ok im wanting to get my car repainted...keeping the white color that it came with nothing radical im wanting a white pearl...im gonna buy the house of kolor paint i dont know much about painting but what i want is basically the same white pearl that escalades are painted with....now is that just a white pearl in the clear coat or what...
I AM the man from Nantucket
you'll need just buy your white pearl and then a gallon of urethane clear.
some mixes pearls in an intercoat / midcoat and then use the top clear over that.
but you can scuff your clear on ur car and shoot ur pearls mixed with part of the top clear and be sure to leave some extra clear w/o pearls .. to shoot over it. or go over to www.layitlow.com
they'll fill you in all the details
depends on the look... personally, it's easier to spray with a mid coat (not using clear)... like a binder/balancer.
If you don't know much about painting... take it to a shop.
yeh take it to the shop n dont worry about it.. its a sticky situation
but i basically do what nikki said.. i use a intercoate with my pearls/flakes.
hey nikki - u got mail =)
so will i need to order the paint or just have the body shop order it....prolly cheaper if i get the paint though......what will i need to order for paint then
I AM the man from Nantucket
JBod2304 wrote:so will i need to order the paint or just have the body shop order it....prolly cheaper if i get the paint though......what will i need to order for paint then
If you're taking it to a shop, let them order it. Tell them what you want and how you want it to look, and they'll know what to do with it from there.
If you're doing it yourself and don't know much about painting, I wouldn't come on here and ask... waaayyyy more goes into painting than you think. It's not as simple as putting it into a gun and spraying it. A non-pearl or non-metallic base is one thing... but when you get into pearls and metallics it's a whole new ballgame... plus clear for an inexperienced painter is difficult to spray without a ton of runs or dry spots... and without knowing proper prepping, spray methods, etc... read my sticky up top.
