who here is familiar with jaquard

[Lownslow]

i suggest you look this stuff up its awsome

[Peter Lombardo]

This is an excerpt from my posting last week of the 1971 Plymouth GTX where I spoke about how great this dry pigment is. I also posted the pictures of the 1950 Chevy pick up painted with this stuff in the "under glass" section. Buy this stuff...use this stuff...love this stuff...do not fear what you don't know, when it comes to paint, that is.

Just a little side note, the accent color on this car, as I said before is super copper Pearl, but that is not the whole story on that paint. This stuff, Jacquard Products, Pearl Ex Pigments is my new favorite kind of paint. This is a pigment that is ground down to 10 to 60 micron size particles…I can only say that it is a very, very fine powder. I mix about a ¼ teaspoon of the powder with about 1 inch of clear lacquer (this becomes the “carrier†of the pigment) and about a ½ inch of lacquer thinner in a small paint bottle, shake it up and pour it directly into my air brush. (all measurements are estimates, so if you try it, experiment with the measurements to find a consistency that you like). This pigment comes in 40 different hues and many are duo tones that change color depending upon the viewing angle. I have 13 bottles and the colors that I have used have worked great. I pay $3.99 per bottle, with many, many applications per bottle, they are very cost effective. If you spray them on and don’t clear coat them, they will give you that great “satin color primer†look that look great on neo-rat rods and customs. When you clear coat the color, it gives you a nice bright look that will buff into a high shine. You can mix different pigments together to create your own custom colors too. One word of caution though, if you will be masking (using tape or any kind of masking agent) over the painted on pigment surface, be sure there is a good dry strong coat of clear over the top, or you may pull up some of the paint when you remove the tape……been there, done that, not going back again, thank you. Other than that one precaution, I love this stuff, and oh, yeah, I found some of the basic colors at A.C. Moore and Michaels, but found a more extensive selection at a well stocked artist supply shop (art store), also, you can go on line, just google “Jacquard Productsâ€. Their website will list the stores in your area that stock the stuff, and one more thing, I use Lacquer as the carrier but you can use Tamiya clear or even Enamel paint, but it will take longer to dry. If you haven’t tried this yet, take a look at it, I just painted a 1950 Chevrolet pickup truck with a beautiful light green/yellow duo pearl that is awaiting some flames to be applied) yes, it has been clear coated) and it “looks marvelous†(Billy Crystal, Saturday Night Live, circa 1985)