Yeah I just laid down a coat of clear and once it was a bit tacky I sprinkled the flake on. Then just went over it with more clear.....a lot more clear. In hindsight I'd use .015 or.008 sized flake as this was .025 which looks great but you have to use an extremely thick coat of clear to get it even. I'm still going to need to do a few more coats of clear to get the neck level and it's already had an entire can dumped on it.