Two Tone Color Change

swinky · Apr 27, 2014

dsberman94 said:
Gloss clear vinyl over matte vinyl.

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And that would give you the same gloss as a one step gloss vinyl?

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dsberman94 · Apr 27, 2014

swinky said:
And that would give you the same gloss as a one step gloss vinyl?

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Probably not exactly the same but it definitely seems like it would give it a glossy finish rather than a dull matte finish.

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johnp115 · Apr 27, 2014

Haha, speaking of putting a gloss over a matte my friends wrap shop is doing that to a mustang right now.... Ill post up a pic

acf6 · Apr 27, 2014

this looks pretty sweet, i always wanted to try to wrap something with vinyl. I was thinking about getting some clear vinyl wrap and doing my rancho shocks since they are that brushed stainless or whatever it is. Try to keep the road crap off them

dsberman94 · Apr 27, 2014

johnp115 said:
Haha, speaking of putting a gloss over a matte my friends wrap shop is doing that to a mustang right now.... Ill post up a pic

At would be greatly helpful.

johnp115 · Apr 27, 2014

Ill snap a picture when i stop in his shop tomorrow... They just did this mustang and when i saw it in person it really makes me want to spend my trans/turbo funds on this color...
but i don't think i have the balls to do it..

Brushed gold

dsberman94 · Apr 27, 2014

There are some really nice colors in this packet. Just I'm not a fan of many of them for my current usage. I love the brushed silvers but I don't like the silver on a white truck. The brushed gold is awesome too but just too gold for my likings in this case. I hope I can get good at this and people around here see it and want stuff like what I'm doing to mine done to theirs so I get to work with some more of these colors.

johnp115 · Apr 27, 2014

dsberman94 said:
There are some really nice colors in this packet. Just I'm not a fan of many of them for my current usage. I love the brushed silvers but I don't like the silver on a white truck. The brushed gold is awesome too but just too gold for my likings in this case. I hope I can get good at this and people around here see it and want stuff like what I'm doing to mine done to theirs so I get to work with some more of these colors.

Yeah thats why i say i don't think i have it in me to do it. But its such a crazy color with how it only shines gold in certain angles and the rest of the car looks matte/green matte/silver. Something that pictures can't do justice with.

dsberman94 · Apr 27, 2014

johnp115 said:
Yeah thats why i say i don't think i have it in me to do it. But its such a crazy color with how it only shines gold in certain angles and the rest of the car looks matte/green matte/silver. Something that pictures can't do justice with.

Yea you can see a little bit of that shimmer in the pic but in sure there's so much more to it in person.

dsberman94 · Apr 27, 2014

johnp115 said:
Yeah thats why i say i don't think i have it in me to do it. But its such a crazy color with how it only shines gold in certain angles and the rest of the car looks matte/green matte/silver. Something that pictures can't do justice with.

How close was the pine green metallic to your paint color?

johnp115 · Apr 28, 2014

dsberman94 said:
At would be greatly helpful.

Heres the color, not the best pics I can do but all I can get as of right now.

First pic is the matte and gloss being pressed together

Second pic is the color. Makes it a satin color, looks matte but acts a little different than matte when light hits it.

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johnp115 · Apr 29, 2014

swinky said:
And that would give you the same gloss as a one step gloss vinyl?

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This may sound confusing but the best way to explain it is...

Gloss has depth.

Matte doesn't.

Gloss over matte gives it some shine like an all gloss color, but there is no depth to it.

And ya can kinda see what I'm saying in that pic of the mustang.

dsberman94 · Apr 29, 2014

johnp115 said:
This may sound confusing but the best way to explain it is...

Gloss has depth.

Matte doesn't.

Gloss over matte gives it some shine like an all gloss color, but there is no depth to it.

And ya can kinda see what I'm saying in that pic of the mustang.

Would it be possible for you to have him take a scrap square of color and cover half of it with the clear and leave half uncleared? Then take a pic of that with some like reflection? It hard to tell a difference without a reference to what it looked like before the clear.

johnp115 · Apr 29, 2014

dsberman94 said:
Would it be possible for you to have him take a scrap square of color and cover half of it with the clear and leave half uncleared? Then take a pic of that with some like reflection? It hard to tell a difference without a reference to what it looked like before the clear.

Yeah I can manage that.

Pretty much the gloss just adds some shine to it.
No concentrated light, and looking right at the color, you don't see the gloss because the matte takes over. Then at angles and light, the gloss adds more shine to the matte.

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dsberman94 · Apr 29, 2014

johnp115 said:
Yeah I can manage that.

Pretty much the gloss just adds some shine to it.
No concentrated light, and looking right at the color, you don't see the gloss because the matte takes over. Then at angles and light, the gloss adds more shine to the matte.

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Thanks. That would be a huge help. I understand what your saying about the depth. I mean here's the same two colors, one matte one gloss.

I'm definitely going with that matte bronze and hopefully either I'll like the way it looks without the gloss, or clear gloss will give me the look I'm after to match 12-13 year old factory clear.