shot over Gold Metalflake.

He had spray cars with CAR shot over several different base coats; and he was correct. The only one that matched was shot over gold metal flake.

So, I shot a base of white epoxy. Then a coat of gold metal flake. My only caveat on metal flake is don't shoot it too thick; the metal will sag. That was followed by a think Candy Apple color coat and topped with clear. Looked awesome. Lot of work for a small part.

[Too Many Projects]

A pint of color should be more than enough just for the scoop, as you will be mixing a certain percentage of activator with it, so the quantity increases by the amount of activator. Some mix 4-1 and others are up to 50-50.
All I can add to that is practice on something besides the scoop to begin with. Sanding imperfections/mistakes gets old fast...