Chris M Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I work for a large electric sign manufacturing company, and today I ventured into the paint department on break, and spotted this little slice of heaven That top row of bottles is full containers of pearl powders!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 We have that exact same setup at our shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 We have that exact same setup at our shop. What do you manufacture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 What do you manufacture? We have a large RV repair facility. Most of our customer base have the high end Prevost, Monaco, BlueBird type busses. We get body work in all the time and our painter has to be able to match every color. Works out great for me! Any time I need a certain color to match the real vehicle, he can whip it right up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 We have a large RV repair facility. Most of our customer base have the high end Prevost, Monaco, BlueBird type busses. We get body work in all the time and our painter has to be able to match every color. Works out great for me! Any time I need a certain color to match the real vehicle, he can whip it right up! Neat! I haven't really used our paint system on models yet, I'm afraid of the hardener/reducer combo. Decanted testors lacquers for me (read: big wuss). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadillacPat Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Neat! I haven't really used our paint system on models yet, I'm afraid of the hardener/reducer combo. Decanted testors lacquers for me (read: big wuss). Chris, you don't have to fear spraying Automotive paints on Models. As long as you Prep your surface correctly you can spray anything onto anything. CadillacPat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin T Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I found a goldmine too,of old chevys.I was cruising through the streets of a neighborhood behind mine and found a little house with at least 4 chevys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I also have those at the NAPA I work at. They are Martin Senour pearls. i have thought of getting some. There are some fine powders in there. Some may be too course for models though. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 You need to find out what types of paint base they are using with that system. We have several. Enamel, lacquer, acrylic, etc. It all depends of what he's going to paint. Along with the pearl additives there are three sizes of metal flake. When my painter mixes paint for me he uses enamel with reducer. It's base coat/clear coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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