The clear topcoats you use to 'protect' your job, although necessary, act as a magnifying glass that fades the base color severely at the worst or peels/milks the clear at the least. Desert country closer to the equator means the sun is far more destructive on paint jobs, especially with true 'candys' and pearls simply because the most effective, dramatic pearl jobs use clear as the 'vehicle' to lay on the pearl. What part of the country you're spraying in plays a big part in it also high humidity environments play hell with 'blushing' for example. Experiment and you'll find what works for you. Every pro painter has his favorite brands and methods for each catagory of paint and pearls are no exception. Great thread! What all these posts tell you is there is a muriad of ways to spray Pearl, and they're all good from each painter's perspective but most agree on avoiding adding your pearl to the base. That's why they don't recommend doing things like that with their materials.īut if you want spectacular paint, you learn to work with it, use correct custom painting techniques, and take chances with it all coming together! We do things with paint, that the manufacturers usually don't dream of. The materials we use, and even factory type paints "played with", do not follow the OEM rules, and aren't subject to their warranties, guarantees, and directions. The spraying techniques are not taught in schools. The techniques and processes you use doing custom work are not used in collision shops. 99% of most body shop painters, as good as they are, cannot spray out a REAL candy paint job. BUT!!!!!! as in any 3 stage paint work, you need to know what you're doing, and then do it VERY well. Matching factory pearl colors.īut in the custom paint world, you really can. I do not doubt that that's what the paint reps told you.and it is probably a very good practice to follow what they say, to do repair work in regular body shops. I know the ppg rep told us to never do it because it won't mix evenly into the clear and well settle to quickly in it causing more to come out in the clear at once.the mid coats are designed for pearls and blending.I've been to two paint schools one sponsored by ppg the other by dupont and they tell you to mix it in that as the pearls are formulated to suspend in that solution they aren't formulated for clear coats.when in doubt call your paint rep it's his job to know how to use the products properly This is the best way to do it.clear is most of the time to thick and pearls well gather together in it in certain areas.I've seen it happen to even pro custom painters before the midcoats came out.best thing to do is use that.you get the same effect as the others and it's pretty hassle free.It's also easier to get it finlay even and not get tiger stripes.modern pearls from the big name companies are not designed to go in clear coats at all.talk to the paint reps from the companies.i know the ppg rep told us to never do it because it won't mix evenly into the clear and well settle to quickly in it causing more to come out in the clear at once.the mid coats are designed for pearls and blending.I've been to two paint schools one sponsored by ppg the other by dupont and they tell you to mix it in that as the pearls are formulated to suspend in that solution they aren't formulated for clear coats.when in doubt call your paint rep it's his job to know how to use the products properly What most of the guys are talking about with the midcoat pearl is clear base coat with the pearl mixed in it.
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