Recommend Me Something To Pop Mica Flakes

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Macko

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Hey guys



I have a Mazda MX5 in copper red mica which is proving to be a bit of a pain. In the sunlight the colour look superb, lots of oranges & sparkle but in the shadow it looks really flat & the darker red shade looks very uninspiring.



I've tried a few things on the paint, OS, 845, PBBH & EXP, Blackfire Wet Diamond & all have excelled in making the paint darker & wetter. What I really want is it looking sharper & more glass like with oodles of flake pop.



Can you guys receommend anything to get it popping & bring out those superb orange hues? I was thinking of revisiting AJT?



cheers



Mick
 
Keep in mind here that I notice your looking a a special wax to make the paint "POP" this effect is not caused by wax, its caused by getting the paint level first. NOw what I mean by this is completely removing all the scratches and swirls. Once this is acheived then you will get that result your looking for.
 
bufferbarry said:
Keep in mind here that I notice your looking a a special wax to make the paint "POP" this effect is not caused by wax, its caused by getting the paint level first. NOw what I mean by this is completely removing all the scratches and swirls. Once this is acheived then you will get that result your looking for.
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what he said, also if you're looking for that glass type look try a sealant, one of your choice most of them will give you that look. collonite waxes will also acheive this imo.
 
Give Zaino Z2 Pro a try. I find it to the best polish/sealant to show off metallic or pearlescent type paints.



A little trivia, Sal Zaino actually owned a Body Shop and invented Zaino to show off his custom Candy and pearlescent type paint jobs better as he thought the stuff on the market did not do a very good job at showing it off or protecting it. Z2p is 99.9% optically clear. I also think it looks the best on Black as other products especially nuba products tend to mute it.
 
Z2 does make metallics look great, I wish I had better results with it in the protection department though.
 
z06meister said:
Give Zaino Z2 Pro a try. I find it to the best polish/sealant to show off metallic or pearlescent type paints.



A little trivia, Sal Zaino actually owned a Body Shop and invented Zaino to show off his custom Candy and pearlescent type paint jobs better as he thought the stuff on the market did not do a very good job at showing it off or protecting it. Z2p is 99.9% optically clear. I also think it looks the best on Black as other products especially nuba products tend to mute it.
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+1 Looks pretty good on my silver metallic 09 Tacoma
 
After a polishing the paintwork to as near a correction as you can get i would say that you CAN increase your metalic, mica, pearl pop with a product like Red Moose Machine Glaze (RMG).



It gives a crisp thin layer of wetness and really seems to cause some kind reflection of light they seems to increase pop.



I would then top of it with Pinnicle Signature Series II Wax or P21s 100%! Both are what i call "lighter" waxes and wont mute metalics and with RMG will give you stunningly sharp relfections in the shade and huge amounts of pop in the sun.



Geoff
 
DWG and a good sealant like zaino. although i noticed you used blackfire and didnt get great results that makes me kinda scratch my head a lil.
 
Guys, thanks so much for all the suggestions, plenty for me to start trying out. I'm about 90% swirl free at the moment but intend get thta better over the weekend.



JayNick808 - I actually loved the Blackfire, so wet & so deep I'd swear it was a top end 'nuba if I didn't know better. This was my first time with Blackfire products & they have certainly left me very impressed. In facvt, I'm tempted to just continue with it but I really want some monster flake pop & would trade depth & wetness to get it. Maybe I'm just chasing the holy grail here!
 
You can try some DWG and top that with a couple layers of FK1000P. This combo worked better for me then CG M-seal and Pete's 53 for my silver and light blue metallic.
 
i agree with bufferbarry once u get the paint level u got a great start then try a good polish. i had good results with blackfire gloss enhancing polish. the key is to have the light reflect back exactly where its shining from. the more scratches removed (or filled) u see the flakes not scratches.
 
Note that doing the polishing isn't just a matter of removing visible marring; this sounds like a case where a final burnishing/jeweling might make a huge difference.



IME BF (while a very good product) can darken paint quite a bit, and that might not be what you want here.



Also, I find that Collinite is *very* sensitive to prep when it comes to showing flake. I thought the 476S was muting it on my Yukon, but after a "better than perfect" polishing job the flake really popped with that same 476S. I sure hadn't thought the previous prep job was lacking in any way, but the additional burnishing made all the difference.
 
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