I have sprayed epoxy and Slick Sand on my 70 Corvette. After I block, which I hope won't take too long, I'll be ready for color. The color I am going with is Ontario Orange, which was one of the "Firemist" colors on early 70's Vettes (the others being Steel Cities Gray and Warbonnet Yellow).
This was a fine metallic. I was researching this color and ran across a post on the Corvette forum where a pro painter described his process of applying these Firemist colors as "boxing" them. Here is how he described it:
I should have been clearer... when I say boxing the color and clear -
You shoot base to cover the primer, then 2 coats of 50% base 50% clear then 1 of 25% color and 75% clear then 1-coat of 100% clear.
Base coats lay too flat and do not allow the pigments to "orient themselves in another direction other than flat"
If you observe metallic lacquers and single stage metallics under 20 times magnification you will see the metallic or borosilicate flakes are not all oriented flat, some are "standing on edge or at an angle to viewing.
Have any of you all done this? Any reason I would have a problem doing this with Universal Clear?
This was a fine metallic. I was researching this color and ran across a post on the Corvette forum where a pro painter described his process of applying these Firemist colors as "boxing" them. Here is how he described it:
I should have been clearer... when I say boxing the color and clear -
You shoot base to cover the primer, then 2 coats of 50% base 50% clear then 1 of 25% color and 75% clear then 1-coat of 100% clear.
Base coats lay too flat and do not allow the pigments to "orient themselves in another direction other than flat"
If you observe metallic lacquers and single stage metallics under 20 times magnification you will see the metallic or borosilicate flakes are not all oriented flat, some are "standing on edge or at an angle to viewing.
Have any of you all done this? Any reason I would have a problem doing this with Universal Clear?