Advice on Super Metallic Setcoat

LaMar · Joined: 25 Oct 2010 Posts: 175 Location: East Coast

I just ordered some SMS/C to try as a base coat for some foil finishes. I did a little searching and saw that Anita had some "issues," shall we say, with the same product a while back. I am using the pearl and the silver. Anita's reactions seemed to have happened with the gold, maybe...can't remember.

Anyone have any advice or tips on using this product? I'm not that experienced with it. I know I will have to discard what I mix up within what, 48 hours?

LaMar · Joined: 25 Oct 2010 Posts: 175 Location: East Coast

Update. I mixed a little super metallic set coat and some of the additive and sprayed a few boards and was underwhelmed, honestly. I just don't like that tin foil-ish, chrome spray paint-ish look that all, if not most, silver paints have.

I have some super metallic pearl and think I may mix the two...

anita · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 2737 Location: upstate New York

I have never used the super metallic paint. Just the original metallic paint which is very transparent.

LaMar · Joined: 25 Oct 2010 Posts: 175 Location: East Coast

oh heck Anita! I was sure you posted about a bad chemical reaction with the super metallic set coat!! Geez...did someone spike my coffee??

anita · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 2737 Location: upstate New York

I posted a bad reaction about the designer metallics which are a two part system.

It seemed to be with the finishes that I had added the copper concentrate and the walls were new construction. Wherever the seams were it ended up tarnishing to a blackish hue.

Repainting the entire wall with a quality latex paint (2 coats) and redoing seemed to resolve the issue, but had no idea (and neither did the manufacturer) why it happened in the first place.