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kwburhans
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 Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:52 am Post subject: L338 Atlas Blue question |
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Hello, I'm getting quotes for body and paint and I'm painting my car L338 Atlas blue. The last guy looked at a picture and said it was a metal flake color and would have to be a two stage paint which of course costs more. Does anyone know what the paint mixture is? It does have a bit of "something" going on but it doesn't look like a metal or mini flake to me? Maybe just some silver mixed in?
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raygreenwood
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: L338 Atlas Blue question |
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Hello, I'm getting quotes for body and paint and I'm painting my car L338 Atlas blue. The last guy looked at a picture and said it was a metal flake color and would have to be a two stage paint which of course costs more. Does anyone know what the paint mixture is? It does have a bit of "something" going on but it doesn't look like a metal or mini flake to me? Maybe just some silver mixed in?
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Uh....if silver is mixed into it....its a "metalflake" paint. The term metal flake....simply means its a metallic paint. Metallic means it literally is made from flakes of metal, mica or plastic in place of or alongside other pigments.
virtually all silver paints are metallic. The actual ingredient that makes them silver is micro powdered aluminum. The few modern exceptions to this rule are paints that use certain high luster plastic flakes in place of aluminum.
Either way....if its a "flake" based paint...it almost always requires a clear coat because the flakes poke through the surface at a microscopic level making it open to attack from moisture and allowing exposed metal flakes to oxidize. Ray |
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kwburhans
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Perfect! That's what I needed to know. Thanks |
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