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Little update with the No Quarter paintwork bike...
I wanted this bike to really show off some of the techniques we can do; fade paintwork, high-gloss lacquer, gold leaf and finally the all important, glitter.
This type of metal-flake is called spin-drift, the hardest type of flake to spray because it has the run consistency of play dough when it comes out the gun. It's only intensive when under bright sunlight, it does not look like the following photograph all the time.
I've tried to photograph the detail but it doesn't look as cool as real life sadly..
Gold leaf is now done, we're gonna be building this up soon and it's going on quite a few of the big cycle blogs, keep your eyes peeled!
James