Crystal Pearlescent Clearcoat 

Crystal pearlescent varnishes are part of the color change effects and their main characteristic is to bring in superimposition, through an automotive topcoat, a "light" color effect brought by the topcoat components, by reflection and light.

Apart, of course, from the protection and gloss provided by the UHS bodywork topcoat, which forms the basis of this formula, the result of these topcoats is that the base color of the bodywork is retained, with little or no change, but in addition a second color is added, which sometimes appears, depending on the angle and the light.

Crystal Pearlescent Varnishes

These effect topcoats are formulated with the latest generations of mother-of-pearl: they are transparent and produce a change of color depending on the angle of view.

In addition, the transparent "Crystal" mother-of-pearl they contain offers a strong reflective and iridescent power, day and night.

A Crystal pearlescent topcoat must be used in combination with a base coat, and therefore applied over an undercoat of a certain color. For example: orange, green, blue... Combinations with opposite colors are the most interesting, as they create dramatic color changes.

Example: Orange background / Green Pearlescent Crystal Varnish

The darker the background color, the more obvious the effects of Extrem Crystal Pearl topcoats, while conversely, the lighter the background color, or even white, the more discreet the effect.

Tips for use

It is not useful, and therefore not recommended, to superimpose effects, double them, or cumulate them. What does this mean?

One should not apply a mother-of-pearl on a mother-of-pearl, or a mother-of-pearl on a metal . Because the effects cancel each other out.

So, if you have a metallic paint, you should not apply a Crystal topcoat on it.

Two different application techniques

Crystal topcoat has the advantage of making this effect two in one (topcoat + mother-of-pearl).

However, it should be noted that in the case of slow-setting topcoats or if the wet topcoat is slightly displaced during drying, the pearlescent particles will also move and cause the marbling effect to disappear.

For a more qualitative work, it is therefore possible to use Crystal powder pearlescent materials and to mix them with a transparent 1K basecoat.

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