Qm1 Nissan White - With White Pearl Metal Flake - White Silver Pearl

[Kustom20]

Hi Guys,

thought I would start this thread here for anyone interested in the white pearl metal flakes and white silver pearl. I am currently doing all body work and painting an R33 Skyline in QM1 Nissan White - Group 2 - COB System (Clear Over Base)

Just thought I would throw this in here for anyone looking at different coatings thickness coverage or color - I will add the high quality photo's tomorrow after the cards are complete with the top clear coats - hopefully the images do the paint justice as we know from real paint to photo is sometimes hard to get an exact representation.

I have cut 30 test spray cards 100mm x 100mm composite sheeting - lightly sanded and primed in 2k primer

15 Test Cards Sprayed in White Base coat

15 Test Cards Sprayed in Black Base coat

To choose the metal flake and pearl coatings for the vehicle - we have used different coatings

White QM1 Base Coat - Cards

White Pearl Metal Flake - 1 coat 2 coats and 3 coats - with 1 coat of White Silver Pearl

White Pearl Metal Flake - 1 coat 2 coats and 3 coats - with 2 coats of White Silver Pearl

White Pearl Metal Flake - 1 coat 2 coats and 3 coats - with 3 coats of White Silver Pearl

White Pearl Metal Flake - 1 coat 2 coats and 3 coats - with 1 coat of Silver Flake and 1 coat of White Silver Pearl

Image Flat - No Pearl or Top Clear Coat

Black Base Coat - with 375 Micron Red DNA

Black Base Coat - with Red Flake - 1 coat 2 coats and 3 coats

Black Base Coat - with Red Flake - 1 coat 2 coats and 3 coats with 1 coat of White Metal Flake

Black Base Coat - with Red Flake - 1 coat 2 coats and 3 coats with 1 coat of white metal flake and White Silver Pearl

Image Flat - No Silver - No Pearl or Top Clear Coat

I have marked the back of the cards with the coatings and will update this tomorrow - from memory I think I put a coat of silver on one or 2 cards

Silver Flake and White Silver Pearl will be painted tomorrow - then the top coat clear.

Flake Coverage with DNA FX HDIC High Definition Intercoat

375 Micron Flake painted with Devilbiss 1.8 SLG

Basecoat, Pearl and Top Clear Coat - Painted with Devilbiss GTI Pro - 1.3mm with TE20 Air cap

If this post helps one person with white or black with the flakes and coatings then it makes it all worth it.

[Kustom20]

Hi All,

See below images for the sample cards we painted over White QM1 Base Coat and Black Base Coat - some of the white cards with 2 3 and 4 coats were just to throw some extra coats on to see the color change and how it affected the metal flake appearance with excess pearl.

• As you will see in the images 1 coat white metal flake and 1 coat pearl is almost similar to 2 coats white metal flake and 2 coats pearl.
• The white pearl metal flake with 1 coat and 1 coat of silver pearl looks great, the 1, 2 and 3 coats of just white pearl metal flake over white looks pretty cool.
• Obviously the Red Flake over Black looks great.
• The overload cards just wanted to post them here to show difference.

Make the QM1 White Nissan paint shine a bit better than just plain white.

The only issue is these look better when they are in sunlight direct light when you move them and see the colors moving. Hopefully the quality of the images do some sort or justice. If you want to check the video see below link

https://youtu.be/n7Dft_w_7WA

Edited February 21, 2016 by tuning_vs_hardware