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[speedphreak]

Ok, I was having a little chat with my bro. about paint and finishing. I was told about concentrates AKA Intensifiers....Has anyone ever heard of mixing Acrylic Laqcuer clear with color concentrates of your choice, then pearls, flakes or whatever you wanna throw into the color....then shooting on the car? Is this a more cost effective way about painting models? Has anyone done this? If so.....I wanna do it! LOL

I have to clear this up...no pun intended..lol

Acrylic Laqcuer in its normal state is always clear? Then pigment is mixed with the clear to make it its actual color? Is this correct? Thanks for all your help guys!

-Chris

[speedphreak]

33 looks and nobody has a reply for this?! Come on! I know some poeople on here know paint!

-Chris

[freakray]

314 posts, you'd think you'd have figured out how a forum works by now
People aren't going to answer if they don't have an answer.

Try asking this in car body spraying, it's more something they'll know over there. And keep in mind auto paints tend to be pretty 'hot', they'll reduce your model to a liquid plastic lump unless you know how to prep them right (search feature will help you here).

[Scale-Master]

Just saw it now, so I'll comment...
Yep, you start with a clear or basemaker, not exactly the same thing though.
Then you mix in your toner in for your color, they are transparent/translucent intense tints.
You can also add pearls, metallics, metalflakes, etc.

One of the neatest colors I ever saw was on a late '50s Suburban. 20 coats of pure yellow toner over a pure white base, and then cleared. No room for error on painting that way. But talk about an intense deep yellow, couldn't keep the bugs away from it...

Alclad II has a line of toners that work well. You can buy the pearl powder, (in different colors) from most body shop supply outlets... - Mark

[RallyRaider]

Hmm. Yes adding pearls and tints to clear is common. Even done it myself on occasion. Flakes usually aren't a good idea in small scales, looks out of proportion. If you take it to the nth degree all paints are formulated from tinters, pigments, solids and other bits and pieces, so you're hardly breaking new ground here. Can be more cost effective or can be expensive, depends on who you know and what you use.

[speedphreak]

So Alclad II has a good variety of basemaker/clears, intensifiers and pearls? I HEART pearls! LOL Are there any other companies out there...i know HOK, but they are expensive. Thanks for the great replies guys!

-Chris

[DukeMan]

You can get great effects by using pearl pigments, Hlj has some.
Try laying pink/red pearl over a blue base...Wave is the name of the company, I think proosen has used some on his cars.
With a black base you´ll get the biggest "flip" in the paint, or the bigger the contrast between the pearl and the base color. But tiniting say a green base with a green pearl will give som nice effects aswell.
1. Lay down the desired base color
2. Mix some clear and add the pearl pigments into it
3. Shoot the clear/pearl mix over the base color
4. Shoot some clear without any pearl in it
5. Sand, buff and polish
6. Behold a perfect paintjob!