: This sounds like a great project for paint, rather than epoxy.

: Finish the base epoxy to protect the wood, then do the details in
: paint using masks and a sprayer. That way you can use metal
: flake auto paints, get fast cure times, and clearcoat on top to
: UV Protect. Be a lot faster than trying to color and apply
: epoxy, and you can get some really nice gradual fades from one
: color to another if that's what you are shooting for.

: You could even apply metal flake in a clearcoat to specific areas
: after the color coat was done, and have an even metal flake over
: all the 'flaked areas if that was something you wanted.
: Otherwise each color area might have it's own directional
: properties. LPHV (low pressure high volume) sprayers have really
: come down in price, too. An airbrush could be used for fine
: details if needed. Just takes a little practice to get the flow
: control down.

Great ideas, Stephen. I did just buy (or rather got as an early birthday gift) a small compressor good to 150 psi. I will look into the cost of an air brush apparatus...you are right, it would be a lot easier to spray on auto paint/flake. I am thinking to clear coat the flake on the large maple leaf once the epoxy sets...just got that part of the process completed not a few minutes ago...so far it looks as hoped: wonderful. More on this as it goes. Gotta run and help mom one final time this year to do some clean up after all the landscaping I did for her then I will head off to look at spraying devices.

Robert N Pruden