Auto Paint Finishing-Pearlescent Paints

You can really make your work stand out and look refined if you use auto paint to finish it off. Go to an auto body paint store and get a spray canister that is precharged with air called a "Pre-Val". These canister can spray on any paint in a fine mist. These Pre-Val units are cheap and disposable. $5.00

http://www.prevalspraygun.com/around.htm


The car paint store will have hundreds of colors to choose from. Just pick one you like.




You can make your piece look really great if you tell them to add a clear-coat to your paint mix. It will look glossy with only one coat of paint. This is called 1-stage/single stage auto paint.
High quality paint jobs on exotic cars do 3-10 coats of paint and sanding between coats. These are called 3-stage paints.

You can make pearly, shimmering paint effects on your piece from an angle if you layer on the paint in steps. These are called Pearlescent paints. Have you ever seen a super tricked out car that shines in the sun with 2-3 different colors that perfectly blend together? This is how it is done, in layers.
























There is a special kind of auto paint for cars that has small, microscopic colored diamonds in it. These diamonds reflect different colored light to your eye, like a prism, giving the impression of multiple colors. You can get paint that will reflect 2 or even 3 different colors. These specialty paints are in their own class of paints, but are still used as auto paints. Several auto paint stores hold classes for car enthusiasts on how to use and apply these paints. Look up more information on Google on this topic under: "Pearlecent Paint"


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