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I am no paint guy but I would have to believe that a "pearl" is just a metallic paint with a different size and consistency of flakes in the paint. I would believe a smaller particle size would give the pearl look.
kinda neat that punk'n has glass in the paint to give it shimmer. I know totally unrelated, but kinda related, :CWL:
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I am no paint guy but I would have to believe that a "pearl" is just a metallic paint with a different size and consistency of flakes in the paint. I would believe a smaller particle size would give the pearl look.
Pearl has pearl-like flakes in it and metallics have aluminum flakes IIRC. Metallic paints are sparklier
 

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Hey did you see that the JL is gonna come in Sarge Green later this year? :giggle:
 

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I am no paint guy but I would have to believe that a "pearl" is just a metallic paint with a different size and consistency of flakes in the paint. I would believe a smaller particle size would give the pearl look.
A metallic color has the metallic base and a clear a pearl has a base coat a mid coat with the pearl in it then the clear.
 

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kinda neat that punk'n has glass in the paint to give it shimmer. I know totally unrelated, but kinda related, :CWL:
Pearl has pearl-like flakes in it and metallics have aluminum flakes IIRC. Metallic paints are sparklier
So, I had to go to the Google cause I have to know lol
Metallic paints use flakes of aluminum that reflect light and pearl paints use mica particles that absorb light and provide the shimmer.
 

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Hey did you see that the JL is gonna come in Sarge Green later this year? :giggle:
you're kidding........
 

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Where indeed!
Looks like it matches the Wayout color pretty close -
 
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where did this come from? is that a real base gator (steel wheels) or is this a photoshop?
pretty sure that was a photo-chop from here, forget the guy's screen name, but he did a whole bunch of them. Red jeeps and turned em green.

EDIT: @pau32 , did you create that?
 
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