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August 7, 2008
Flame On
With the innumerable branches in the custom car family tree, nothing has withstood the test of time like the flamed paint job. It's been around ever since ravenous teens started cutting up body panels and chopping down tops to lighten their four wheeled load.
Flamed paint has taken on several forms over the years morphing from two dimensional statements that bursted from two colors to four, to five with pinstripes, from scallops and lobster claws to contemporary tribal design flames. Flames have become realistic and are now adorning many Rat Rod's that wear old school colors with pride.
They don't just cover our cars, but also our tool boxes, bar stools, shirts, guitars, mailboxes, clocks, and even our (gulp) dogs shoes? How far we've come since the California Kid lit up TV screens in 1974 emblazing this quarter panel icon into the general consciousness of suburban America.
If you've never put paint to metal before, the perfect project might be developing your own style of flames on scrap metal to get familiar with masking and blending techniques. There are more books on the subject, history and style than you could read in a weeks vacation so dig in and put your own spin on the tradition of painting flames.
Flamed paint has taken on several forms over the years morphing from two dimensional statements that bursted from two colors to four, to five with pinstripes, from scallops and lobster claws to contemporary tribal design flames. Flames have become realistic and are now adorning many Rat Rod's that wear old school colors with pride.
They don't just cover our cars, but also our tool boxes, bar stools, shirts, guitars, mailboxes, clocks, and even our (gulp) dogs shoes? How far we've come since the California Kid lit up TV screens in 1974 emblazing this quarter panel icon into the general consciousness of suburban America.
If you've never put paint to metal before, the perfect project might be developing your own style of flames on scrap metal to get familiar with masking and blending techniques. There are more books on the subject, history and style than you could read in a weeks vacation so dig in and put your own spin on the tradition of painting flames.
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