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Non-metallic paints
Hello geeks/pros,
I have a twister orange Shelby 350. Twister orange doesn’t have metallic in the paint, similar to grabber blue, and some other non-metallic Ford paints. It has a gloss clear coat, and the paint is polished to a high gloss with very few defects and looks amazing naked.
There’s not much i can do for depth with this color, and hours and hours of correcting and polishing isn’t as rewarding to a untrained eye as a darker metallic paints are.
Have any of you guys used any type of product (coating or waxes) on this type paint that made it stand out a little more? Wet/glossy/pop/candy shell, etc. etc.?
Products I’ve used as a topper on the previous coating (Angelwax legacy):
- Polish Angel High Gloss
- NV Luster
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Those colors are like white. A good high gloss is all your gonna get.
When i’ve seen these flat colors impress me it’s usually a coating.
On my white car DoDo’s new line of hybrid waxes made it really pop. Will be coating with Evo in spring.
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It looks great as pictured and not sure you can improve on that. But if you want to try something different I agree with DoDo Juice. I have their Orange Crush and love it.
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I would give Ethos Graphene Matrix a shot on that color
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What previous coating was on there?
It’s probably not so much the lack of metallic but the actual color.
Let us know which coating. I can give you some combinations that should help.
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Originally Posted by
The Guz
It’s probably not so much the lack of metallic but the actual color.
This was my thought as well. I've seen some non-metalic reds, blacks, and dark blues which are amazing when detailed. Colors like white, orange, and the battleship gray I see occasionally really have their limits when it comes to depth.
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I would say the red on my Golf R doesn't have a lot of depth, but it does have a lot of reflection (in the right light) and looks like it has a hard candy shell.
I corrected mine and coated with CSL and EXOV4.
I think with a good paint correction and coating, it should make it 'shine', but it might not get the depth.
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For red like your Golf R, a good carnauba wax would give it amazing depth and glow like it's radiating from within. Of course it would only last a few weeks....
For years there was a red 370Z in the parking lot at work. Owner took great care of it and based on the water beads (yes, I looked) it was waxed. In bright sunlight it was amazing.
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Originally Posted by
Coatingsarecrack
Those colors are like white. A good high gloss is all your gonna get.
When i’ve seen these flat colors impress me it’s usually a coating.
On my white car DoDo’s new line of hybrid waxes made it really pop. Will be coating with Evo in spring.
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I installed EVO on my daughters Stinger a few weeks ago and it was a great experience for easy to use and the gloss factor on that black car was so amazing I actually took photos of it. It didn’t have that “coating look”, it looks like a wax.
I still have a half bottle of EVO and leaning hard to use it on my car. The only reason I haven’t pulled the trigger is because I wanted some feedback from this forum to see if someone had experienced a difference maker on this type of paint.
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Desertnate
This was my thought as well. I've seen some non-metalic reds, blacks, and dark blues which are amazing when detailed. Colors like white, orange, and the battleship gray I see occasionally really have their limits when it comes to depth.
Passenger side compounded/pad vs the driver side polished/fishing pad. I could not see a difference in overall gloss or clarity. You’re correct, this color is what it is. I’ll be putting EVO on this week.
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