Custom Paint Question (pics)
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Custom Paint Question (pics)
How would one go about reproducing this effect in real life? Is it even possible? This is my car, but I used Photoshop to slightly darken the colors and increased the contrast. I have had people suggest for when I repaint the car, to make it match in these pictures, but I'm not sure what I'd need to buy or how to apply the products to make it look like that:
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When i painted my car Pewter after a fender bender a few years ago i tried every pearl combination on the mixing bank in my shop they all looked terrible, what i ended up going with was a coarse variant of the color which just made the metal flake bigger, gave it a darker shade and looked awesome in the sun. It did not look like a bass boat if that is what your thinking when i say bigger flake.
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When i painted my car Pewter after a fender bender a few years ago i tried every pearl combination on the mixing bank in my shop they all looked terrible, what i ended up going with was a coarse variant of the color which just made the metal flake bigger, gave it a darker shade and looked awesome in the sun. It did not look like a bass boat if that is what your thinking when i say bigger flake.
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I tried both the 3 stage looked OK but it made the pewter very hazy to actually noticed the difference, this is the reason it is mostly used on whites and fine silvers, the best look i got was mixing gold pearl in the color it self, but i didn't like it.
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Any competent body shop with a computerized mixing station can alter the paint code formula to match what you are looking for. The painter will just need to do some spray outs on a test swatch and then you can narrow it down to exactly what you want. Really isn't all too hard.
Application would require feathering in the areas so don't get too sharp of a contrast between the colors. If you've never painted a car before, I would leave it to a professional to attempt so you don't waste your time and money on material.
Application would require feathering in the areas so don't get too sharp of a contrast between the colors. If you've never painted a car before, I would leave it to a professional to attempt so you don't waste your time and money on material.
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Any competent body shop with a computerized mixing station can alter the paint code formula to match what you are looking for. The painter will just need to do some spray outs on a test swatch and then you can narrow it down to exactly what you want. Really isn't all too hard.
Application would require feathering in the areas so don't get too sharp of a contrast between the colors. If you've never painted a car before, I would leave it to a professional to attempt so you don't waste your time and money on material.
Application would require feathering in the areas so don't get too sharp of a contrast between the colors. If you've never painted a car before, I would leave it to a professional to attempt so you don't waste your time and money on material.
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The painter will need to use a matalic with a dark side tone and a flop that rolls from light to dark. Then keep tinting from there to get the desired look your after,pearls arn't going to do it, but may still be needed some to get it the way you want it.