The Beast Lives!

Post by **aussiemike** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:05 pm

more betterer photos!!!!! please? love the colour mate.
michael.

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:34 am

moggiemadman wrote:Very nice ;) how do you paint paint like that ?

glad you like it; plenty of people won't - but then plenty of people don't like Limeflower

the paint is composed not of pigment but of light-refracting particles suspended in a carrier medium.

The particles have been designed and engineered so as to refract a certain limited number of colours - eg my paint doesn't refract blue light.

While the paint is drying the particles all line up the same way (for reasons I still don't understand), so that you get a consistent change in the colours refracted as you view the painted surface from different angles.

I don't fully understand this technology yet (not to the degree I'd like to) but every time I chat to the Man Who Knows (the guy who actually designed this paint) I make another attempt at getting him to explain it to me in English, using small words.

The paint itself is applied more or less like other paint, but over a black base coat (what you see when you look at the paint is actually black paint, but with masses of light being refracted back from above it) and under rather technical conditions as regards temperature and depth of coat. Then it's covered with coats of clear lacquer.

cheers aussiemike and polo2k, glad you like it too

Post by **ASL642** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:51 am

What colour are the seats going to be WP?

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:12 pm

regaliaqueen wrote:What colour are the seats going to be WP?

I want them to match the colour of the interior of the cargo area, viz a light yellowish cream colour. Turns out that there used to be an industry standard colour called Vanilla which would have been perfect, but no one seems to make it any more

So now no one makes a colour close enough. I am sulking. And waiting till I can find the right colour.

Post by **ASL642** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:19 pm

There was a Traveller at Gaydon that had creamy coloured seats with a maroon coloured piping. The car was in Maroon B. I think our friend Mr J. Heap had something to do with it, but I seem to remember that they came from Newton Commercial.

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:23 pm

Yeah there are lots of nice shades of cream and off-white which look very possible until you put them next to the paint I've got lol

Post by **motherofgod** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:41 pm

looking lovely juilet, did you try polyfacto for material? he does keep some old stock(end of roll stuff)<br>

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James

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:43 pm

ah! thanks for the tip, lovely

Can you let me have some contact details? Who's the girl/guy to speak to there?

Post by **polo2k** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:30 pm

ive seen faberic that does the flip too It used to be sold by a co in leeds with the website www.chromepaint.co.uk but I cant find it right now. They used to sell paints from Alsa corp if that helps.
Would look absolutly menthol!!!

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:44 am

polo2k wrote:Would look absolutly menthol!!!

lol ya nutter

Post by **polo2k** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:46 pm

NUFF SIAD!!!

oh and if thats not daft enought for ya!!!
heat reactive anyone?

the paint range is simply obscene!!!
http://alsacorp.com/index.htm

Post by **aussiemike** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:01 pm

i would still like to see some more photos please!!!!!! he colour will make your car a complete one off i the uk which i think is excellent!!! i have seen quite a few top class show cars in oz painted this colour but not over here.
top stuff!!!

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:06 pm

polo2k thank you for the pics - that is just wrong!!!

I love it!!

I want a plain interior though, don't want to upstage the paint itself....

aussiemike I am so glad you like the paint

More pics as I have them - the van's under a cover atm and I'm only raising a bit of it at a time according to which bit I'm currently working on - so pics are a bit limited lol

Post by **polo2k** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:25 pm

I want to make my next minor a bit daft (ill be keeping mona standard to play devils advocate to the purists!!!

) so ive got a shelf full of daftness planned out!
Im planning on trying oput paints on the RG125 ive got in the garage and then when im happy ill do my next minor.
for the reccord when I do mine it will be to complement the other modified minors not to upstage them.
Im seriously thinking of visiting cos i cant wait to see more pics of that paint!

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:58 pm

polo2k wrote:Im seriously thinking of visiting cos i cant wait to see more pics of that paint!

lol you'd be very welcome, dude

Post by **Judge** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:04 pm

I'll be more interested to see it out and about when it's raining, snowing, ........

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:06 pm

absolutely no problem, judge - am going to use it just like any other daily driver Minor

I fully intend to use my booted foot to close the doors

Post by **Judge** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:20 pm

We'll see

Post by **aussiemike** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:10 pm

wible, get off the computer and go and take some photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you are killing us here with the suspense!
bad man...

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:30 pm

Man?