Lense smoke and blackout recommendations

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  • mike duckering
    August 16, 2012 at 7:50 pm #37879

    I have a full set of spare tail light sections for my 300zx im looking to either smoke or black out.
    I have read many variations of techniques.
    whats the correct method for tiniting in your opinion?

    I have some dry black pearl powder im itching to use on something…maybe i could incorporate this in to the mix somewhere??

    Just a noob having fun here 🙂

    Jayson Munro
    August 16, 2012 at 8:09 pm #37880

    Some guys use a black candy to smoke tail lights and I’m sure there are lots of ways to do it.I will usually mix up a half a pint of clear so it is ready to spray,then add some black to the mix from the darkest toner on our bench.I will start with 5-10 grams of black but you need to be careful,if you don’t put enough in it will take 10 coats,too much and they will be black in one coat :)You could put in your black pearl but it will be hard to see and I wouldn’t rely on just that for smoking your lights.

    mike duckering
    August 16, 2012 at 9:46 pm #37885

    Thanks for the input!

    SO… I would mix up the clear per the instructions and mix the black base also per instructions then basically combine the two until i obtain the shade i require?
    I’m presuming I can’t just add the base to the clear without the base hardener??

    Jayson Munro
    August 16, 2012 at 11:23 pm #37887

    I use a toner right off my mixing bank(utech 294)you have to add a different binder to make it single stage or base coat.Never tried it with just basecoat but an acrylic or urethane base would work but doubtful a polyester basecoat would.I would just use black single stage to make it easier.All your really doing is tinting it slightly,really no issue in the product not curing.

    mike duckering
    August 17, 2012 at 12:11 am #37889

    Ahh, makes perfect sense now.

    thank you!

    brandon dingwell
    August 17, 2012 at 1:11 am #37893

    You could also just mix some black tint into your clear base coat and use that. Then clear coat

    ryan brown
    August 17, 2012 at 5:26 am #37909

    Using a candy is preferred by some because it will let more light through when your brake light lights up. Candy is a dye where a basecoat is carbon black pigment. One is more opaque than the other.

    Collin
    August 17, 2012 at 11:41 am #37917

    so there is a black dye too?

    brandon dingwell
    August 17, 2012 at 5:51 pm #37922

    Pretty sure Alsa corp has a candy black. Not sure who else does

    mike duckering
    August 20, 2012 at 8:13 pm #37956

    Well gents, I installed the marker lights on the white Z. The finish is straight from the gun, no sanding and buffing.
    These look absolutely amazing when the sun hits them!!
    I also had a practice center panel that i also sprayed (there is no surface issues thats the reflecton of the clouds!) i hit this one with some polish to see what happens.

    Just a little test run before i smoke out the tail lights 🙂

    I prepped the surface with sanding paste
    sprayed on some Bulldog adhesion promoter
    mixed in 1/2TSP black candy pearl powder per 250ml
    6 light coats.

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