Tinting clear black?
Tinting clear black? I was wondering if anyone has tried to tint clear or a base coat clear black, kind of like making it a kandy. I want to spray my tail lights and i know there is vht but i prefer automotive paint if i can get away with it.
I know alsa makes some stuff like that but alsa sucks. Their candys dont darken up until you add almost the hole concentrate. Plus i have tried their mirror chrome product and i was not happy with it, spraying it directly over polished clear and expect life out of it, i dont think so.
alsa is cool depending on what you use from them, i swear by their pla-stick, **** is awesome also their effect paints are cool. But i agree with you about their candies, i wasnt happy there either.
but as far as you are asking, just black base coat works. The darker you want the more coats. then top coat it with some clear. Its what i did to mine
but as far as you are asking, just black base coat works. The darker you want the more coats. then top coat it with some clear. Its what i did to mine
Well i tinted the clear basecoat with the same black i shot on my car. I was really suprised with the result. I sandedt he lights down with red scotch bright and then threw a coat of bulldog adhesion promoter just for extra protection and then i started tinting the lights i gave them three coats and i decided that was enough. After that i threw two coats of clear to finish them and they look like glass. I can stand five feet away and they look completely black. I will post pics tomorrow when they are dry and safe to handle.
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this is exactly what i was waqnting to do with the tail lights, i saw an artical a looooong time ago on chevy hi performance magazine where they did a third gens tail lights and it came looking the way i want mine to look like. please post pictures as soon as possible thanks!
Well here are the pics my car is sill under construction so its missing the rear bumper and the wing but you can seet the lights pretty good. lol The rest of the car is pretty dirty because it is sitting outside my house.
Man i honestly cant tell you how much clear because i have tons of it at the shop i used about four ounces if that. But i did not tint the clear i tinted clear base coat and then cleared with regular untinted clear. Clear basecoat is basically paint with no pigment just transparent, then i just tinted it and checked it with the mixing stick i would dip it in the mix and see if i could see through the paint to my mixing stick then when i thought it was concentrated enough i started tinting the side lights and blinkers. When i saw how much those got tinted i started on my rear lights.
they actually did this in camaro performers a few issues back
it's the one with the freshly painted project iroc
they mixed in some black with some clear and something else...can't remember and viola it worked great
it's the one with the freshly painted project iroc
they mixed in some black with some clear and something else...can't remember and viola it worked great
yeah it depends on how the sun is shining on it, on the part its directly getting hit you can see the honey comb better but i did not want to get darker than that i was scared of losing transparency.
dont worry about transparency these are the tail light on an alero i had and you could see them pretty good still and i never got rearended, but the whole car was black so i had to do them dark, dont worry the fronts are just covers
