You can tint the clear overcoats, that's how you get a candy color. Now all you've got to do is layer on the high-solids clear and sand down (without cutting through the flakes, or its start all over again) until the surface is smooth. THen using the lowest pressure you can get away with and a thin mix, shoot another couple of layers of clear to lock the flakes down.
THe easy way is to shoot a layer of clear with an additive that retards drying, then quickly take a pepper shaker (that you have cleverly filled with the flakes beforehand) and shake a nice layer of flakes on. Kind of a mother dog with a gun too, unless you've got a special rig. No spray cans here, they just don't cut it at all. THat's tiny fine chips of mylar floating in a colored clear that give the sparkle. House of Kolor, Ditzler, and DuPont make quality finishes Use the same manufacturer for all the components of the job, if you can, primer, thinner, base coat, color coat and clear, if you're doing the whole thing that way. There's lots of colors available in automotive acrylic lacquer, check out especially GM Firemist Iridescent colors. I've had a bit of trouble shooting metallic with an airbrush. You can shoot metallic with any good lacquer gun, it helps if you have an agitator cup to keep the metal powder stirred up, although you can swirl it by hand. You can spray this with a can, but its REALLY hard to get good results, its difficult to lay it on evenly enough, and the edges of each spray pass seem to show. The occasional guitar, if the guy wanted something like candy flames.Ī metallic gold, like you see on a Les Paul, is metal dust suspended in clear, maybe a tinted, clear.
May be recoated after 4 hours.Ĭlean-Up: Clean brush and other application tools immediately with soap and water.Qualifier: I used to paint custom motorcycles, so I did a lot of this kind of thing. Use light, even strokes to ensure the smoothest finish.ĭry and Recoat Times: Dry to the touch in 1 hour, to handle in 2 hours and fully dry in 2-4 hours. Apply each coat of paint in an alternating direction, first coat vertical, second coat horizontal and repeat. With all application methods, use uniform thin coats to build glitter layers and intensity.Īpply in uniform direction per coat of paint. For best results, use an acrylic paint that is similar in color to glitter paint.Īpplication: Testors Craft Intense Glitter Paint can be applied with a brush, roller, sponge, or paint sprayer. Usage: Testors Craft Intense Glitter Paint can be used over a colored or white basecoat. Projects: Suggestions include wood and metal frames, stenciling projects, glassware, other home décor pieces as well as furniture and accent walls and borders.
The glitter is encapsulated in the paint so the final finish is smooth to the touch. It is formulated to provide a decorative glitter finish to wood, metal, plastic, drywall and hardboard. INTENSE GLITTER BRUSH PAINT is a glitter finish that provides multi-dimensional shimmer and sparkle.
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