Vibrant colors

[H2O]

I had a surprise visit at break from my auto-body friend.
He brought me another box of colors that he found in a storage cabinet not being used.
Such a shame I don't have the time to use them right now. There is way more than I will ever be able to use.
He showed me a trick to see the color--- he wiped a dab on a black piece and the color popped out. The colors are much brighter and vibrant than the pictures show, but you can get an idea.

 

[Skie_M]

By "colors" do you mean paint? Or is this a powder additive that gets added to the paint? It looks like it's dry ...


Is this stuff similar to PearlX powder pigments?

If there's too much for ya to use, do you plan on selling some of the excess? I'ld be willing to pay like 50 bucks for 3 oz of each of those colors of PearlX powder pigments...

 

[H2O]

By "colors" do you mean paint? Or is this a powder additive that gets added to the paint? It looks like it's dry ...


Is this stuff similar to PearlX powder pigments?

If there's too much for ya to use, do you plan on selling some of the excess? I'ld be willing to pay like 50 bucks for 3 oz of each of those colors of PearlX powder pigments...

Yes, they are powders. He called them something, but I don't remember the specific term.
They are very bright and some have a lot more shimmer than some of the others. They all have the shimmer, to some degree, and some of them appear to change shades and/or colors.
I hadn't planned to sell any, they are very expensive from what I'm told, and I don't believe I have 3ozs. of any one color, maybe a shot glass of most of them.
The picture of the swipes is just a small part of what he gave me, but only small amounts since these are left-overs and unused stuff.

 

[JohnU]

From the smudge picture they look like mica pearls, which is what is used in makeup and pearlx casting pigments. If so, Its good stuff and as long as its kept dry and in a closed container it should never go bad. Works very well with casting.

 

[KenV]

powder coating materials???

 

[Skie_M]

Ahh, so you just have small containers of leftover mica pearl or pearlx. The useage of that stuff is pretty simple .... you mix your different batches of resin, and then you take a VERY small dab of the pearlx on your mixing stick and mix it in to one of your resin batches and then you pour your resins together into your mold. You can also mix it in your mold a bit to give it nice swirls and patterning, but you don't mix it to the point that it becomes homogeneous - you want that variation in color. I can see now why you'ld say there's way more than you'ld ever use.

I was thinking you had like .... quart sized containers of the stuff, lol! Those pics must be from very close up.


KenV, this stuff is something that they'ld add in very small quantities to a clearcoat paint to add extra shimmer and flash on top of the solid coat of paint underneath. It also adds depth of color. Think of the difference between an old 60's corvette in candy apple red and a modern stingray in ruby shimmer. The base color is the same, it's what's on top that makes the difference. It's not a powder coating, it's just floating in the clear coat on top of the base color coat, and then several top coats go on to protect it all.


I'll just stick to what I can get from hobby lobby.

Alternatively, if you know someone who's into one of a kind art doll making with polyclay, that stuff's invaluable to them as eye coloring materials ... it gives a beautiful lifelike sparkle that paints and pastels alone can't convey.

 

[CrimsonKeel]

is there a label on it anywhere?

 

[H2O]

I asked and I was told these are base coat and mid coat pearls. Some are ghosting, some chameleon, some pyramid, and others.

These are different than pearl x, mostly because they are specific to automotive paint systems and contain an exterior protective layer.

These come from various big name automotive paint manufacturers, of which I didn't ask for names. I can ask if anyone needs that information.

I have a couple of pictures of what I was told are spray outs. This is done to test the color and spray gun settings. I've been informed that, I have these colors from the pictures, in my box.

I apologize if I missed anything or confused information... he talks very fast about this stuff and loads me with information that I don't understand. He is very passionate about what he does.

 

[MikeinSC]

If it's automotive, I would put my money on House of Kolor. Very similar to PearlEx, as already mentioned. Very expensive and almost synonymous with high end custom paint jobs.

 

[NotURMailman]

That sample looks like a chameleon pearl from HOK. Very nice effect in automotive paint applications. And very expensive. If that's what it is, it's used in a mid coat when used in automotive paint. My motorcycle is painted with a HOK chameleon pearl and it changes from black to deep blue, to dark green. I don't even want to discuss how much that paint job ran me.

Would be interesting to see how it would look when used in casting!