Is There Any Way To Do A Transparant White?

[Daniel Sorbera]

well I think the title says it all

[AlGeeEater]

I remember hearing something about thinning white paint, but dont believe that. Maybe somebody can confirm it for me...

[Maiden69]

There was a thread no long ago about this but I can't find it. It can be done, you will need white paint and use it to tone clear to have the white on it. Another way you can do this is with Createx Tinting White 5131 added to their clear coat or extender. Then coat with what ever clraer you want to use, I use nitro because I don't have access to a paint booth.

Here is a tranparent white ESP Forest model,

http://www.bmusic.com.au/prod3387.htm

with black filled grain.

[mledbetter]

For white, depending on what you paint with.. you should be able to grab a bottle of ColorTone from stewmac, either solvent or water version and use it to tint somewhere along the way. For opaque colors, some tint the sealer coats and leave their clear alone. You can tint the clear coat and spray a few coats till you have the level of opacity you desire, then finish out in pure clear.

You'll want to tint it on the light side, so you can add layers to get the desired opacity.. not plan on shooting it all at once. I haven't researched it any further, but there is anothe rline of pigments called MIXOL that are cheaper than colortone. I have no idea though as to their preference of a vehicle/binder is. They claim to be lightfast and put a star by the few that aren't. Nice thing about MIXOL is you have 30 or so shades to choose from. ColorTone you have about 8-10 and have to mix your own custom colors.

If you want to do rattlecans, then i'd get the mary kay white kti from ReRanch.

[mledbetter]

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