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#1 aznsurfer

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Posted 01 July 2007 - 11:41 AM

whats the difference btwn mica, metallic, and pearl?

#2 Amy

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 01:40 PM

Don't take offence at this, as it's just a bit of friendly advice...

When you start a thread and a few people take the time to reply and look into getting an answer for you, it's more polite to reply with at least a 'thankyou'- even if they didn't have the answer you were looking for...... ignoring it might make people reluctant to reply to you in the future!

Also, this actually is the same subject as your last thread about paint, so it would have been better to carry on the original one :shifty:


In answer to this question though:

Mica is a generic name for a group of complex hydrous potassium-aluminum silicate minerals


Metallic paint obviously has metal particles in it to give the sparkle and pearl is a synthetic mix of different colours and paint types....

#3 Timtom

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 02:04 PM

Amy.. not that i needed to know.. But i do now :P hahaha

Nah.. i had wondered..

Thanks.. :shifty:

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 02:42 PM

Amy.. not that i needed to know.. But i do now :P hahaha



:shifty: All I knew before I looked it up on t'internet was that it was some sort of natural substence......

Actually, this link might be useful to some people..... http://www.customcli...aint_terms.html

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 06:54 PM

it helped me >_<

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Posted 03 July 2007 - 07:16 PM

Don't take offence at this, as it's just a bit of friendly advice...

When you start a thread and a few people take the time to reply and look into getting an answer for you, it's more polite to reply with at least a 'thankyou'- even if they didn't have the answer you were looking for...... ignoring it might make people reluctant to reply to you in the future!

Also, this actually is the same subject as your last thread about paint, so it would have been better to carry on the original one >_<


In answer to this question though:

Mica is a generic name for a group of complex hydrous potassium-aluminum silicate minerals


Metallic paint obviously has metal particles in it to give the sparkle and pearl is a synthetic mix of different colours and paint types....


THANKS AMY!

#7 LardySBC

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Posted 03 July 2007 - 10:53 PM

mica and pearl are one and the same. There are particles of mica in pearlescent paint, that allow you to see through them into the base coat. This is effectively how they give their 'flip' appearance.

Metallic paint has small pieces of aluminium in it, hence metallic.




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