Blue pearl question
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have a question for you guys. im repainting a ford mustang. im doing a few test panels but having no luck.
base coat is a bright white. i ran out of innercoat clear for the test panels so i just mixed it in the regular clear(4:1) ( ppg blue and white pearl)
i mixed half a cup clear with 1/2 tsp of each pearl.
sprayed 4 coats to get the right amount and let it dry.
came back and the clear made the white yellow looking. what can i do to get rid of this?
will the innercoat take care of this (HOK)
or should i use less pearl and do more coats?
Tks!
I dont see the pearls even listed in the compatibility chart to be used in the clearcoats
but the intercoat clear is(DBC500) so I would guess thats why they don’t recommend using the pearls in the clearcoat
its not the clear making the white look yellow, its the pearl. pearls generally will make a white look yellow or creamy if too much is put on. thats the tradeoff really. try to put on as little pearl as you can to get the effect you want. i have a pure snow white pearl that i spray here and the pearl coat i always just mist on 2 coats of pearl real quick. anymore than that and i lose the bright white look. another thing you can try is to counteract some of the yellow effect is to make a white base with a slight blue tint. a very cool white so to speak. when the pearl is put overtop it sort of counteracts the yellow and evens out.
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