quote Originally posted by exoticmotorsportscom: I love the duplicolor. Check out my black car on my Site. www.exoticmotorsports.com I painted that car using Duplicolor Paint. You really can't go wrong as long as you take your time and most importantly take your time when masking. I have pictures on my site polishing the black duplicolor paint. You can see the fine perfect results. I normally paint in a booth but My buddies shop closed so painting in the garage was the only option. And there's no flash time. You can layer everyday for the next month if you wanted to just make sure it's at least 70+ degrees in your shop. The possibilities are endless and its affordable. You can also color sand for an even perfect paint job. My current Stinger Project car will be painted in duplicolor. I'm mixing duplicolor effects clear with high density candy over pearl glow paint.

Yeah, laquer is easy to shoot & can be sanded & buffed to look great. I used to do all the show cars in laquer - 40 years ago when all that was available was laquer & acrylic enamel. Now there are MUCH better paints to make them last for decades even if you don't keep them waxed like you have to do with laquer. And base/clear is ALMOST as easy to shoot as the laquer. The base is, but the clear is a little tricky if you don't get catalyst that dries quickly.
Wait: high-density candy? That would make it, well, not so candy like....
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"

I know that i want to get rid of this ugly a$$ sun roof

Ok I think i might go this route with urethane base clear and i was looking a a site that sells powderd pearl and they said it can be used in the clear then clear over or mix some paint clear and pearl spray a coat or 2 then clear it gives a deeper look have any of you expert painters done this i know i did a helmate like this but with out the pearl but i did mix paint and clear and then cleard over it it looked like glass .

quote Originally posted by engine man: Ok I think i might go this route with urethane base clear and i was looking a a site that sells powderd pearl and they said it can be used in the clear then clear over or mix some paint clear and pearl spray a coat or 2 then clear it gives a deeper look have any of you expert painters done this i know i did a helmate like this but with out the pearl but i did mix paint and clear and then cleard over it it looked like glass .

Just remember any time you do custom mixes & layers like that you have a hard time spotting them in to repair chips or damage. If you do it, document EVERYTHING - mixes, reducing, air pressure, number of coats, distance from panels, air temp, etc.
Also, I might add that sometimes powered pearl mixed in clear & shot over color will give it a CLOUDY look. ALWAYS do a test panel when doing custom work.
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"

thanks for the help i know if it gets dinged up it will be hard to repair but i just want some thing thats not seen all the time on a car

Ya, custom mixes are impossible to duplicate or touch up. I painted the pearle when it was only available in a jar to mix into clear. So Ive done that way many years ago. Before they came up with even that, we used to make custom colors by just ordering a gallon of pearl fingernail polish, and painting the cars with that. Fingernail polish is laquer....they just use acetone to thin it instead of paint thinner because it smells better. I also painted customs with a cool irredencent we made by using powered fish scales mixed in laquer clears. Then there are the aluminum chips used to do metalflake jobs and crushed glass (mica) to do other effects. Chrysler used a lot of mica in colors rather than metallic. Cool thing with laquers then, is you could mix anything in it do do whatever you wanted. I once cleared a real monarch butterfly into a Camaro hood. And ONLY with laquer, you can actually transfer a printed picture (like out of a magazine) directly onto a custom paint job. I did several motorcycle tanks with actual playboy playmates pictures in the clear. I can give you details if anyones interested it giving that a try. Pretty easy and looks amazing. I had an old sailing ship on my car hood....no one could figure how I got the airbrushing soooooooo detailed.

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I bought the pearl candy from this web site http://www.paintwithpearl.com/pearlstore.htm it said to add half a bag to one quart of clear then go over black and it will look deep and be the color of the candy pearl . they also have ghost pearl and other products

quote Originally posted by rogergarrison: Ya, custom mixes are impossible to duplicate or touch up. I painted the pearle when it was only available in a jar to mix into clear. So Ive done that way many years ago. Before they came up with even that, we used to make custom colors by just ordering a gallon of pearl fingernail polish, and painting the cars with that. Fingernail polish is laquer....they just use acetone to thin it instead of paint thinner because it smells better. I also painted customs with a cool irredencent we made by using powered fish scales mixed in laquer clears. Then there are the aluminum chips used to do metalflake jobs and crushed glass (mica) to do other effects. Chrysler used a lot of mica in colors rather than metallic. Cool thing with laquers then, is you could mix anything in it do do whatever you wanted. I once cleared a real monarch butterfly into a Camaro hood. And ONLY with laquer, you can actually transfer a printed picture (like out of a magazine) directly onto a custom paint job. I did several motorcycle tanks with actual playboy playmates pictures in the clear. I can give you details if anyones interested it giving that a try. Pretty easy and looks amazing. I had an old sailing ship on my car hood....no one could figure how I got the airbrushing soooooooo detailed.

Ya' know, I've often wondered if you can do that with urethane clear. Have you tried it? I've done it with laquer decades ago (You spray the page & let it dry, then wash off the paper. You have to apply it over white.).
I've painted a few playmates (with an airbrush) on some tanks & glove box doors.... There are a couple on Annie (the yellow bug). One on each side. Can't see it in this photo much, though. http://angelonearth.net/photo.html Guess I need to take some more pics of her.
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"