Sealer color for Metallic Green

[Doug C]

If using a metallic green, specifically 'Palma Green Metallic' (L95K), which would be the best color choice for a wet sealer coat before color? Not going to be able to tint the primer/sealer.. so out of the common blk, grey or white. I ask because while researching, I read in a couple places that black primer was preferred for Blue Metallics... which got me thinking, green is maybe the same?

Actually I was considering white primer/sealer as in theory it might "brighten" the Palma Green IF ANYTHING. I know there's a good argument that it shouldn't matter if coverage is thorough.

Doug C

[jspbtown]

Did you use epoxy primer on the car? If so I would just use that (appropriately thinned of course).

But generally speaking the lighter the primer the lighter the ending finish....but take that with a grain of salt.....its about coverage as well.

[Doug C]

Nothing done yet, still in the planning stage on this particular project.

It's currently a worn-out respray in red that I will NOT be stripping. I'm gonna scuff it good, hi-build it (then block of course), then shoot a seal coat just before metallic green color. So I'm trying to plan which color for the hi-build vs sealer coat. I suppose the Hi-build in grey would be fine regardless, then go with either a white or black sealer coat. The way I see it, the white sealer would probably brighten up the Green color, which I wouldn't mind and the black primer may assist in coverage and hiding future paint chips to some degree, which I wouldn't mind either.

I guess Palma Green Metallic is kind of a medium green though, so maybe a grey sealer , it's just that I've read black was good for metallic blue...

[jspbtown]

Well it you were scuffing I would still shoot some epoxy. It will help reduce and possible interactions with what you have on that already.

So buy some grey epoxy. Shoot it. Then your nigh build and then reduce your grey epoxy for the sealer.

No need to over think this

[VintageVulture]

When a paint company selects the correct gray shade to use as a sealer, typically it's done in a very simple and old fashion manor. Take a black and white photo of the color you're spraying. That'll give you the closest gray possible. At least that's what I've been told by paint reps from DuPont.
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