Unique effects in multi-layered car paint

Have you ever wondered how much you can spend for a lacquer for a new car? Probably desired color comes to our mind immediately, maybe it's blue pearl ? Maybe red pearl ? One can say that the leader of recent years is the white color, especially the one that has the pearl effect. We know that this is the effect of the coating with the content of a rhinestone (mountain mineral) with prismatic or synthetic properties. The most effective color is obtained by means of a natural rock, which is characterized by excellent cleavage and resistance to high temperature and chemical factors. It is a color that amazes in full sun giving the effect of micro prisms reflecting rays. It is true that they are expensive lscquers, but as in the automotive industry we can meet much more complex and also more expensive solutions.

One of the interesting examples is the Bentley Continental GTC which stood out from all the coatings coming out of this factory with powdered diamonds, that were covered with up to 32 layers of clearcoat. The result is an unprecedented color that reflects light in thousands of ways. For such a varnish you have to pay more than for a car, which will decorate such an elaborate layer. The super smooth surface effect is achieved by applying the primer in the first step. Then, the quality control assesses whether all undesirable curvatures in the bodywork are compensated, then the base coat is applied followed by several layers of clearcoat. The whole secret lays down in the polishing of obtained coating with the help of specially selected carbon molecules. Then you get a perfectly smooth paint that is characteristic of the Bentley brand.

Alubeam is not Aluminum

An interesting solution is the paint available for owners of the Mercedes SLS AMG where we can get a stunning finish body called Alubeam. This coating mimics highly polished metal. As usual, the cost of this service is staggering, we can already get it for about 17 thousand. USD. The price is caused by an extremely time-consuming process, which includes application of 7 layers of paint. In order to obtain such a coating, a smooth surface should be obtained without any defects, so that the light does not break on them. In comparison with ordinary metallic paint, the pigment used for Alubeam is characterized by a rhombic structure and uniform sizes, which gives a deep gloss of such a surface. Here, the process takes several days, but is carefully controlled after each layer.

Butterfly Effect

Recently, it became loud about the color developed for 15 years for Lexus cars. The latest model from this Japanese manufacturer has received the color named Structural Blue. The technological process requires 12 stages, inspiration for this color was blue wings of a certain variety of butterflies. The secret is to apply 40 layers of varnish from hundreds of billions of petals. In this way much more rays are reflected, giving a unique effect as if the car would change its shade.

Are there cheaper 'cool' colors?

The technological process is long and expensive, but with a more modest budget, we can achieve exceptional colors. Effects of optical and effect variations occur in metallic, pearl and x-ray formulations. In the case of metallic varnishes, the effect of adding the appropriate amount of aluminum dust particles is the result. Here we can change the effect using the appropriate grain thickness in the base. The pearly effect, on the other hand, has a fourfold ability to reflect the broken light. The mentioned disconnection of light changes the color shade at a different viewing angle. Xirallic under the microscope looks like a diamond and hence has a greater number of angles of light reflection than a pearl, which affects the visual effect of the so-called 'sparking'.

How to reproduce such a color?

Available colors are a huge number and their number is constantly increasing with the presentation of new models. And all the colors can be reproduced thanks to the recipe programs, where apart from the basic color (the so-called mother) we can also choose variants that differ slightly in color or grain size. Most companies producing car paints have color documentation so-called. colorboxy. There are two types of documentation available on the market - sorted by car brand and chromatically (by color). The first type of template has paints marked with the OEM code and car brand. In a very easy way, we can check whether the color we are interested in matches the one on the car body - the probelm can appear only if we do not know the OEM number.

We do not have this problem when we have the second type of documentation (chromatic). The company Multichem Profix paint manufacturer has a colorbox which is painted with the same varnish that are on the mixer, which allows you to choose the right color and thanks to chromatic arrangement quickly find the color you need without even knowing the OEM code.

Up to three ..

Recently, three-layer varnishes are gaining market, colors are available in color matching systems. The effect of juicy mazda red is known to everyone, it is obtained by combining several layers of the base. After applying according to the technology of individual layers, the appropriate color is obtained, which depth is obtained after applying a clear coat.

It should be remembered that every few years there are pigment novelties that significantly change the effect colors market in pallets of many manufacturers. The pigment itself, without properly selected other substrates, will not create a durable and well-overlapping layer on the surface of the car body. You can mix individual effects to get even more interesting, lively and spatial colors. To obtain depth and provide color protection, you must also take care of other factors through the selected transparent varnish. This last layer does not only have an aesthetic function but also protects the painted coating from solar radiation. This is due to the addition of organic and inorganic UV nanoabsorbers. We can say simply that it is a kind of sun cream for our car. Such additives extend the life of the varnish, while maintaining its appearance for many years. Here, in order to obtain the best results, VHS varnishes are recommended, which have a larger number of solid particles, which means that the surface is more shiny and does not sit down in time, which is possible with cheaper varieties of MS lacquers.

To sum up. Just a few years ago white color was associated only with a company vehicle. The car in this color was easy to cover with commercials. The individual customer was not completely interested in the white car. Sellers often even reduced the price of such cars. However, it has changed and the white color or its pearl-white variety is the most desirable and fashionable color in car dealerships. This is confirmed by the data of car paint manufacturers, among others Profix brand.

Constantly changing trends allow the emergence of more and more interesting and complicated effects on cars that can be obtained by using the appropriate paint system.