as part of my job, i have to know the new trend of car-paint from manufacturers.. since our beautiful country is dominated by Japanesse carmaker, so our carpaint's trend look up to Japanesse' trends which is very very hi-tech compared with western carmakers..
Like the 3-coat effect pearls.. you'll find it often in all new white cars.. in the past, white is only solid colors, means you can not have any effect on white.. just plain white.. simple white.. why? because white pigment has very good hiding power and if you mixed them with particles that gives effect like metallics or pearls.. white pigment will cover them.. so you can not see the bling-bling..
so.. to make you can see the bling-bling or sparkle particles.. the carmakers do it in 3-coat ways : 1st coat : solid layer -> usually simple white solid
2nd coat : pearl layer, sometimes if the carmakers want a bigger sparkle, they will use xirallics!
3rd coat : clear layer (varnish)
Becareful, not all bodyrepair can re-paint this kind of car.. so you gotta choose the right bodyrepair.. better the authorized bodyrepair (or ATPM we called in here).. or you can go to an expertise in modification, because this 3-coat system already been used a lot in car-modification world..
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