
Red, Burgundy, or Orange base coat: We highly recommend any of our Gold ghost pearls, including the shimmer gold or the satin gold. In powder coating, keep the ratio down to a tablespoon per pound and add onto that as needed. To get a cool midnight color change effect, keep the ratio of pearl down to about a level teaspoon per quart in the clear base or binder. Blue, violet, orange, gold and silver are the most popular colors for white base coats.īlack base coat: You also may use any of the ghost pearls, but keep in mind that using too much will make the project take on the color of the pearl and overwhelm the black. White base coat: Use any of the ghost pearls, but keep in mind that the red ghost pearl will give you a iridescent pink look in the sun. If you are looking to do a project using these beautiful ghost pearls, we have a few suggestions on which colors look good over which base coats… The final clear step is only recommended for custom paint, and not for powder coating, gel coating, or faux finish. We always recommend that people make their own mixes and spray a test panel before doing the entire project, and it is always wise to use a base clear, or a binder to mix the pearls with before adding the final clears. Base-coat, ghost pearl paint, clear-coat.

Instead of doing a base-coat clear-coat paint job, we add the pearl paint into the middle of the mix. With this thought in mind, anyone can make an ordinary paint job into a pearl paint job. Turning a two-stage paint job into a three-stage paint job is the basic step in creating a quality pearl paint. Newer cars and motorcycles can be seen with ghost pearl effects done in the factory, such as the Lamborghini orange paint with the beautiful gold pearl that we see at the auto shows, or simpler pearlescent white paints that we see on new Cadillacs or Infiniti cars, which can be achieved with a simple silver ghost pearl or gold ghost applied over a white base coat. Our pearls are what custom painters use to create those beautiful pearlescent effects that people see on many custom paint and even factory paint jobs. When we describe Ghost Pearl on our site, we are speaking of the type of pearlescent pigments that can be used to create ghost flames, entire iridescent pearl paint jobs, or other ghost effects. In shade, they have no reflectivity, but in sun, they can have a wide array of different reflective properties.Ĭreating Pearl paint is as easy as doing any other type of paint, with the exception of adding a few steps to the process. If the paint store is trying to get rid of the material you plan on using then you've already screwed up step 2.Ghost Pearl is made from transparent Mica Particles (like glass) that reflect one color, while letting you see the color underneath. Let me tell you the three steps to doing a great paint job. However, I have to say this, you'd be a fool to shoot it on anything other than a test panel first - the paint store wasn't getting rid of the stuff because it was the finest paint that ever graced their interior space.

So, to answer your question, reduce it and shoot it. Chemically all it does is pollute the mix.

Spit don't belong in soup and hardener don't belong in a non-catilized paint. Its like saying that if the cook spits in the soup it will be better. They think it will make the paint more durable. There are guys who insist on putting a hardener into paints which do not require them. Your question is confusing but after reading it a couple of times it seems you've got some standard urethane base coat and all you need to do is reduce it as appropriate and shoot it.
