How would I get this look?
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I know this is a month old, but I know for sure what made that color. I just talked to the person who supplied the materials for it a couple days ago. That is all powder pearls in clear. There's a silver metallic primer covered with an orange candy base, then a candy tangerine pearl powder, and finally a satin gold ghost pearl. Its deeper than Lambo orange, but roughly the same flop.
Interesting. So the gold pearl is applied after the candy?
Sure enough. I figured it was a gold base too. It's not. That's a super fine gold ghost powder mixed at about a teaspoon or less per quart and shot once. Add too much and it becomes a color.... I know this because I just messed up the paint job on my eclipse with the stuff and am having to sand it off right now. Doesn't take very much at all.
dixiethedog
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I dont know why i didnt spot this solution earlier. Check the link out,and see if you spot the original pic on this site? I think we have the answer.
http://www.paintwithpearl.com/pearlstore.htm
http://www.paintwithpearl.com/pearlstore.htm
Yup. That is the answer. They are the originators of the pearls in that paint. Matt, the person you'd talk to if you called them, is a helpful guy and their products are good. I've saved a lot of money mixing my own paints with their powder pigments. I'm not a production painter. I only do 1 car at a time and I take my time getting them as perfect as I can. Those pigments have performed great for me. They do take more time to get just right than a premade paint. The chance of error with the powders is much higher also. On the other hand, some of the paint I "messed up" by over or under mixing the powders has actually been some of the more beautiful colors... impossible to replicate again if I had to repair it though.
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