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Scorpio

I have the following basecoat
Shanghai red (a metalic version very close to my original 924 colour

Im in talks with a few pearl additive companies to see what i can use as an intercoat( add pearl or flake to clear after basecoat to give depth) followed by clearcoat
to give me something similar to lexus Matador red to my shanghai red
some options
http://www.paintwithpearl.com/candystore.htm
also red shimmer ghost pearl may work
http://www.paintwithpearl.com/pearlstore.htm

Matador red

how i want it to look on my 924 with my custom vents

Thinking out loud
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GARRETT T25 TURBO
BILSTEIN SHOCKS
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Brisbane , Australia
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all youll see is
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:20 am Post subject:

The site a pretty good one for content Scorp..

For me I want a Orange ( most likely, I amstill debatinga a dark metalic
steel color that ford has.)

From the site I see I could do a blue ghost or reguliar blue pearl
over the top of orange. Again I want an orange & dont know if i
should go with a pearl or not.

Lets see some pics scorp or at least send me some more on
the progress. I want to see. I got the last ones and like the inlets youve made in the fenders. I want 2 see more.
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Scorpio · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:16 am Post subject:

the site owner thinks the matador red may have an orange ghost pearl in it so may do a test panel with that. Ill be spraying panel by panel so really hope the pearl works that way and doesnt look wayyyy off

Joe if youre gonna go orange i like the orange they have on their website. I love deeeeeeep colours. Im certainly not going for the original classic look. Paints come along way

http://www.paintwithpearl.com/

BionicBalls · Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 642 Location: Charlotte, NC

Do not spray panel by panel. pearls never look the same that way. I've seen panels sprayed with paint from the same gun and turn out differently. Pearls are really wierd the way they lay down. Your car will look like a patch job if you spray it panel by panel.
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:22 pm Post subject:

Matador red looks really awesome, looks like
they sprayed a candy over the pearl.
I like it. Almost like a candy apple red.

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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
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Scorpio · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject:

zimm · Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 62 Location: Hereford, UK.

BionicBalls · Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 642 Location: Charlotte, NC

Metal flake would be a much better choice if you have to paint it panel by panel. If you ever have to do a repair you will be happy you went with metal flake. Just don't go overboard with the flake, IMO nothing looks worse than an overly sparkling car.
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:20 am Post subject:

Man i got to start checkin my typing..sorry bout that..
Seems to me Scorp a big gun with a big spray pattern
and be careful 2 setting the amount of pearl coming out
you should be able to get it uniform enough.
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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
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Scorpio · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject:

interesting insights boys.....perhaps a metal candy re flake....i The flake ill be going for will be very small and a red or orange tone..I dont like flake jobs where the flake is a different colour from the base and large flake should be kept for sideshow rides...but small flake will give that glimmer as you drive by that makes people look twice without actually seeing big chunks of flake.

the reason i want panel by panel is i can be alot more careful doing it that way, its also easier on the compressor, my space is limited, and prevents spray fatigue leading to a better job...hopefuly

perhaps panel by panel base coat.....place panels lightly back on car for a couple of medium dry coats of clear with flake ....remove panles and finish panel by panel in clear then finesse?
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1979 NA
MS1..EFI..
GARRETT T25 TURBO
BILSTEIN SHOCKS
GT BASED CUSTOM BODYKIT

Brisbane , Australia
Think mean think fast
all youll see is
my Porsches Arse!!!

924aussie · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:31 pm Post subject:

There is a paint booth available about 10ks from you at Rocklea,. just take it down there on a trailer paint it while it is still on the trailer and take it home. I found a blow up Paint booth about a month ago in Melbourne but I can find the site again. Think about a big jumping castle that the kids play in.

Alan
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Smoothie · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 12:49 am Post subject:

A detail to remember when painting metal flake (and it may also apply to pearls) - It won't go down evenly if sprayed too close (too close as in a proper spraying distance for a solid color). You'll wind up with what looks like rows. So, to eliminate the rows, and get it blended right, back off way further than you'd normally think is correct - something like 1.5 to 2 feet (.5 to .7 meters). -But do some reading to verify that distance. I'm going by memory of how I did it 4 years ago..
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:48 pm Post subject:

White pearl sprayed in clear... nice huh.

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v8carreragts · Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ

Yes, the flake and pearls need to be sprayed farther away from the car. You need to be very careful with pearl so it goes on evenly. And you really need to do some test panels first. You can put too much pearl on easily and it kills the effect. You can put it on very light to get a ghost effect. I did this on the 1964 GTO I had. I painted it black and used a very light dust coat of blue pearl. The car looked black but under the sun or lights at night you saw the pearl effect on all of the peaks of the bodywork.

I've been thinking of using pearl on mine....but I need to decide on the base color first.

Joes924Racer · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:57 pm Post subject:

Scorp & otheres guess what, My friend with the squirrel problem
and the girl I live with have made me change the colr of the early 931
turbo gt project. It started monday night with her saying you know
if its gonna be parked in my drive it needs to be a bright shiny silver
like a bullet. Today I was showin pictures to my buddy with the squirrels
after work. I told him my plasn and her idea & he goes ya know Joe,
everybody would really think of it as a nice lookin car if it was silver.
So that settles it and ive been lookin and the beamers and audis and others look nice in gold or silver..

The only thing to do is pic the shade Im leanin towards a darker shade
almost what it came with

....... wwas dolmite grey I believe though there both tellin me nooo
go with a shiny silver. What ever the shade I suppose I could add pearl to the clear.............

Im taking all the body panels down to his house to spray by panel.
What Ill do is just set them next to each other .. maybe spray the finasl clear on here with the panels in place. Now to find the right shade...

Scorp I now give you your thoroughly jacked thread back to you..
and give me some pics. please.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.