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  • Did some painting. Check out the thermo-paint video!

    First is the silver insert in the shift knob for the GTO. I removed the insert and spray painted it with Krylon's Brushed Nickel Metallic. I hand painted the shift patterns, then clearcoated:


    Next was an extra radiator cover that was all flat black and has been sitting in my garage. I custom painted it with quicksilver metallic, clearcoated, then applied the 2 factory decals and 1 (non-factory) serpentine belt decal.


    Finally, I wanted to try out the new Thermochromic (color-changing) Powder that I purchased. The powder is charcoal black, and you mix it with a clear basecoat. After drying, it turns transparent when you apply any type of heat. If you use a transparent color ~over top of the black powder mix~, you can get a whole different effect. I'm going to try flames next, but I just wanted to see how well it worked first. In the video, I used a copper colored powder mixed with clearcoat, and lightly applied it over the thermochromic basecoat.


    The phone cover should be dry enough to test out today since I've had it in front of a small heat lamp for a few hours overnight. The clearcoat was still in the drying phase when I did this video, and I didn't want to put any type of medium-to-heavy pressure on it.

    Also, I'm all stuffed-up as I'm talking in the video because of my damn allergies!
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    Re: Did some painting. Check out the thermo-paint video!

    Pretty cool.

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      Re: Did some painting. Check out the thermo-paint video!

      That's pretty sweet!

      You have a Samsung Impression?
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        Re: Did some painting. Check out the thermo-paint video!

        Originally posted by TheGr8Schlotzky View Post
        That's pretty sweet!

        You have a Samsung Impression?
        Yep. I was about to install the painted cover when a friend of mine stopped by and saw it. He offered me $20 for it and gave me the red one that was installed on his phone. I guess I'll start the process all over again.
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          Re: Did some painting. Check out the thermo-paint video!

          That's a sweet idea for a phone cover. I've got a spare impression cover laying around but I don't have the phone anymore. Is that paint any harder to lay than anything else?
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            Re: Did some painting. Check out the thermo-paint video!

            Originally posted by TheGr8Schlotzky View Post
            Is that paint any harder to lay than anything else?
            I bought the powder from here: http://www.paintwithpearl.com/colorchangestore.htm

            I would have bought it in a ready-to-spray container, but as you can see here, the cost would have been much higher: http://alsacorp.com/products/eclipse/eclipse_price.htm

            The powder will have to be mixed with either a clear basecoat -or- clearcoat to get the desired effect. It lays down a little thin, so you'll have to apply about 5 light coats. One or two heavy coats will spell disaster, and it'll run like crazy!

            I mixed 1/2 teaspoon of thermo-powder with about 1/2 cup ppg's DBC500 clear basecoat (reducedto a 4:1 ratio). Then I mixed about 1/2 cup of clearcoat mixed with 1/5th of a teaspoon of copper powder, and sprayed it on top. I only wanted a very light shade of copper, but 1/5th of a teaspoon was heavier than I expected.
            Last edited by hockeyman; 04-27-2010, 07:00 PM.
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