Re: IT AIN'T EASY BEING GREEN...
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:25 pm
Ah. An interesting question. I think you're referring to actual application technique, John, and I'll say that both colors were done with the same spray gun. The shading on the green was done with the same gun, adjusted slightly differently.
Although the photos don't show it well at this size, you can see the grain of the spruce top quite well, under the wash of transparent white.
Strictly speaking, though, the white is not transparent, but translucent. It uses a very weak white pigment suspended in an extender material. (There's no such thing--by definition--as a "white dye"; white being an opaque pigment at any concentration.) There is a fair amount of pearl powder in this color, as well, to give a degree of luminescence or "glow". Keeps the color from looking dead-gray. You can only detect the pearl with a loupe, however.
The green, though, is a transparent dye, not a pigment.
Although the photos don't show it well at this size, you can see the grain of the spruce top quite well, under the wash of transparent white.
Strictly speaking, though, the white is not transparent, but translucent. It uses a very weak white pigment suspended in an extender material. (There's no such thing--by definition--as a "white dye"; white being an opaque pigment at any concentration.) There is a fair amount of pearl powder in this color, as well, to give a degree of luminescence or "glow". Keeps the color from looking dead-gray. You can only detect the pearl with a loupe, however.
The green, though, is a transparent dye, not a pigment.
