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Oct 30, 2008 | 09:38 AM

eno50

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Rat rod flame job

Hello everyone, It's time for me to start thinking of a winter prodject.
I'am trying to do some reserch on old school paint jobs, I have a street bob in flat balck
and I think it would look good with a little flame job on the tank and rear fender,not a over kill but enough to look good and stand out.
Has anyone tried this and have any advise? I pulled up some old rat rod pic's from the fifities and they were done on flat black paint with flat red paint flames. can you paint the flat flames on over the factory paint and coat with a sealer or somthing,let me know i 'am sure there is a pro painter out there with some good advise.

Thanks Eno

Oct 30, 2008 | 09:45 AM

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sounds like a great idea yes you can paint over factory paint and clear flat I would keep it subtle not too much but think you are on the right track. If you do it post pics would love to see it. Maybe a very small bit of lace work on tank as well was popular on old rods

Oct 30, 2008 | 10:59 AM

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Flat Tank

When the painter did the tank on my Sporty he used a matte clear coat which gave the paint job the flat look.

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Oct 30, 2008 | 11:14 AM

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I think grey flames will look cool as well. Also doing a gloss black flame looks killer.

Oct 30, 2008 | 11:45 AM

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if you are rattle canning it... if you hold your can far away from your surface when you clear it will give you a matt look... Dulpli color sells a mat clear... as far as old school paint jobs...
there is a post on here a long time ago where i found a guy that did it in white... looked awesome!!!!