RowdyYates Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I need to know what the best base coat or under coat is for the colors Pearl Green,Emerald Green and Metallic Green?I want the green to really pop out after the last coat has been applied and polished.. Thanks, Yates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonoPed Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 White, silver or gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyYates Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 That's what I was thinking.Maybe a white primer and a silver or gold coat first. Thanks, Yates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Usually gold will give you a richer warmer color, but possibly a little darker than silver. It's best to match the color of the metallic flakes in the paint to the base coat. Silver flakes, silver base; gold flakes, gold base... You can also use metallic grays as base colors to tweak the final shade. Many silvers and golds are very dense, test first, you may not need to put white down first, save yourself a layer of paint... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyYates Posted April 26, 2006 Author Share Posted April 26, 2006 Usually gold will give you a richer warmer color, but possibly a little darker than silver. It's best to match the color of the metallic flakes in the paint to the base coat. Silver flakes, silver base; gold flakes, gold base... You can also use metallic grays as base colors to tweak the final shade. Many silvers and golds are very dense, test first, you may not need to put white down first, save yourself a layer of paint... Thanks! Yates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camaroman Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Rowdy, I don't know if you will need a "base" color under the Metallic green. I sprayed my 64 Thunderbolt Duplicolor Ford Deep Jewel green over white primer and it almost looks black in certain light. I would suggest that you make a test panel from a sheet of styrene. Use masking tape to make a grid on the styrene. Then mask (or use a spray sheild) half and spray a couple of different shades of primer on each half. Then mask off and spray the different bases on these. Finally spray your color over the different bases to see which you like the best. This is a little time consuming, but the best way to keep from stripping and respraying if you don't like the resullts. Be sure to keep notes on which base and primer color you sprayed where. Then you have this for future reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyYates Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 I'm wanting to get the most brilliant green I can..Nothing to silvery or gold.Just a bright sparkly, jewel green coat.. Yates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjscustommodels Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 try silver, I got good results with green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D. Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Then try gold but gloss black is the ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW Dave Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Under Testors' emerald green, I've had the best results with a gold base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc @ MPC Motorsports Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Get some white plastic spoons and test your paints with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyYates Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 Get some white plastic spoons and test your paints with them. Good tip! :wink: Thanks, Rowdy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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