Color Shift Paint.

[Mike 1017]

My first attempt at a Color-Shift will be a 2005 Chrysler 300C. I have watched 2 You Tube videos. Each one has a different technique. One says light Black Base Coat and light Color-Shift coat. Number 2 says heavy Black Gloss Coat and heavy Color-Shift. I will be using my airbrush.

Any advice will be well appreciated.

Mike

[Rick L]

Testing it out first is the only way you can truly be satisfied with the results. 

 

[Papaof2]

I saw the Testers color shift at Hobby Lobby. It's a Rustoleum brand. Picked up the Rustoleum color shift at Lowes. Same price for a full size spray can as HL was getting for the hobby size.  Said all that to say very disappointed.  Sprayed over flat black and gloss black, heavy coat, light coat , virtually no shift of color. Guess that's why the paint on autos that really changes color is thousands of dollars per gallon.

[Janice Berry]

Go with a glossy black base—it helps the color shift pop more. Then do light, even coats of the color-shift paint. Don’t rush it, build it up slowly.

[Cool Hand]

What paint manufacturer will you be using ??

But yeah what Janice stated, gloss black base. And take your time and slowly build up the colour shift with multiple light coats. 

It can take me anywhere from 6-8 coats to get full even coverage. You dont want breaks in the pearl with the black showing through.

Always do a test spoon before painting the body. I usually dial in and get a feel for how the paint lays down and how many coats for full even coverage. Once comfortable and confident move straight onto the body.

 

All of these have SMS paints colour shift.

Edited August 6 by Cool Hand

[Keef]

Rustoleum color shift paint over black primer. I’ve always used black primer as a base for color shift paints.

[Glynn]

You can go over most colours depending on what shade you want the top coat to come out like.i used to work custom paint shop used loads of different base colours.ive done a 1/14 rc truck black base with red candy then goes into silver with orange candy.if had black base over it all be way to dark under the orange.dark colours work well with black a light colours with silver.

[Leica007]

Here's some photos of my color shift paint jobs on 53 P/U and 55 Panel using Rustoleum spray can, before I started using an airbrush (2018). I don't remember using primer. The p/u was molded in white and the panel was black. Have you tried decanting to use in your airbrush? I think I used only 2 coats (maybe 3) and got these results.

Hope this helps, looking forward to seeing how your's comes out.

[Mike 1017]

21 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

What paint manufacturer will you be using ??

But yeah what Janice stated, gloss black base. And take your time and slowly build up the colour shift with multiple light coats. 

It can take me anywhere from 6-8 coats to get full even coverage. You dont want breaks in the pearl with the black showing through.

Always do a test spoon before painting the body. I usually dial in and get a feel for how the paint lays down and how many coats for full even coverage. Once comfortable and confident move straight onto the body.

 

All of these have SMS paints colour shift.

I will be using ScaleFinishes Vertigo Hyper Vertigo Blue, Purple, Teal. Midnight Black Base Coat

 

23 hours ago, Rick L said:

Testing it out first is the only way you can truly be satisfied with the results. 

 

Rick, you are right I will do some testing

[Mike 1017]

13 hours ago, Glynn said:

You can go over most colours depending on what shade you want the top coat to come out like.i used to work custom paint shop used loads of different base colours.ive done a 1/14 rc truck black base with red candy then goes into silver with orange candy.if had black base over it all be way to dark under the orange.dark colours work well with black a light colours with silver.

Now you got me thinking the paint is Blue, Purple, Teal. Maybe a blue base coat. Thanks Glynn. 

[Cool Hand]

37 minutes ago, Mike 1017 said:

I will be using ScaleFinishes Vertigo Hyper Vertigo Blue, Purple, Teal. Midnight Black Base Coat

This one was blue, purple, bright aqua over a gloss black base.

[tbill]

These are scale finishes color shift paints over a semi gloss black

[peteski]

Black is black. Black is opaque. Why would someone recommend 2 coats when a single coat results is a solid black coverage?  All that will do is build up the total paint thickness (which is not desirable on scale models).

[Cool Hand]

15 minutes ago, peteski said:

Black is black. Black is opaque. Why would someone recommend 2 coats when a single coat results is a solid black coverage?  All that will do is build up the total paint thickness (which is not desirable on scale models).

Probably because in most circumstances the first coat is light and very thin and might not get full complete coverage, so a second coat medium wet coat is applied for full coverage and being a wet coat it will level out to a smooth finish. 

No product formulations are the same, so 2 coats would be desirable for peace of mind to achieve full coverage.

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[peteski]

2 minutes ago, Cool Hand said:

Probably because in most circumstances the first coat is light and very thin and might not get full complete coverage, so a second coat medium wet coat is applied for full coverage and being a wet coat it will level out to a smooth finish. 

No product formulations are the same, so 2 coats would be desirable for peace of mind to achieve full coverage.

I guess I use different painting technique.  When a procedure calls for a "solid black" color  I apply enough paint to achieve that.  Maybe to me that is just common sense.  I also prefer heavier coats of paint to achieve orange-peel-free coats.

[Cool Hand]

4 hours ago, peteski said:

I guess I use different painting technique.  When a procedure calls for a "solid black" color  I apply enough paint to achieve that.  Maybe to me that is just common sense.  I also prefer heavier coats of paint to achieve orange-peel-free coats.

Well thats the thing isnt Pete, we all use different products, equipment and techniques. So results will vary from our own experiences.

At the end of the day the only thing that matters is we as individuals are satisfied with the outcome of our own paint work.

 

Edited Tuesday at 08:12 AM by Cool Hand

[89AKurt]

My limited experience, ask whoever sells the aftermarket brand (such as Splash) paint what to do.  I've used Testors since the Stone Age, their last Model Master line had a pearl that I used very lightly.  I don't have good luck with thick coats most of the time.

[Tom99]

I did this Cobra with Scale finishes Hypershift Blue/Green/Purple.

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 11:09 AM by Tom99